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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806896403321

Titolo

Climate change and labour [[electronic resource] ] : the need for a "just transition"

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2010

ISBN

92-2-125479-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

pp. 119-318 : col. ill

Collana

International journal of labour research, , 2076-9806 ; ; 2010, v. 2, issue 2

Disciplina

331

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Economic aspects

Environmental policy - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface Dan Cunniah -- Building a Just Transition: The linkages between climate change and employment. Anabella Rosemberg -- Workers' rights inclimate change policies The case of adaptation programmes in Small Island Developing States. Nazmul Huq, Jean Hugé -- Climate change, poverty and migration processes in Chiapas, Mexico.                                        Laura Elena, Ruiz Meza -- Employment opportunities from climate change mitigation policies in the Netherlands. Jerry van den Berge -- BlueGreen Alliance: Building a coalition for a green future in the United States. David Foster -- The greening of the offshore energy sector in the North Sea. Miguel Esteban, David Leary, Qi Zhang, Agya Utama and Keiichi Ishihara -- The foundations for extending green jobs. The case of the rail-based mass transit sector in North America. Jonathan Michael Feldman -- Supporting a just transition: The role of international labour standards. Lene Olsen.

Sommario/riassunto

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.