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  • View profile for Vinit Mishra

    Partner at EY, Power Sector Practitioner, Technology Evangelist & Exuberant

    6,998 followers

    Energy transition has taken center stage in the Indian power sector, with a major focus on sustainability. To ensure sustainability, utilities are embracing new technologies, digital solutions, innovations, and more. Delivering and operating these solutions requires a significant amount of skilled manpower, which is currently lacking in the sector. I frequently meet industry experts, organizational heads, and CXOs of system integrators to discuss this issue. The common challenge I have identified is the availability of a skilled workforce capable of delivering such solutions. In my view, the government should appoint an agency as a nodal body to run skill development programs in the sector at the Diploma and ITI levels. Drawing inspiration from the UK's apprenticeship program, where Utilita Energy and Cheshire College South and West have launched a new-style smart metering apprenticeship, we can develop a similar initiative in India. In the UK program, apprentices receive classroom-based learning at the 11,000-student college and gain hands-on experience within the on-site ‘Sustainable House.’ This facility allows students to work in a real-life setting without being in a real home. Sponsored by Utilita, the Sustainable House is equipped with the latest sustainable technologies, such as ground source heat pumps and photovoltaic solar panels. The academy can upskill thousands of engineers from any organization each year to address the green skills gap. In India, we have very limited training centers for power sector apprenticeships, and they are often inadequately equipped with new technologies or digital interventions. We need to move quickly in this area, and every discom should take ownership of developing one or two advanced training centers to nurture a future-ready workforce.

  • View profile for Abhishek Sinha

    Co-founder & CEO at GoodDot - Revolutionizing food with compassion

    17,635 followers

    India’s Economy Has a Missing Engine: Women Especially women from lower-income backgrounds. A McKinsey study estimated that India could add $770 billion to GDP by 2025 by simply advancing gender parity in work. But instead, female labor force participation fell from 32% (2005) to ~20% (2020). https://lnkd.in/dvys4E6f Despite progress in some areas, female labor force participation in India is among the lowest in the world, even lower than some Sub-Saharan African countries. Why Are So Many Poor Women Underemployed or Not Properly Utilized? 1. Social and Cultural Barriers • Deep-rooted patriarchy restricts women’s mobility, especially in rural or conservative areas. • Girls are often seen as temporary earners, their “real role” is expected to be at home. 2. Safety and Mobility • Public transport is unsafe or unavailable, making it harder for women to travel to work. • Fear of harassment, especially in cities or during night shifts, keeps families from letting women work. 3. Unpaid Labor at Home • Women spend hours daily doing unpaid work: cooking, cleaning, child care, elder care. • This invisible labor is neither recognized nor redistributed. • Poor women, in particular, bear the double burden of poverty and gendered expectation. 4. Lack of Suitable Jobs - There is no structured pathway from informal to formal employment. 5. Policy & Structural Failure • Skill development programs often don’t reach women or are too generic and disconnected from market realities. • No large-scale, nationwide push for rural women entrepreneurship, decentralized production, or employment guarantees for women. • Schemes exist, but access is broken due to middlemen, corruption, or lack of information. Poor women: • Walk miles for water • Raise children with limited resources • Cook without clean fuel • Manage micro-budgets like CFOs of households Yet the system never sees them as ‘employable’ or ‘productive’. What Can Change This? 1. Localized employment: Bring dignified work to villages (e.g., food processing, crafts, decentralised manufacturing). 2. Safe, affordable transport: So women can commute without fear. 3. Women-led cooperatives and micro-enterprises: Let women own their work, not just participate. 4. Recognition of unpaid work: Design policies around time poverty, not just joblessness. 5. Mindset shift: From “allowing” women to work to realizing they hold the key to national growth. We talk of “demographic dividend” but leave half the population on the sidelines. A country that sidelines its women isn’t just unjust, it is chronically underperforming.

  • View profile for Ioannis Ioannou
    Ioannis Ioannou Ioannis Ioannou is an Influencer

    Sustainability Strategy & Corporate Leadership | Professor, London Business School | Building the architecture of Aligned Capitalism | Keynote Speaker | LinkedIn Top Voice

