28 Oct 2026
SDG8: Decent work and economic growth
Despite the impact of the 2008 economic and financial crisis, in the last decades employment and world GDP growth have lifted millions out of poverty. However, growth is slowing and inequalities are growing rapidly. Achieving this objective requires bold action to support sustainable economic growth, innovation and job creation, to protect and foster workers' rights, and to end modern slavery, child labour and trafficking.
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Organizations
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
Espoo Convention and the Protocol on SEA
Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
UN-REDD
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WBCSD
Experts
Alexander Kasterine
Alexander Kasterine is Senior Advisor at the International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO).
Christophe Bellmann
Christophe Bellmann is the Head of Policy Analysis and Strategy at the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).
Daouia Chalali
Daouia Chalali leads a project on long-term governance at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR).
Elisa Tonda
Elisa Tonda is the Chief of the Resources and Markets Branch at the UN Environment Programme, effective 1 September 2022.
Jessica Smith
Jessica Smith joined UNEP Finance Initiative in 2020 to lead the ecosystems workstream.
Liesbeth Casier
Liesbeth Casier is a Lead, Public Procurement and Sustainable Infrastructure and Coordinator of the NBI Global Resource Centre at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Matthias Knappe
Matthias Knappe is the Head of Fibres in the Textiles and Clothing Unit at the International Trade Center (ITC).
Moustapha Kamal Gueye
Moustapha Kamal Gueye is the Director of the Priority Action Programme on Just Transitions Towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies at the International Labour Organization.
Peter Bakker
Peter Bakker is the President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Peter Bille Larsen
Peter Bille Larson is Senior Lecturer and Associate Researcher, at the Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Institute and Department of Sociology, of the University of Geneva.
Robert Marinkovic
Robert Marinkovic is an Adviser for Climate and Green Economy at the International Organization of Employers
Ruben Escalante-Hasbun
Ruben Escalante-Hasbun is the Geneva Representative and Civic Space Advocacy Coordinator at the Global Citizen Geneva Office.
Salman Hussain
Salman Hussain is the Coordinator of the The Economics Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).
Thomas Höhne-Sparborth
Thomas Höhne-Sparborth is Head of Sustainability Research at Lombard Odier.
Vera Weick
Vera Weick is a Programme Management Officer at the Secretariat of the United Nations Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE).Events
Virtual
Financing Climate Resilience in Latin America and Caribbean: A Taxonomy-Based Approach
18 Nov 2026 | 15:00 – 16:00
Online | BrightTalk
UNEP FI
Conference
15th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
23 – 25 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations
OHCHR
Conference
Road To Geneva | The conversation that hasn’t happened Yet: Labour, health and climate. What futures do we want?
23 Nov 2026 | 13:30 – 17:00
Domaine de la Pastorale
Women @ the Table, GHRH, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Conference
31st Session of the Committee on Environmental Policy | Recent Developments and Achievements Under Each of the MEA
26 Nov 2026 | 15:00 – 18:00
Palais des Nations | Room V
UNECE
Learning
Online Course
Green Industrial Policy: Promoting Competitiveness and Structural Transformation
UNEP, UNITAR, UNIDO, PAGE, UN CC:Learn
Publications
Report
Employment in the Circular Economy: Leveraging Circularity to Create Decent Work
2025
ILO, Circle Economy, World Bank, PAGE
Report
The Imperative of Defossilizing Our Economies
2025
Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council