Jobs and Skills for the New Economy: An Action Agenda for a People-Centered Climate Transition

The World Resources Institute report 'Jobs and Skills for the New Economy' advocates for a people-centered transition to a low-carbon economy. It argues that by prioritizing investments in jobs, skills, and social equity, leaders can achieve a 'triple dividend' of economic resilience, social cohesion, and environmental progress, while potentially generating a net increase of 375 million jobs over the next ten years.

• The transition to a low-carbon economy has the potential to create a significant net increase in employment, with a midpoint estimate of 375 million additional jobs across four major sectors over the next ten years, particularly in construction, energy, and the nature-based economy.
• A people-centered transition focusing on social equity, skills, and jobs can provide a 'triple dividend' consisting of faster progress toward environmental goals, improved social cohesion, and stronger, more resilient economies.
• The report identifies three primary challenges hindering a people-centered transition: the failure of current strategies to integrate workforce dimensions, the existence of outdated skills systems, and insufficient, short-term financing for human capital investment.
• The report proposes a 10-point Action Agenda based on investment, innovation, and intentionality. Key components include mobilizing large-scale finance for human capital, scaling training systems that are flexible and tech-enabled, and mainstreaming workforce strategies.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Jobs and Skills for the New Economy: An Action Agenda for a People-Centered Climate Transition. https://www.wri.org/research/jobs-skills-new-economy-action-agenda

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Jobs and Skills for the New Economy: An Action Agenda for a People-Centered Climate Transition. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/jobs-skills-new-economy-action-agenda.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendjobs, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Jobs and Skills for the New Economy: An Action Agenda for a People-Centered Climate Transition}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/jobs-skills-new-economy-action-agenda}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }