Jobs in Green and Healthy Transport: Making the shift

This report by the International Labor Organization investigates the implications for global job creation of four different green transport scenarios, applied to Europe: 1) a doubling in investment in public transport, 2) free public transport, 3) a target that 50% of all vehicles manufactured must be electric, and 4) banning of internal combustion engines for […]

 

Productive Use Report – Evaluation of solar-powered agricultural technologies for productive-use applications: A modelling approach

This report uses economic modelling to investigate the viability of ten different productive use applications of solar power in agriculture (oil extraction, maize shelling, rice hulling, fruit juice making, sugar cane juicing, fruit drying, flour milling, peanut shelling and coffee pulping). It investigates each technology in detail and then calculates the profits and other benefits […]

 

Financing and Scaling Productive Use of Energy: Challenges and opportunities for catalytic growth

GET.invest is a programme funded by the EU and several of its member states, that mobilises investment in renewable energy in low- and middle-income countries, including by providing coaching to renewable energy companies and linking them with investors. This report assesses the current state of PUE finance, highlights challenges to scaling up investment in PUE, […]

Europe’s Energy Transition: Women’s Power in Solving the Labour Bottleneck – Employment Opportunities and Requirements for Low-Carbon Job Markets

This report investigates labour shortages for the energy transition in Europe and shows just how many more people will be needed in the energy sector by 2030 (See the table on p.4; example: over 600,000 new solar PV technicians and 150,000 wind engineers). On page 7, the report gives a quick overview of key arguments […]

Forecasting Green Jobs in Africa

This report forecasts the new direct job creation potential of 12 green sub-sectors by 2030. The report predicts the creation of up to 3.3 million new green jobs across the continent, with the majority in renewable energy, particularly solar.

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