With green jobs booming, here's how to plug the sustainability skills gap

Jan 9, 2023

While the number of “green jobs” grew globally at a rate of 8% per year over the last five years, the number of people listing green skills in their profiles only grew by 6% per year Image: REUTERS/Vincent West

Christopher Boone

Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University

Karen C. Seto

Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, Yale University

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Davos 2023: Green jobs go well beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance.

Green jobs go well beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance. Image: The Conversation.

Davos 2023: A bar chart showing some of the fastest-growing green jobs globally.

Some of the fastest-growing green jobs globally. Image: The Conversation.

Davos 2023: Short courses offered by universities offer one way to develop sustainability skills for green jobs.

Short courses offered by universities offer one way to develop sustainability skills for green jobs. Image: Unsplash/Raze Solar

Davos 2023: The U.S. Department of Labor expects to see fast growth in green jobs.

The U.S. Department of Labor expects to see fast growth in green jobs. Image: REUTERS/Lance Murphey

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