TheRoleoftheG20inPromotingGreenandJustTransitionsUnitedNationsTheRoleoftheG20inPromotingGreenandJustTransitionsPUBE2THEROLEOFTHEG20INPROMOTINGGREENANDJUSTTRANSITIONS©OECD/ILO/UNITEDNATIONS/UNIDO2024ThisworkispublishedundertheresponsibilityoftheSecretary-GeneraloftheOECD,theDirectorGeneralofUNIDO,theSecretary-GeneraloftheUnitedNationsandtheDirector-GeneraloftheILO.TheopinionsexpressedandargumentsemployedhereindonotnecessarilyreflecttheofficialviewsoftheMembercountriesoftheOECDoritsDevelopmentCentre,ortheMemberStatesofUNIDO,UnitedNationsorILO.ThenamesandrepresentationofcountriesandterritoriesusedinthisjointpublicationfollowthepracticeoftheOECD,inconsultationandagreementwithILO,UNIDOandtheUnitedNations.Thisdocument,aswellasanydataandmapincludedhereinarewithoutprejudicetothestatusoforsovereigntyoveranyterritory,tothedelimitationofinternationalfrontiersandboundariesandtothenameofanyterritory,cityorarea.ILOISBN:9789220409503(pdfWeb)Photocredits:CoverdesignbyAidaBuendiausinganimageofMihaCreative©Shutterstock.comCorrigendatoOECDpublicationsmaybefoundonlineat:www.oecd.org/about/publishing/corrigenda.htm.©OECD/ILO/UnitedNations/UNIDO2024Attribution3.0IGO(CCBY3.0IGO)ThisworkismadeavailableundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution3.0IGOlicence.Byusingthiswork,youaccepttobeboundbythetermsofthislicence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/).Attribution–youmustcitethework.Translations–youmustcitetheoriginalwork,identifychangestotheoriginalandaddthefollowingtext:Intheeventofanydiscrepancybetweentheoriginalworkandthetranslation,onlythetextoforiginalworkshouldbeconsideredvalid.Adaptations–youmustcitetheoriginalworkandaddthefollowingtext:ThisisanadaptationofanoriginalworkbytheOECD,ILO,UnitedNationsandUNIDO.TheopinionsexpressedandargumentsemployedinthisadaptationshouldnotbereportedasrepresentingtheofficialviewsoftheOECDorofitsMembercountries,ortheMemberStatesofUNIDO,UnitedNationsorILO.Third-partymaterial–thelicencedoesnotapplytothird-partymaterialinthework.Ifusingsuchmaterial,youareresponsibleforobtainingpermissionfromthethirdpartyandforanyclaimsofinfringement.YoumustnotusetheOECD’s,ILO’s,UnitedNations’orUNIDO’srespectivelogo,visualidentityorcoverimagewithoutexpresspermissionorsuggesttheOECD,ILO,UnitedNationsorUNIDOendorseyouruseofthework.AnydisputearisingunderthislicenceshallbesettledbyarbitrationinaccordancewiththePermanentCourtofArbitration(PCA)ArbitrationRules2012.TheseatofarbitrationshallbeParis(France).Thenumberofarbitratorsshallbeone.3THEROLEOFTHEG20INPROMOTINGGREENANDJUSTTRANSITIONS©OECD/ILO/UNITEDNATIONS/UNIDO2024BackgroundandcontextGroupofTwenty(G20)developmentministersunanimouslyadoptedtheG202023ActionPlanonAcceleratingProgressontheSDGs(henceforth“ActionPlan”)andG20HighLevelPrinciples(HLPs)onLifestylesforSustainableDevelopment(LiFE)inJune2023undertheIndianpresidency.ThenewActionPlan,whichbuildsontheG20ActionPlanonthe2030Agenda(2016),recognisestheunprecedentedurgencyoftheneedfortheG20totakeco-ordinatedactionandensurepolicycoherencetoexpediteadvancementsinachievingtheSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs).InSection3oftheActionPlan,theG20underlineditscommitmenttoimplementing“sustainable,inclusiveandjusttransitionsglobally,whileleavingnoonebehind”(G20DevelopmentMinisterial,2023[1]).Inthisregard,theG20encouragedinternationalorganisationstoconductstudiesto“analyset...