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This research brief is a digest of the ILO publication “Comparative Analysis of Methods of Identification of Skill Needs on the Labour Market in Transition to the Low Carbon Economy”, which resulted from a joint EC/ILO project Knowledge sharing in early identification of skill needs. The project covered over 30 countries worldwide – both developed and developing. The document discusses the importance of identifying and anticipating skills needs for the green economy.

This policy brief draws the attention of policy-makers and social partners in both developed and developing countries to the role of skills development in facilitating the transition to a greener economy and seizing the employment opportunities that the transition entails. In particular, it explains why skills development is important to greening the economy, what the key skills challenges are as economies go green, and how countries can respond to these challenges.

The technical document focuses on the design of research into skills for the transition to the low carbon economy. Its objective is to review models and other methods and approaches in identification of occupations and skills needs on the labour market which result from this transition. The document distinguishes between four main levels of skills analysis: macroeconomic; sectoral; occupations and skills; and training and education.

This analytical report contains information on some of the many climate change initiatives – projects, campaigns, educational tools, websites and publications – produced by the United Nations and young people, independently or in partnership. These range from global initiatives raising awareness for combating climate change, to advocacy efforts at the UNFCCC negotiations. The initiatives presented in this publication are categorized broadly according to the key elements of Article 6 of the UNFCCC, as follows: youth participation in climate change issues; education and training; and youth awareness and access to information.

This publication presents 25 experiences of 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries, 3 United Nations agencies and an international cooperation network that contribute to the implementation of the Amended New Delhi Work Programme. These experiences include different implementation level, methodologies and approaches that can be used by governments and other actors interested in the design and planning of education, training and awareness raising on climate change. The document is divided in three chapters: the first one contextualizes climate change and its impact in the region, the second one provides examples of education, training and public awareness initiatives and the third one summarized and concludes.

This technical document contributes to frame the challenge of dealing with extreme weather and climate events as an issue in decision-making under uncertainty, analyzing response in the context of risk management. It consists of nine chapters, covering risk management; observed and projected changes in extreme weather and climate events; exposure and vulnerability to as well as losses resulting from such events; adaptation options from the local to the international scale; the role of sustainable development in modulating risks; and insights from specific case studies.

This analytical report aims to show how broadband can contribute to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. It argues that to fulfill this potential a new policy framework is required. To illustrate this, the report showcases best government practices in mobilizing information and communication technologies (ICT) to reduce GHGs and build inclusive societies. This report proposes ten recommendations for policy makers with the aim to hasten and strengthen the ability of ICT and broadband to accelerate global progress towards the low-carbon economy.

This brief details the World Bank’s contribution to achieving synergies between development finance and climate change mitigation and adaptation. It explains that all of the 17 country assistance and partnership strategies prepared in Fiscal Year 2011 address climate change. It also showcases results achieved in projects related to: forestry, climate smart agriculture and water efficiency measures in urban municipalities. The brief further highlights efforts undertaken to strengthen operational links between climate change and disaster risk management, as well as partnerships with other UN programmes and organizations for climate action.

This manual consists of a media pack which aims to give journalists an overview of a key issue in global climate change negotiations. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) is a mechanism to slow the loss of forests, but how it is going to work in practice is the subject of debate. This document briefly explains how the REDD mechanism might work and raises some of the key controversies to be resolved. It is accompanied by a short film, which looks at the possible effects of REDD on forest communities and contains interviews with different stakeholders including environmental journalists on reporting the subject, and by a video news release on REDD, which includes interviews with forest communities, campaigners, economists and politicians.

This cartoon booklet aims to raise the awareness of children on climate change. It presents one of the adventures of the fictional characters Ozzy Ozone and Zoe. In this episode, they explain the causes of climate change and highlight its devastating impacts in small islands and low lying costal states. Finally, they propose activities such as planting a tree or recycling that can be implemented by everyone to address global warming. 

