31 Aug 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
EIA Convention
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
Conference
Technical Meeting on Occupational Safety and Health in the Retail Sector
28 Sep – 02 Oct 2026
ILO
ILO
Body Meeting
7th meeting of the Santiago Network Advisory Board
29 Sep – 01 Oct 2026
Geneva
Santiago Network
Body Meeting
6th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Sustainable Financing under the Water Convention
06 Oct 2026 | 13:00 – 17:30
Palais des Nations | Room H-207-208-209 & Online
Water Convention
Conference
Conference on Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development (TCSD) 2026
15 – 16 Oct 2026
Maison de la Paix
TESS
Body Meeting
17th Session of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development
22 – 23 Oct 2026
Palais des Nations | Council Chamber
UNCTAD
Conference
Thematic Focus Session: Getting Forest Values Right | 47th session of the UNECE Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management
03 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations
UNECE
Body Meeting
47th session of the UNECE Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management
03 Nov 2026 | 10:00
Palais des Nations
UNECE
Conference
High-level session on “Roots of the Future: The United Nations Decade for Afforestation and Reforestation in line with Sustainable Forest Management (2027–2036) in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region (including Boreal Forest region) | COFFI84
04 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations | Room XI
UNECE
Body Meeting
84th session of the Economic Commission for Europe Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI)
04 – 06 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations, Room XI
UNECE
Conference
15th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
23 – 25 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations
OHCHR
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