Contents -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Sustainable development and decent work -- 1.1. Environmental challenges - Their economic and social cost -- 1.1.1. Natural resource use -- 1.1.2. Pollution -- 1.1.3. Water scarcity and land degradation -- 1.1.4. Biodiversity -- 1.1.5. Climate change -- 1.2. Social challenges and economic instability: Their link to the environment -- 1.3. The drive to environmental sustainability and its implications for decent work -- 1.3.1. An environmentally sustainable economy: The shift to sustainable patterns of production and consumption -- 1.3.2. A more environmentally sustainable economy: Repercussions for the world of work -- 1.4. The labour market dynamics of greening economies: Green jobs creation,employment and income effects -- 1.4.1. Creating green jobs -- Chapter 2: Seizing the opportunities: Lessons from international experience -- 2.1. Evidence of the positive employment effects from green policies -- 2.1.1. Job creation -- 2.1.2. Job quality and the upgrading of existing jobs -- 2.1.3. Contributing to social inclusion -- 2.2. Lessons learned -- Chapter 3: Identifying and managing the challenges -- 3.1. Economic restructuring -- 3.1.1. Nature and scope of the adjustments needed -- 3.1.2. Getting the best employment outcomes from greening enterprises and supply chains -- 3.1.3. Dealing with job losses -- 3.1.4. Integrated approaches for smooth and just transitions -- 3.1.5. Coherent policy responses can promote just transitions -- 3.2. Climate change adaptation and the world of work -- 3.2.1. Nature and scope of climate impacts -- 3.2.2. Assessment of employment and income impactsof climate change -- 3.2.3. National initiatives on climate change adaptation -- 3.3. Adverse income distribution effectsoriginating from energy poverty.

3.3.1. Energy expenditure and income distribution -- 3.3.2. Compensation for the impact of higher energy prices -- Chapter 4: Effective policies and the scope for asupportive role by the ILO -- 4.1. Initiatives to promote environmental sustainability and decent work -- 4.1.1. National initiatives -- 4.1.2. International initiatives -- 4.2. ILO support for environmentally sustainable development -- 4.2.1. Strategic orientation -- 4.2.2. Mode of implementation -- 4.2.3. Products and deliverables -- 4.2.4. Support to national constituents -- 4.2.5. Lessons learned and challenges -- 4.3. Coherent policies for more and better jobsin a greener economy -- 4.3.1. Key policy areas -- 4.3.2. Policy coherence: Objectives and examples -- 4.3.3. Achieving policy coherence: Assessments, institutions and social dialogue -- 4.4. Towards a policy framework for sustainable development, decent and green jobs -- Chapter 5: General discussion - Sustainable development, decent work and green jobs -- Tables -- Table 1.1. Global direct employment, by sector (millions) -- Table 2.1. Estimated employment effects of greening the economy -- Table 3.1. Global employment in resource-intensive sectors -- Table 3.2. Employment shares and skill levels in carbon-intensive sectors (percentages -- Table 4.1. National initiatives for environmental sustainability, green economy or green growth -- Table 4.2. The contribution of the world of work to environmentally sustainable development -- Figures -- Figure 1.1. Shares of global GHG emissions, by sector (%) -- Figure 1.2. Productivity loss resulting from further increases in GHG compared to the baseline, 2010−50 (in percentage points) -- Figure 1.3. Labour, materials and energy productivity, EU-15, 1960-2000.

Figure 1.4. Direct and indirect employment (full-time equivalents) generated per million eurosfinal demand for goods and services from selected sectors, France, 2005 -- Figure 1.5. Impact of a green economy on the volume and composition of employment -- Figure 3.1. CO2 emissions and employment, EU-25, 2005 -- Figure 3.2. Simulated changes in sectoral composition of employment associated with an ambitious climate change mitigation policy, OECD -- Figure 3.3. Simulated increase in relocation, by country -- Figure 3.4. Energy expenditure with and without carbon pricing by house income group, United Kingdom, 2011 -- Figure 4.1. Overview of Green Jobs Programme countries -- Figure 4.2. The Green Jobs Programme cycle -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Definitions of green economy and green growth -- Box 1.2. Decent work and environmental sustainability: Definitions, issues and considerations -- Box 2.2 The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, India (MGNREGA) -- Box 2.3 Upgrading recycling work in Brazil and Sri Lanka -- Box 2.4 The employment benefits of green retrofitting in Hungary -- Box 2.5 Solar home systems in Bangladesh -- Box 2.6 Green grants in Brazil and green public employment schemes in South Africa -- Box 3.1 Higher resource efficiency in enterprises - The example of 3M -- Box 3.2 Social security and management of fish stocks in Brazil -- Box 3.3 Restructuring in the forestry industry in China -- Box 3.4 Norway's response to overfishing -- Box 3.5 The impact of Cyclone Sidr on enterprises in Bangladesh -- Box 3.6 Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme -- Box 3.7 Brazil: Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida - PMCMV (My Home, My Life) -- Box 3.8 Cooperatives as providers of affordable clean energy -- Box 4.1 Promoting green enterprises: Building the capacity of employers' organizations.

Box 4.2 Sustainable development and decent work: A training manual for workers.