Green Transition and Qualification—Social and Labor Law Instruments

Policies to mitigate climate changeClimate change are being adopted on international and national levels at an increasing rate. There has been an increasing consideration of environmental concerns in many areas of politics (Zeeb et al. in Bundesgesundheitsblatt 61: 729–736, 2018). The distancing from the use of fossil fuels and changing forms of resource use and energy production are just a few examples to illustrate, that many sectors of the economy are facing fundamental changes or, in the case of coal production and power generation, their imminent end. The economic debate about the limits of growth and the consequences of an ecological transformation for the economy is in full swing. It has inevitable consequences for the world of work.