Climate and Careers
“Climate change is reshaping the employment landscape” (USA Today). That’s both because the consequences of warming are affecting employers and people’s work and because there’s a need for every profession to participate in implementing climate solutions. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change puts it, “Rapid and far-reaching transitions across all sectors and systems are necessary to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all.” Transforming all sectors and systems requires every profession to participate.
In other words, “Every job is a climate job!” And, climate literacy will help you get a job.
Employers are increasingly seeking candidates with climate related knowledge and skills. According to the World Economic Forum, hiring for green jobs outpaced the overall hiring rate globally four years in a row.
Resources for thinking about climate and careers:
- So You Want to Work in Climate, a crowdsourced collection of 750+ resources for people who want to work in climate
- Work on Climate, a global community of professionals seeking to use their talent to solve climate change and build a regenerative economy
- ClimateSolutions-Careers.org, for students who want to find a career contributing to positive climate action and for anyone who wants to shift careers or figure out how to use their existing career to address climate change
- Every Job Is a Climate Job: Why Corporate Transformation Needs Climate Literacy, a report by Kite Insights
- U.S. Climate Jobs Fact Sheet, a report by the Environmental and Energy Institute
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