{"id":132673,"date":"2024-07-29T09:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/green-economy-could-generate-3-3m-jobs-across-africa-by-2030-report\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T09:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:05:48","slug":"green-economy-could-generate-3-3m-jobs-across-africa-by-2030-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/green-economy-could-generate-3-3m-jobs-across-africa-by-2030-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Green economy could generate 3.3m jobs across Africa by 2030 \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132673\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>A greener economy could bring millions of jobs to some of the largest countries in Africa, according to a new report. Research by the development agency FSD Africa and the impact advisory firm Shortlist predicts that 3.3 million jobs could be generated across the continent by 2030. Forecasting Green Jobs in Africa predicts that 60% of the roles, mainly in the renewable energy sector, will be skilled or white collar positions that can \u201cspur the growth of the middle class in countries with high-growth sectors\u201d such as renewable energy, e-mobility, construction and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The report was based on forecasts from five countries \u2013 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa \u2013 that the study says will see more than a fifth of the jobs expected from the green transition over the next six years. About 10% of the jobs created will demand university degrees, 30% will be \u201cspecialised\u201d work that requires certification or vocational training, and 20% administrative. Unskilled labour will be more stable, with opportunities for upward mobility, the study predicts. \u201cThis is the first public report that takes seriously the notion that human capital and talent is important as an input to green economic growth, and as a positive outcome \u2013 in the form of millions of new, direct jobs,\u201d says Paul Breloff, CEO of Shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>The renewable energy sector will generate about 70% of jobs, and roughly 1.7m will be in solar power. DRC and Ethiopia, with Africa\u2019s largest and second largest hydropower potential \u2013 will see jobs in that sector. Agriculture should employ hundreds of thousands, with more than half of those jobs in climate-smart technology. The researchers call on policymakers, funders and educational institutions to invest in training a workforce in green industries, saying it could \u201ccontribute to the formalisation of African economies, and the inclusion of whole populations in stable systems of remuneration, social security and taxation\u201d. \u201cPolicymakers and funders and workforce developers need to step up to meet this near-term demand with effective training, apprenticeships, and job\/skill matching, in hopes of achieving Africa\u2019s green promise,\u201d said Breloff.<\/p>\n<p>With its young workforce and vast renewable energy resources, Africa can \u201cleapfrog\u201d into renewables, skipping over the carbon-intensive pathways taken by industrialised countries, but, the report\u2019s authors argue, it will require \u201csupportive policies, infrastructure, and significant financial investments, estimated at over $100bn annually\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>African countries have struggled to attract renewable energy investments due to investor perceptions of risk and concerns over commercial viability. The continent receives only 3% of global clean energy funding. To meet climate and energy access development goals, investments need to more than double to over \u00a3155bn a year by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the African Development Bank.\u201cYou need a base level of good skills in the country to get investors comfortable putting their money into green investments \u2013 those jobs de-risk investments, investments flow into or within the country. If finance flows, then projects get to be realised, and will create even more new jobs,\u201d said Kevin Munjal, director of development impact at FSD Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Some countries, especially those with oil and gas reserves, continue to push back on calls for Africa, which accounts for less than 4% of global carbon emissions, to elevate carbon reduction goals over domestic priorities, such as fossil fuels for economic growth or domestic energy, when 600 million Africans do not have access to electricity. Munjal says that, while \u201cthere is need to think about a just transition\u201d, green growth provides critical potential for jobs and economic growth. \u201cThere is a significant opportunity here to address what is quickly turning into a demographic crisis,\u201d said Munjal. \u201cAfrica has the youngest, fastest-growing workforce but \u2026 the youth need jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/article\/2024\/jul\/26\/green-economy-could-generate-33m-jobs-across-africa-by-2030-report\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vauen\/green-economy-could-generate-3-3m-jobs-across-africa-by-2030-report\/\">Green economy could generate 3.3m jobs across Africa by 2030 \u2013 report<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[698,15259,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-132673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-africa","tag-green-economy","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}