Green jobs are abundant. Green workers are not.

Rick Spence

Economists say that the cost of building a safer, net-zero planet by 2050 should come to US$3.5 trillion a year – a fraction of the world’s economic output, yet still a far cry from current investment levels. But there will be no energy transition unless we can also train enough people to do the jobs needed for that cleaner future – from farming to finance. And the world is underperforming here, too, according to a new study by workplace specialists LinkedIn. Based on data from more than a billion members in 43 countries, LinkedIn’s 2024 Global Green Skills Report projects that a full half of the jobs required by the green economy in 2050 will lack qualified candidates. “This data is a wake-up call, and there’s no more time to…

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Corporate Knights (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2025

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