Abstract
The climate crisis is exacerbating negative labour market dynamics, eroding livelihoods and accentuating inequalities. This chapter discusses employment and skills policy responses for a just transition, focusing on how tackling inequalities in the world of work reinforces and amplifies efforts to reduce broader societal inequalities and climate change and green transitions risk deepening labour and workplace inequalities and sharing the example of Iraq’s decent work strategy. It finds that carefully designed and targeted employment and skills policies will be a central plank of whole-of-government policy packages aimed at implementing a just transition promotes inclusive societies and workplaces.