RT null T1 Green Jobs for Youth Pact ILO_UNICEF_UNEP T2 Accelerating young skills and talent for green jobs A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 United Nations PB United Nations Environment Programme YR 2022 FD 2022-06-09 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40127 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40127 NO 100 million jobs worldwide could be created in the sectors of sustainable energy and circulareconomy by 2030, according to the ILO. Every job has the potential to be a green job.However, serious investments in upskilling and reskilling are needed to reap theemployment benefits and avoid future generations lost to unemployment as well as totackle the triple planetary crisis.To address this, ILO, UNICEF, and UNEP will partner with and for young people to acceleratecommitments to secure green jobs and build green skills in key countries and in high-impactsectors. Building on existing efforts and joint lessons learned, the ambition of this initiativeis to contribute to a just transition to a low-carbon and circular economy, as well as todeliver on some of the key objectives of the UN’s “Our Common Agenda” DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 19, 2026