From the course: Closing the Green Skills Gap to Power a Greener Economy and Drive Sustainability

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What are green skills?

What are green skills?

From the course: Closing the Green Skills Gap to Power a Greener Economy and Drive Sustainability

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What are green skills?

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- Closely linked to the future of work is the future of our planet and the need for a green transition. That transition can fuel new green jobs and give us the chance to meet the urgent climate challenge. But to fully realize those jobs, we need more and more people armed with green skills. Green skills are those that enable the environmental sustainability of economic activities. Skills that contribute to reducing pollution or conserving natural resources. According to LinkedIn data, the world does not have enough green talent skills or jobs to transition fully to a green world yet. So advocacy and adoption are critical. Not all jobs of the future may need to be 100% green, but they should skew as much as possible in that direction. Firstly, there are green skills that can be adopted to make an existing job more sustainable. For example, it could be a fashion manufacturer sourcing more eco-friendly materials. It could a…

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