    35,783 followers

    🌍 Why are so many companies struggling to make progress in their green transitions? One key reason I’ve long argued is the lack of human capital. Sustainability isn’t just about technology, policies, or financial commitments—it’s about people. Without a workforce equipped with the right skills, even the most ambitious climate goals risk becoming unattainable. The newly released Global Green Skills Report 2024 from LinkedIn paints a clear picture of the challenge ahead. Despite growing momentum in climate commitments, the supply of green talent is lagging far behind demand: 🌱 Demand for green skills grew 11.6% globally in 2023-2024, but supply only increased by 5.6%. 🚨 By 2050, half of all jobs in the green economy may lack qualified candidates unless we double the size of the green talent pool. 💼 Workers with green skills are already 54.6% more likely to get hired, showing the immense career opportunities in this space. The report also highlights demographic and industry trends: 👩🎓 Gen Z: A generation eager to tackle climate challenges, but only 1 in 20 have green skills today. 👩🔬 Women: Despite progress, the green gender gap persists, with women significantly underrepresented in green roles. 🏗️ Industries in focus: Utilities, construction, manufacturing, and tech are at the forefront of the transition, with soaring demand for skills like sustainable procurement, renewable energy management, and environmental policy. This data reinforces what many of us have felt for years: we cannot decarbonize the economy without upskilling and reskilling the global workforce. Closing the green skills gap is as much about delivering on climate promises as it is about creating pathways to new economic opportunities. 🟢 How do we move forward? It’s clear that governments, businesses, and educators need to come together to build the workforce of tomorrow. Initiatives like workforce training programs, green certifications, and cross-industry collaboration will be pivotal. Take a moment to explore the report—it’s packed with valuable insights for professionals across industries. What steps do you think can companies, governments, and individuals take to accelerate the green skills transition? #Sustainability #GreenEconomy #SkillsForTheFuture #Leadership

  • View profile for Stephanie Espy
    Stephanie Espy Stephanie Espy is an Influencer

    MathSP Founder and CEO | STEM Gems Author, Executive Director, and Speaker | #1 LinkedIn Top Voice in Education | Keynote Speaker | #GiveGirlsRoleModels

    160,851 followers

    Why it’s time to use reskilling to unlock women’s STEM potential: "Women make up just 28% of the global STEM workforce and only 22% of artificial intelligence (AI) professionals. Left unaddressed, this deficit will restrict innovation and economic growth during the reskilling revolution. Fostering collaboration, cultivating mentorship and delivering tailored solutions to country-specific challenges will close the STEM gender gap. Reskilling provides an opportunity to rethink how we are planning for the future of work. We must reconsider not only how we work, but who works. If the Fourth Industrial Revolution is rewriting the rules of work, now is the time to rewrite the rules of opportunity. Enrolment among women in STEM-related university programs has stagnated over the past decade, with the causes of this disparity differing across industries and regions. If left unaddressed, however, it will compound reskilling challenges that are already expected to cost G20 countries more than $11 trillion over the coming decade. Multiple inspiring stories have shown how these barriers can be broken. Ritu Karidhal, one of the 'rocket women' of the Indian Space Research Organization has inspired a rise in the number of women pursuing STEM fields in India. And she is not alone: From Esraa Tarawneh’s work on mitigating flash floods that's helped multiple communities tackle one of our century’s largest environmental threats, to Ayanna Howard’s assistive technologies that are revolutionizing accessibility for children with disabilities, women are pioneering ground-breaking innovations. Gender-diverse teams are also more profitable and productive. Companies in which female representation exceeds 30% are significantly more likely to financially outperform those with less. Gender diverse R&D teams are also more likely to introduce new innovations into the market over a two-year period. The case for closing the gender divide in STEM is clear, but it will persist without deliberate interventions. Women face a variety of barriers to accessing STEM fields and solutions must reflect this reality. In some regions, there will be a need to break stereotypes that dissuade girls from pursuing science. Elsewhere, the challenge will be infrastructure and ensuring access to resources and learning tools. Addressing these intersectional challenges demands localized strategies, which are essential for creating interventions that have enduring impact." Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eryKvFxp #MentorMonth #WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM #STEMGems #GiveGirlsRoleModels

  • View profile for Piyu Dutta
    Piyu Dutta Piyu Dutta is an Influencer
    13,608 followers

