The Climate Pact will continue the EU’s work in this area and actively support labour organisations, educational bodies and public authorities to help those seeking employment in the green economy.
Simply put, green skills are the knowledge, abilities, values and attitudes needed to live in, develop and support a sustainable and resource-efficient society.
The need to transition towards more environmentally sustainable modes of production and consumption has become imperative, for developed as well as for developing countries.
Sustainable Development Goal 9 includes the target of upgrading infrastructure and retrofitting industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes by 2030.Sustainable Development Goal 12 includes the target of achieving the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030.
The transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy requires systemic changes that will result not only in new products and services but also in changes in production processes and business models.
This greening of the economy will inevitably change the skills required and the tasks involved in many of the existing occupations.
