Climate Change opportunities
SWOT Analysis - usually a business tool - is showing the economy could turn on new jobs created in the renewable energy and efficiency sectors.
Scotland is on the brink of a green jobs revolution with 50,000 posts expected to be created in the next decade, careers experts claim.
Wind analysts, turbine technicians and heat-pump installers will all be needed to cope with the renewable energy rush, according to Careers Scotland, which has started a new campaign to raise awareness of the growing green industry.
They say the number of jobs in fields such as recycling, conservation and renewables is set to rocket in the next ten years. Already there are an estimated 80,000 jobs in the renewable fields that did not previously exist, with another 50,000 predicted over the next decade. Read more…
Germany doubles
Renewable energy jobs in Germany shot up to 249,300 in 2007, almost double the 160,500 green jobs in Germany in 2004. Read more…
US predictions
A new report from the American Solar Energy Society shows that as many as 1 out of 4 workers in the U.S. will be working in the renewable energy (RE) or energy efficiency (EE) industries by 2030. The report shows that these industries already generate 8.5 million jobs in the U.S., and with appropriate public policy, could grow to as many as 40 million jobs by 2030. Read more…
Global millions
Climate change is creating millions of “green jobs” in sectors from solar power to biofuels that will slightly exceed layoffs elsewhere in the economy, experts at U.N. climate talks in Bali, Indonesia said.
New research reveals that these jobs are not for just the middle classes - the so-called ‘green collar’ jobs - but also for workers in construction, sustainable forestry and agriculture, engineering and transportation. Read more…
job losses
The other side of the coin: heavy industry is already having to absorb increasing electricity prices. Trade unions and business leaders say EU plans to cut carbon emissions could harm up to 50,000 steelworkers’ jobs if their industry moves to areas with lower costs for polluters. Read more…
opinion:
There may be positives arising from the changes to come.
We need to keep an eye open for them - it is too easy to get stuck with the doom & gloom when the world seems to be ignoring the warning signs. SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) will help us identify the first & third.
Goodness knows, we could use the good news!
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