SDG8: Decent work and economic growth – Geneva Environment Network

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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International Trade and the Environment in Geneva

Organizations

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

BRS

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Better Cotton Initiative

BCI

Thematic Platforms

Beyond Lab

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Convention on Wetlands

Ramsar Convention

Intergovernmental Organizations

European Organization for Nuclear Research

CERN

Thematic Platforms

Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs

TESS

Thematic Platforms

Geneva Trade Platform

GTP

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Global Citizen

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Green Cross International

GCI

Thematic Platforms

Green Growth Knowledge Partnership

GGKP

Intergovernmental Organizations

Group on Earth Observations

GEO

Intergovernmental Organizations

International Labour Organization

ILO

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

International Organization for Standardization

ISO

Intergovernmental Organizations

International Trade Center

ITC

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Minamata Convention

Intergovernmental Organizations

Partnership for Action on Green Economy

PAGE

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Shamba Centre for Food & Climate

Intergovernmental Organizations

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

TEEB

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Espoo Convention and the Protocol on SEA

Intergovernmental Organizations

UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch

Intergovernmental Organizations

UNEP Industry Innovation Branch

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNICEF

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries

UN-REDD

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Development Programme Office in Geneva

UNDP Geneva

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNECE

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITAR

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Office at Geneva

UNOG

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNRISD

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Trade and Development

UNCTAD

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WBCSD

Intergovernmental Organizations

World Trade Organization

WTO

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.