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Cover page
Credits and acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Part I - Definitions and Policies
Section 1. Definitions, Scope, and Concepts
- Defining and Counting Green Job
- Green and Decent Jobs
- Shades of Green
- Employment Shifts
- Labor, Energy, and Materials Productivity
Section 2. Green Policies and Business Practices
- Opportunity and Innovation
- The Policy Toolbox: Financial and Fiscal Shifts
- The Policy Toolbox: Mandates
Section 3. Toward a New Production/Consumption Model
- Durability and Repairability
- A New Service Economy
- Rethinking Consumption
- A New Approach to Work Hours
Part II - Employment Impacts
Section 1. Energy Supply Alternatives
- Employment Trends in Extractive Industries
- Investment in Renewables
- Renewables’ Employment Potential
- Wind Power
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Solar Thermal
- Biofuels
- Summary
Section 2. Buildings
- Energy Efficiency
- Green Buildings
- Retrofitting
- Energy-Efficient Building Components
Section 3. Transportation
- Aviation
- Road Transport
- Transport and the Wider Economy
- Urban Mobility
- Public Transport
- Rail
- Implications of a Model Shift
Section 4. Basic Industry
- Iron and Steel
- Aluminum
- Cement
- Pulp and Paper
- Recycling
Section 5. Food and Agriculture
- The Environmental Footprint
- Employment Trends
- Opportunities for Green Employment in the Existing Food System
- Beyond the Agro-Industrial Model
Section 6. Forestry
- Employment Estimates
- Avoiding Deforestation
- Afforestation and Reforestation
- Agroforestry
- Sustainable Forestry Management
Part III - Outlook and Conclusions
Section 1. Pathways to a Fair and Just Transition
- The ILO Framework
- Business Approaches
- Trade Union Approaches
- Just Transition in National Contexts
- Greening the Workplace
- Job Losses and Retraining
- The “Flexicurity” Option
- Challenges to Just Transition
Section 2. Conclusions and Recommendations
- Key Job Findings
- Main Concepts
- Real Potential, Formidable Challenges
- Pathways to a Sustainable Future
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