    The bridge between a middle-income nation and a developed nation is how much you 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲. In urban India, the % of educated women working in the formal sector remains abysmally low. In 2019, our research at LeadHers estimated that only 7-9% of educated women in urban India were in the formal workforce. Some data now suggests this is ~19%. Encouragingly, India’s female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) has improved to 37%, according to the latest reports. But is this enough? For many reasons, I like to look at the Vietnam model and how it has integrated women's workforce participation into its GDP growth. Vietnam's GDP per capita is around $4110, whereas India's around $2500. 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗟𝗙𝗣𝗥 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟲𝟴%. Could India take inspiration from Vietnam’s model? Well, the Vietnam model is not by chance. It is a result of many deliberate and thoughtful policies, particularly the 𝘿𝙤𝙞 𝙈𝙤𝙞 economic reforms of 1986, which transformed Vietnam’s economy. This and other policies led to- ✅ Opening markets to foreign investment, creating more jobs in services and industry ✅ Gender equality in education, preparing women for workforce participation ✅ Providing generous childcare and maternity benefits to support working mothers ✅ Setting targets for businesses to increase female workers ✅ Offering preferential tax incentives for companies that hire more women ✅ Expanding credit access for rural women in agriculture, forestry and fishing India has a critical opportunity here. Prioritising women in the formal, high value industries especially in STEM and leadership/management roles can significantly expand this talent pool driving productivity and innovation. According to a 2024 World Bank report, closing gender gaps in manufacturing alone could boost India’s economy by 9%. 𝗧𝗼 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲-𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲. 𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮, 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙. The question is: 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹? This is my wish for this year's Women's Day. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. #iwd2025

  • View profile for McKenna Dunbar

    Building smarter networks for tomorrow’s energy needs, The Grid Foundry | Forbes: Women in Energy & Climate

    14,248 followers

    Last week, the #ResidentialRetrofitsforEnergyEquity(R2E2) initiative released an authoritative Playbook designed to navigate the complexities of energy upgrade financing models, economic inclusion, and community engagement. One of the most noteworthy elements of the Playbook is found in Section 2: Actions and Best Practices, particularly under the “Identify Program Focus Areas” header. This section underscores the significance of the 2021 High-Road Workforce Guide for City Climate Action. The #HighRoadWorkforceGuide, developed in collaboration with the Bloomberg Philanthropies' American Cities Climate Challenge, offers city staff, elected officials, and advocates a strategic framework for supporting high-road workforce development. This approach is aimed at creating a qualified local workforce to meet ambitious climate goals while advancing racial equity in workforce programs. With the infusion of billions of dollars from the #InflationReductionAct(IRA), the 2021 #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw(BIL), and other federal sources, there is an unprecedented opportunity to address the critical issue of energy inefficiency in low- and moderate-income homes while reimagining and focusing on equitable workforce development. Explore the Playbook to learn more about its recommendations for energy upgrade programs, actions for program administrators, and best practices aimed at improving health outcomes, lowering energy bills, and strengthening local economies. Overall, I found the user experience and methodologies to be straightforward, making it a comprehensive read filled with an abundance of case studies that reflect real-life applications of the suggestions offered. The hyperlinked report and site attachments are also highly valuable. At the intersection of climate action and economic recovery, the #R2E2 Playbook serves as an excellent tool that offers practical and digestible guidance. I encourage everyone to bookmark the link and share it with Environmental Justice and Community-Based Organizations in your networks! Congratulations to Annika Brindel, Ian Becker, and to the Playbook’s collaborative efforts as a whole, produced by The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Elevate , Emerald Cities Collaborative, and HR&A Advisors. This playbook is a good reminder to embrace a future where energy-efficient homes are a standard, not a luxury, and where every community, especially those historically divested, can thrive. #R2E2 #Workforce #EconomicInclusion  #EnergyEquity

  • View profile for Aisha Tofa

    Startup Mentor/Coach | Women Economic Resilience| SDG | Social Impact & Development Specialist

    13,066 followers

    Nobody put them on a panel. Nobody gave them a grant. Last month, I visited Tomato Jos in Kaduna State; a tomato processing company quietly doing something remarkable in the middle of the Sahel. I went expecting to see a farm. Yes i did.. but i also found women! Women who wake before the heat rises and work the land with a precision that no algorithm can replicate. Women carrying babies on their backs and tomatoes in their hands; not because they have no choice, but because this is their livelihood, their agency, their ground. Meera Mehta, the woman leading Tomato Jos, has built something that doesn’t just process tomatoes. It processes possibility. Under her leadership, hundreds of women in rural Kaduna are now earning consistently, learning post-harvest techniques, and gaining a stake in a value chain that used to pass right over their heads. I stood in that field...No conference room, No keynote, No hashtag. Just women, working, earning, providing. Economic power in its most honest form. We spend so much time debating women’s economic inclusion at the top, in boardrooms, in policy briefs, in beautifully designed reports. And yet the most transformative version of it is already happening quietly. In the dust. In the early morning light of Northern Nigeria. The question is: are we paying attention? Because when a woman on a farm in Kaduna earns a fair wage, she doesn’t just feed herself. She feeds her children, pays school fees, gains a voice in her household. The ripple doesn’t stop at her, it moves through her entire community. Women’s economic power is not a future aspiration. It is a present reality, hiding in plain sight, waiting for the rest of us to catch up. To every woman I met on that farm; You are the Economy. #IWD26 #Give2Gain #ecosystem #Women #Empower #NorthernNigeria Sabou Capital Surayyah Ahmad Tomato Jos

  • View profile for B Prabhakaran

    Leading the future for sustainable technology and responsible mining and manufacturing | Managing Director of Thriveni Earthmovers Pvt. Ltd. and Lloyds Metals and Energy Ltd.

