Addressing Climate Change and Promoting a Just Transition to a Greener World of Work in Botswana.

The negative effects of climate change, unsustainable practices of resource depletion and overreliance on diamond revenue are amongst the major challenges for Botswana’s sustainable development. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated poverty, inequality, and unemployment, exposing the limited capacities of Botswana’s health, education and social protection systems, and the urgent need to diversify the economic base from mining exports. This intervention promotes a just transition to a greener world of work, contributing towards a sustainable, inclusive, low-carbon and climate-resilient economic development in Botswana. It targets policy-makers, government officials, employers’ and workers’ organizations, academia and business development services through a systemic approach with gender-responsive interventions at macro, meso and micro levels. At the macro level, the expected result is the adoption of public policy measures supporting a just transition, accompanied by a tripartite action plan to develop a greener world of work. At the meso level, employers’ and workers’ organizations will strengthen their capacity to advocate for a just transition through social dialogue and participation in the implementation of the action plan. At the micro level, the intervention will provide direct assistance to local enterprises to adopt sustainable practices and create green jobs. It will also contribute to the development of green skills for women and men. Activities are implemented in collaboration with Business Botswana, the Women in Business Association Botswana, the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions and the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Union, the Ministry of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development and other ministries.

Project symbol

BWA/21/01/RBS

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Pretoria

Start date

01/08/2021

End date

15/04/2024

Total allocation

473130

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

473130

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Botswana

Outcomes

Outcome 2: Strong, representative and influential tripartite constituents and effective social dialogue
Outcome 8: Integrated policy and institutional responses for social justice through decent work
Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises for inclusive growth and decent work