	United Nations Environment Programme
	environment for development

Labour and the Environment


		UNEP’s Labour & Environment initiative aims at strengthening the role of international labour communities in areas related to environmental development in particular and sustainable development in general. It also aims at promoting the active participation of workers and their trade unions in decisions on the design, implementation and evaluation of national and international policies and programmes on environment and development.

Strengthening trade union

Landmark new report says

participation in
international environmental
processes: a joint
UNEP and Sustainlabour project

Emerging green economy

could create tens of millions

of new “Green Jobs”

Training of Trainers
on Climate Change and Sound and Sustainable Management of Chemicals

Highlights

Publications

Training manuals on Climate change and Chemicals for workers and trade unions
available in
English, French, Spanish, Russian