Building Our Green Workforce for the Energy Sector

The rapid acceleration of the energy transition is creating millions of new job opportunities for technicians, engineers, software developers and scientists, whose expertise are critical to the successful development, deployment, implementation and maintenance of emerging technologies and energy solutions.

However, the demand for green skills is currently outpacing the available workforce, posing a significant challenge to the progress of the clean energy transition. With this skills gap threatening to slow down the shift to a net zero economy, what strategic actions should governments and industry leaders take to ensure our future workforce is equipped to meet the labour demands of this evolving sector?