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

The report highlights the potential for the climate transition to create a net increase of 375 million jobs over the next decade, particularly in energy, construction, and the nature-based economy. It identifies three primary barriers: the lack of workforce integration in transition strategies, outdated skills systems, and insufficient short-term financing for human capital. To address these, the report introduces a 10-point Action Agenda centered on intentionality, innovation, and investment, calling for a global initiative to provide technical assistance and shared knowledge to help countries and industries implement these strategies.

• 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, specifically within energy, construction, and the nature-based economy.
• The report identifies three central challenges hindering a people-centered transition: the failure of current strategies to integrate workforce dimensions, the presence of outdated skills systems, and financing for human capital that is both insufficient and short-term.
• A people-centered approach focusing on jobs, skills, and social equity can provide a 'triple dividend' consisting of more resilient and stronger economies, enhanced social cohesion, and accelerated achievement of environmental goals.
• The report proposes a 10-point Action Agenda based on three pillars: intentionality (mainstreaming workforce strategies), innovation (scaling tech-enabled, flexible training), and investment (mobilizing large-scale finance for human capital).

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} }