The โ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐โ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป | ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น (๐๐๐) ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐โ was organized by the National Alliance for Just Transition โ Bangladesh (NAJTB) and Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) as part of their ongoing national consultation process to develop the Just Transition Chapter of Bangladeshโs NDC 3.0 Implementation Plan, ensuring that workersโ voices and rights remain central to climate action.
The dialogue brought together leaders of the Industrial Bangladesh Council (IBC) to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with the transition towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy, emphasizing the importance of protecting workersโ livelihoods, promoting decent work, and ensuring a fair and inclusive industrial transition.
Advancing a Worker-Centred Just Transition
The discussion focused on ensuring that Bangladeshโs green industrial transition delivers not only environmental benefits but also secure employment, fair wages, stronger labour rights, and improved working conditions. Participants highlighted the importance of meaningful trade union participation in transition planning and the need for policies that protect workers affected by technological change and industrial transformation.
Key Discussions
Protecting workersโ jobs, wages, labour rights, and occupational safety throughout the transition towards a low-carbon economy
Ensuring meaningful participation of trade unions and workersโ representative organisations in climate policy development and industrial transition planning
Strengthening social protection mechanisms for workers affected by technological advancements and changes in industrial production
Promoting practical reskilling and upskilling opportunities to prepare workers for emerging green jobs and changing labour market demands
Encouraging safer workplaces, cleaner production processes, and effective pollution control measures across industries
Ensuring that climate finance, green investments, and industrial incentives generate tangible benefits for workers alongside environmental improvements
The dialogue reaffirmed the importance of placing workers at the centre of climate action and ensuring that the transition towards a greener economy does not compromise employment security, workersโ rights, or social justice. Meaningful engagement with trade unions and other workersโ representative organisations will be essential to building an inclusive and sustainable industrial future for Bangladesh.
The recommendations gathered from IBC leaders will contribute to the Workers-Centred NDC 3.0 Just Transition Implementation Plan, being developed by NAJTB and BLF through consultations with workers, trade unions, and other stakeholders. The consolidated recommendations will be submitted to the Government of Bangladesh for consideration in the final implementation plan, supporting a transition that combines environmental sustainability with decent work, stronger labour rights, and social protection for all workers.