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This report by Energy Innovation uses the Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) to analyze the economic, consumer, and public health impacts of federal energy policy changes enacted by the 119th Congress and the second Trump administration between January 2025 and July 2026. The analysis focuses on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and various EPA and DOE regulatory repeals, forecasting significant increases in household energy costs, job losses in manufacturing, a cumulative GDP decline, and rising healthcare spending due to increased air pollution through 2040.

This report by FSD Africa provides a pan-African forecast of direct green job creation by 2030 across 12 material value chains. It identifies a significant near-term opportunity for 1.5 to 3.3 million new direct jobs, primarily driven by the energy and power sector. The analysis emphasizes that while long-term potential is vast, immediate investment in human capital and skilling is required to realize these gains.

This policy brief by Transforma explores the potential for green jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as a driver for a just transition and community resilience. Based on 2023 community projects in Colombia, Chile, and Mexico, the document analyzes the challenges of labor informality and provides sector-specific opportunities and policy recommendations to formalize sustainable employment.

This report provides a gender-perspective analysis of employment and competencies in Peru's large-scale mining sector. It identifies significant barriers to female participation, including deeply rooted gender biases, a lack of women in STEM careers, and structural challenges such as rotating shifts. The study finds that female labor participation in the Peruvian mining sector remained relatively constant at around 6% between 2010 and 2019, with women primarily concentrated in administrative roles and underrepresented in operational and managerial positions.