UNEP Post 2015 Note #4 Green and Decent Jobs for Poverty Eradication

Publication Date: 2014

Green jobs are not just for high-tech enterprises. Innovative economic and environmental policy reforms, fiscal measures, and green investments can prevent the loss of meaningful employment opportunities in both urban and rural areas; expand and diversify the local job market; and contribute to the transfer of technology and skills necessary for both long-term poverty eradication and sustainability. Nature-based and other green jobs can create prosperity for all while safeguarding the Earth’s life support systems and the ecological foundation of the economy.