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Pact Launch: Accelerating young skills and talent for green jobs

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Sharm El-Sheikh
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As a legacy of Stockholm+50 UNEP, ILO and UNICEF/Generation Unlimited have joined forces to develop a “Green Jobs for Youth Pact”. Working with and for young people, it is a bold and unique partnership for action to close the skills gap in developing countries, targeting climate vulnerable sectors and contributing to a systemic change harvesting benefits for people, planet and prosperity.

Speakers

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Joost Korte
Director-General Employment, European Commission
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Urmilla Sakar
Global Head of Programme, Generation Unlimited, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Panelists

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Allen Blue
co-founder, LinkedIn
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Norine Kennedy
SVP Policy & Global Strategy, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
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Boitumelo Molete
Social Development Policy Coordinator, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
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Quinn Runkle
Director of Education, Students Organizing for Sustainability – UK
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Michael Alexander
Communications and Advocacy Expert, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)