EUROFOND

Agnès Parent-Thirion, Tina Weber and Jorge Cabrita

 

Working conditions and sustainable work

Job quality side of climate change

Research report

 

 

Contents
Executive summary
Introduction
1.Climate change and job quality
Climate change and climate policies
Employment and greenhouse gas emissions
Job quality
Greening occupations
Green transition and job quality
Summary
2.Climate-related hazards at work
Increased ambient temperatures and heatwaves
Other climate-related hazards
Increased exposure to psychosocial hazards
Vulnerable groups and gender
Summary
3.Job quality in sectors most impacted by climate change and climate policies
Energy
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Transport
Water supply and waste management
Construction
Hospitals
Tourism
Summary
4.Green behaviours and practices at work
Green workplace behaviours
Meaningful work and the green transition
Workplace practices that support the transition
Ecological transition as an opportunity to reinvent work
Summary
5.Policy discussions
Impact of climate change
Impact of climate change policies
Summary
6.Conclusions
References

 


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