Front-lining green jobs in the sustainable urbanisation agenda

The global transition to a carbon-neutral economy is expected to create many opportunities in the labour market, often referred to as green jobs. Juliana Oliveira-Cunha writes that in developing countries, active public policy at the national and local levels are needed for reskilling and upskilling workers into greener, higher-productivity occupations, and this requires a better understanding of what green jobs are and how to quantify them.