The Green Skills and Jobs Guide
Driving the Net Zero Transition
Will be published approx. on 14. September 2026
220 pages
E-Book
978-1-040-58597-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a comprehensive guide to the greening of the economy, detailing the essential skills, jobs, and careers required to develop a thriving sustainable future.
The transition towards net zero is creating a wave of new work requiring the redeployment and repurposing of skills and jobs to decarbonise and adapt the economy. Charting this drive for the greening of skills across all sectors of the economy, each chapter in this book addresses ten key questions taking the reader through the skills and jobs driving the transition to net zero. The book uses a range of skills frameworks to help readers understand how emerging and new competencies are being integrated into existing jobs, and case studies are drawn from across the world to show how green skills are defined and incorporated into new roles. Presenting best practices and policy insights with a strong emphasis on the strategies to overcome the barriers to the green transition, it equips readers with knowledge of the green economy's opportunities and challenges, and guides individuals in identifying viable career paths in green and non-green sectors.
Written in a highly accessible style, this book will be a key guide for professionals, policymakers, organisations, societies, and individuals looking for clear pathways for education and training, with an emphasis on upskilling and interdisciplinary approaches.
The transition towards net zero is creating a wave of new work requiring the redeployment and repurposing of skills and jobs to decarbonise and adapt the economy. Charting this drive for the greening of skills across all sectors of the economy, each chapter in this book addresses ten key questions taking the reader through the skills and jobs driving the transition to net zero. The book uses a range of skills frameworks to help readers understand how emerging and new competencies are being integrated into existing jobs, and case studies are drawn from across the world to show how green skills are defined and incorporated into new roles. Presenting best practices and policy insights with a strong emphasis on the strategies to overcome the barriers to the green transition, it equips readers with knowledge of the green economy's opportunities and challenges, and guides individuals in identifying viable career paths in green and non-green sectors.
Written in a highly accessible style, this book will be a key guide for professionals, policymakers, organisations, societies, and individuals looking for clear pathways for education and training, with an emphasis on upskilling and interdisciplinary approaches.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
21 Tables, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-040-58597-9 (9781040585979)
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1st Edition
Routledge
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approx. 09/2026
1st Edition
Routledge
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Person
Michael Cross leads the research and content creation for the leading podcast and blogging site, The Green Edge, which is read and listened to in over 85 countries. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and a Regent of the University of Edinburgh. He has set-up and run several successful businesses e.g. Navigate Group (education), Rezatec (spatial analytics). He has also held fellowships at Durham University, City University, Manchester Business School, LSE, Imperial College, and the Technical Change Centre. He also sat on the Boards of Industry Training Bodies for plastics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and oil.
Content
Part 1: Green Skills and Jobs: Landscape and Core Themes Introduction: The Green Skills and Jobs Guide: Driving the Net Zero Transition 1. Introduction to the Green Economy 2. Mapping the Green Jobs Landscape 3. Essential Green Skills for the Future 4. Education and Training Pathways for Green Careers: How green skills are developed 5. Innovative Technologies Driving the Green Economy: Skills for Green Innovation 6. Policy and Regulatory Frameworks Supporting Green Jobs and Skills 7. Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Green Economy: Skills Driving the Net Zero Transition 8. Challenges and Barriers in the Green Economy 9. The Global Perspective: Green Jobs and Skills Around the World 10. The Future of Work and Skills in a Green Economy: Towards 2050 11. Foundations of the Net-Zero Transition and Their Demand for Skills Part 2: Sector Perspective 12. The Blue Economy 13. The foundational industries of the legacy economy: green skills driving the brown economy 14. Renewable Energy: Skills for Powering the Future 15. Sustainable Transport: Skills Driving Green Mobility 16. Green Construction and Building Retrofits: Skills for the Net Zero Built Environment 17. Skills for the Circular Economy: Reducing Waste and Maximising Resource Usage 18. Sustainable Agriculture, Nature, and Food Systems: Skills for Land Use Management 19. Environmental and Climate Science Professionals - Skills for Shaping the Net Zero Transition 20. Green Finance and Policy - Skills for Funding the Transition 21. Design and Digital Skills for the Green Economy 22. Global Perspectives and Future Trends
