Featured in Work in progress – 04-2023

The green jobs promise

Promising to replace fossil fuel jobs with an identical number of clean energy roles in coal-dependent communities is overly simplistic and ignores the fact that communities need to be brought onside with credible expectations of better-quality employment, says Raul Alfaro-Pelico, a senior director at the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).

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pv magazine

05 Apr 2023

Ener-G-Africa’s solar panel assembly facility in Cape Town has a staff of 100% female workers. | Photo: Ener-G-Africa

Not all green jobs are created equal but they all address the equity dimension of a just transition. With women representing 32% of the clean energy workforce – more than the 21% present in the fossil fuel industry – there is hope of gender parity. But we need a shift from job quantity to quality …

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