In the next decade, millions of new “green” jobs will be created in new-wave industries, like solar energy, and established fields, like architecture, fashion and farming.
For young people, these jobs will represent an opportunity to earn a steady living while helping to tackle some of the planet’s biggest challenges, from climate change to pollution to species loss.
But what skills will young people need to land these planet-friendly jobs?
A recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEO-6 for Youth, has the answer.