    7,252 followers

    When discussions around development take place, the focus often remains on infrastructure, investment, and industry. But meaningful transformation is ultimately reflected in the opportunities available to people. One initiative that has been particularly close to this belief is the Lloyds Vanya Garment Centre in Gadchiroli. What makes the initiative significant is not simply the number of garments produced. It is the number of opportunities created. Today, more than 200 women from 32 villages are part of the initiative, producing over 40,000 garments within just nine months. Behind these numbers are stories of skill development, financial independence, and growing confidence. At the same time, the journey extends beyond the garment centre itself. Many women have stepped into roles that were once considered unconventional, including positions as heavy and light vehicle drivers, while others have taken on important responsibilities within safety and security functions. For me, this represents an important aspect of development. When women gain access to skills, employment, and responsibility, the impact extends far beyond the workplace. It strengthens families, supports communities, and creates pathways for long-term economic participation. Progress becomes more meaningful when more people are able to participate in it. And that is precisely what initiatives like Lloyds Vanya seek to achieve.

  • View profile for Jeanette Robil

    SRHR & Gender Equality Advisor | GBV | Humanitarian & Development | Plan International Egypt

    5,649 followers

    👌𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬-𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 Too often, economic empowerment programs focus on participation; not impact. A gender equality lens ensures women don’t just join programs, but actually benefit, lead, and sustain gains. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥: 🔹 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Who controls women’s income, time, and decisions? 🔹 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Add childcare, flexible schedules, and safe access 🔹 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬: Not just any job! fair pay, safety, growth 🔹 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞: Access to accounts, financial literacy 🔹 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧: Shift norms around care and decision-making 🔹 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬: Align training with real market demand 🔹 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭: Track agency, income control, and job quality; not just numbers 🔹 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬: In design, feedback, and leadership 👉𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞: If participation increases, that’s 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠. If power and choice increase,that’s 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. #GenderEquality #EconomicEmpowerment #Development #InclusiveGrowth

  • View profile for Scott Kelly

    Systems Thinker | Data Executive | Team Builder | Predictive Insights Leader | Board Advisor | Risk Modeller

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    𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀. And the numbers for both are big. A new flagship report from WRI and partners estimates that a well managed climate transition could generate around 375 million net new jobs over the next decade in energy, construction, manufacturing, and agriculture, equivalent to about 10 percent of global employment. At the same time, the transition will churn roughly 630 million jobs as roles are created, destroyed, or fundamentally reshaped, affecting close to one in five workers worldwide. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? The report contrasts climate action with other megatrends. Technological disruption and geoeconomic fragmentation are likely to have net negative employment effects in the near term. By contrast, decarbonisation has a clearly positive net jobs effect if leaders invest in people. Climate action is one of the few levers that can put more jobs back into the system than it takes out. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵? The binding constraint is not capital or hardware. It is skills. Labour shortages are already holding back the energy transition in key markets. A simulation for the report shows that just a 14 percent shortfall in renewable energy workers (around 6 million workers by 2030), will lead to a delay in renewable capacity adding around 0.7°C of warming by 2100 compared with today’s national policies. That is an enormous climate penalty for a relatively small workforce gap. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿. Used well, AI can accelerate skills formation instead of simply automating work out of the system. The report calls for workforce intelligence systems that use real time data and AI to anticipate where jobs will be created, which occupations are at risk, and which skills are emerging. It highlights the need for agile, modular training systems, smart accreditation, and job matching platforms that recognise informal learning and connect workers into new green roles quickly. 𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 Most governments and firms still treat AI policy and climate policy as separate conversations. But both transitions are happening simultaneously and are deeply connected. If AI is deployed as skills infrastructure for the green transition, we could get faster decarbonisation, better jobs, and lower climate risk. The priority now is to hardwire jobs and skills into national transition plans and corporate strategies. Source: https://lnkd.in/eAMvhg8G #climatejobs #greeneconomy #skills #AI #energytransition #labourmarkets #humancapital ___________ 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘐𝘯: Scott Kelly

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