Saturday, May 17, 2008

ILO Director-General Addresses G8 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting on sustainable development and green jobs



Thank you Minister Masuzoe,

Dear Ministers of the G8 and also Minister Suparno of Indonesia, and Minister Theinthong of Thailand,

Good Morning Colleagues,

We have a big topic for this morning’s discussion so let me get straight into the subject.

You have a background note from the ILO which describes the challenges we face in adjusting enterprise and employment patterns and the labour market in all countries of the world to environmental concerns, in particular the reduction of green house gas emissions needed to eventually stabilize global warming.

So I will address three issues.

See full Speech.