As industries embrace the challenge to build a more sustainable economy, a significant skills gap has emerged in the global workforce. Globally, only one in eight workers have at least one green skill necessary for businesses to deliver on their sustainability ambitions. Research has found that while green skills are deemed essential by 79% of business leaders, only 55% of companies have programmes in place to develop them.
Beyond technical green skills, there is another obstacle to climate action progress. Many people are not yet equipped with transversal, ‘soft’ skills – such as communication, leadership, change management and systems-thinking abilities –…