This report – the second in a series of International Labour Organization (ILO)–United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)–International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) publications on decent work in nature-based solutions (NbS) – aims to improve the understanding of the role of NbS in the world of work and in a just transition towards environmentally sustainable and inclusive economies and societies. The first report in the series, published in 2022, was the first major attempt to examine the nexus of NbS, jobs and decent work, and this second report aims to deepen the understanding of the relationship between NbS and the world of work; taking advantage of growing global interest in NbS among governments, the private sector and civil society, and the recognition of the central role that NbS can play in progressing towards critical global targets of the Rio Conventions and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is intended to inform the development of global-, regional- and national-level policies and initiatives to: 1) scale-up the implementation of NbS; 2) ensure that related work is decent; and 3) make sure that the transitions required to increase the use of NbS are just, in particular for workers and affected communities.
