Background resources

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   Providing clean energy and energy access through cooperatives

   This publication is a collection of case studies on cooperatives in energy production, distribution and consumption as a contribution to the on-going search for ways in which the goal of sustainable Energy for All can be turned into a reality.

2. 

   Local Investments in Climate Change Adaptation: Green Jobs through Green Works

   A guide for identifying, designing and implementing interventions in support of climate change adaptation at the local level.

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   Climate Change and Labour: The Need for a "Just Transition"

   Climate change is now widely acknowledged as one of the great – if not the greatest – challenges facing humanity in the coming decades. Through its impact on average temperature, precipitations and sea levels, it will endanger the livelihood of hundreds of millions and impose increasing costs on our societies if nothing is done.

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   The social and Decent Work dimensions of a new Agreement on Climate Change - A technical brief

   The technical brief highlights the close inter-linkages between climate change and the world of work and discusses entry points for promoting policy coherence between climate and social and labour policies.

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   The Employment Effects of Climate Change and Climate Change Responses: A Role for International Labour Standards?

   This paper describes how International Labour Standards could be made more relevant to climate change in terms of its impact on employment and the labour market.