TERI in collaboration with Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) had a convening on Just Transition in India which included a multi-stakeholder workshop titled ‘Building a resilient future: Investing in green jobs and reskilling for women workers’. This workshop was planned in the context of India’s G20 presidency in 2023, alongside the parallel Business20 (B20) and Think20 (T20) deliberations, and aimed to provide an inclusive space for key stakeholders from India›s private sector, civil society, media, academia, and labour organisations to discuss how adequate investment opportunities, financing for green jobs and reskilling initiatives could enable equitable and sustainable solutions for India’s workers and businesses. The workshop began with opening remarks from Dr. Jayanta Mitra, Senior Fellow, TERI and Mr.Nicholas Glitcher, COO, TRF. It had 3 thematic break-out sessions on the following topics-

• Theme I – Sustainable financing for green jobs and worker support

• Theme II – Empowering women workers and reskilling

• Theme III – Financing for a just transition

Each theme had a domain expert who provided the necessary guidance to the participants and a moderator to steer the discussion. The domain experts included Dr. Parveen Dhamija, Advisor, Skill Council for Green Jobs (Theme I), Sabina Dewan, President and Executive Director, JustJobs Network (Theme II), Sandeep Pai, Director, Research & Strategy, Swaniti Initiative (Theme III).

The workshop was moderated Amb. Ajai Malhotra, Distinguished Fellow, TERI and also saw participation from Mr. Varad Pande, Partner & Director, BCG during the panel discussion. The event was attended by participants from other research organization, journalists, NGOs, students as well as heads of organizations. Mr. Girish Sethi, Senior Director, TERI and Mr. Nicholas Glitcher, TRF gave the concluding remarks and vote of thanks respectively