Green bang for the buck – measuring the climate and job effects of just transition plans and NDCs

Organised by ILO - COP26 side-event – 11:00-12:00 CET

The event is convened under the ILO and the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative and will be taking place at the NDC Partnership Pavilion in Glasgow during COP26. Through the support of the ILO, several countries integrated just transition and decent work dimensions in their updated NDC, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, including Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria. For more information visit the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative www.climateactionforjobs.org. This event will be livestreamed and saved to the Partnership’s Facebook page. IOE and its members will be engaging in this event and an employers’ representative is one of the speakers.

Speakers

• Moderator: Marek Harsdorff, Technical Officer and Economist, Green Jobs, ILO
• Keynote and opening statement: Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway (TBC)

Panel:

• Dr. Peter Tafa, Director, Department of Climate Change, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria
• Ms. Isabel Caño, Euopean Economic and Social Committee
• Mr. Neil Walker, Head of Energy, Environment and Infrastructure, IBEC, Ireland (TBC)
• Mr. Josua Mata, General Secretary, SENTRO, Philippines
• Dr. Jae-hyeon Park, President, Asia Water Forum (video)