This brochure aims to present the challenge of climate change and its impact in Maghreb in a simple manner. It also highlights activities that have been implemented to address it in the region. It is designed to support journalists in writing informed articles on climate change to raise public awareness of this problem.

This brochure highlights the importance of communicating climate change to the broad public and the crucial role that can be played by journalists and the media in doing so. It presents the key points addressed during the first international conference on broadcast media and climate change organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), on 4-5 September 2009. It also includes the Paris Declaration adopted by the conference participants.

This analytical report explores the relationship between the education sector and climate change through a review of academic articles and project documents. It introduces how education is both impacted by and has an impact on this phenomenon, and proposes various sector responses. Different theoretical frameworks for where and how climate change education fits into the education sector are made concrete with case studies from across the global. The document brings together theory, policy and practice.

This manual includes an education pack for peer educators, youth workers and teachers. It is designed to get groups of children and youth thinking about and taking action on climate change. The pack is divided into four sections: 1) Know more – three activities that will enable the group to find out more about climate change and its effects on the world’s children; 2) Explore more – two activities that encourage consideration of some “big” climate questions; 3) Do more – this section provides support and guidance to get the group thinking about what action can be taken to address climate change; 4) Share more – a simple form to complete to provide feedback about the activities implemented.

This curriculum includes lessons that are suitable for Canadian high school classes that address local and global citizenship, leadership, environmental and global issues. In particular, this resource fits well with Civics and Social Studies curricula for Grades 9 to 12. The language used in this guide reflects a classroom setting, but many activities are suitable for less formal settings. Through the lessons presented in the document students are expected, among others, to explore climate change, its consequences and possible solutions; work constructively in groups and debate controversial aspects of climate change; learn about individual, community-level, national and international opportunities to mitigate climate change; discover why children are vulnerable to the effects of climate change; and conduct research into climate change.

This manual is a guide on how facilitators, peer educators, project officers, teachers or youth workers can support young people in non-formal learning settings, both in and out of school, to take action in addressing the challenges of climate change. It aims to support the reader to focus the energy and ideas of children and young people into effective activism. This can take a range of forms, from practical projects such as tree planting or making solar cookers, to awareness-raising workshops or performances, community mapping and preparing for natural disasters. This resource can be used with any group: large or small, formal or informal, girls, boys or mixed-gender groups. However, it places special emphasis on the power and potential of girls and young women as catalysts for change in their communities.

This manual consists of a teacher’s and/or facilitator’s guide for in-school and extracurricular exploration and action activities in industrialized countries on the issue of climate change and its impact on child rights. The goal of this toolkit is to help children and young people understand the links between climate change and child rights and make them realize that they can fight climate change, empowering them to become actors of change. More precisely, the activities included aim to enable children to: explain the issue of climate change and its impact on children and child rights; explain how reducing carbon emissions in industrialized countries can reduce climate change and its negative effects, and that they can contribute personally to achieving this; and develop skills to undertake action.

This manual has been created to support secondary school educators in their efforts to work with youth to take action on climate change. Through the activities contained, students have the opportunity to discover how climate change is affecting children around the world, especially children in developing countries. The goal of this guide is to inspire both teachers and students to connect local issues to global concerns and inspire local action.

This analytical report draws attention to the impacts of climate change upon children. In particular, it seeks to illustrate how climate change may impact on every aspect of the most vulnerable children’s lives and how children themselves can be central to the response. The report starts with a description of the challenge of climate followed by an analysis of appropriate measures to protect children from its consequences.

This analytical report highlights that while public finance is already playing a significant role in the low carbon sectors, most of the money is targeted at the late-stage construction finance phase once most of the project development risk is removed. It notices that more can be done direct regarding financial flows to the early-stage project development phase using both investment and non-investment approaches. The report considers this Early Stage Financing Gap, examines the few public programmes currently addressing this issue in the renewable energy sector and proposes a significant scaling up (8+ times) of the capital allocated to this area. The amounts required are small in the context of existing and projected public financial flows to the low-carbon sector in developing economies, but the catalytic impact would be significant.