CLIMATE CONSCIOUS CAREERS CAMPAIGN

There’s a global shortage of workers with ‘'green’' skills!

The sustainability skills gap is growing, and ‘at the current pace, demand for workers with green skills will surpass supply’ leaving a 2% gap by 2026! (LinkedIn’s Global Green Skills Report 2023).

‘Green’ skills are essential to our adaptation to and mitigation of the climate crisis and are fundamental in changing systems, attitudes and social norms in favour of sustainability.

But these skills shouldn’t be exclusively for careers in ‘green’ sectors, ‘it’s not just energy and transportation: Nearly every aspect of the workforce will need green skills’ (Laura Hilgers LinkedIn Talent Blog)

AT ycs we believe:

Every career should be climate-conscious meaning all employees should have soft transferable sustainability, social and systemic skills and awareness, that expand so significantly on ‘green skills’.

But first....

Nine in ten young people in the UK (aged 16-24) didn’t feel they knew what green skills were according to World Skills UK 2022 Green Skills Report.

So, what are green skills?

According to AIMHI Earth there are 15 ‘Green Skills’ however, at YCS we expand on this to create an all-rounded list of skills, knowledge and awareness required for a successful people and planet centred approach to any career.

1. Critical, systemic and nature-centric thinking

2. Understanding Intersectionality

3. Understanding Interdisciplinarity

4. Scientific Understanding (Eco-systems, planetary boundaries, physics etc.)

5. Nature centrality, connectivity and interspecies justice

6. Technical skills (retrofit, regenerative and circular design, engineering etc.)

7. Long-term thinking

8. Dynamic operations, crisis management, climate risk assessment etc.

9. Historical, cultural and global understanding and contextual application

10. Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and systems

11. Monitoring, assessment and auditing skills

12. Fundamentals of life skills (growing food, water sanitation, energy generation etc.)

13. Social entrepreneurship, user-led design, circular economy, CSR etc.

14. Interpersonal and communication skills

15. Information skills

16. Defence Skills

17. Neurodiversity

18. Wellbeing and resilience skills (+ climate psychology awareness)

19. Diversity, inclusion and human welfare

20. Citizenship and community development

21. Climate and social justice

22. Artistry and storytelling skills

23. Participation and inclusion

24. Accountability and transparency

25. Altruism, philanthropy and humanitarianism

Our goals for this campaign are:

1. Support a transition from ‘green careers’ and ‘green sectors’ to an economy where all careers must be ‘Climate-Conscious’ by challenging current discourse and raising awareness.

2. Promote, and support young people in the development of, soft transferable sustainability skills that have a people and planet centred approach.

3. Promote and support interdisciplinary and intersectional climate career paths that highlight the diversity of climate-conscious careers.

4. Connect young people with climate-conscious employers, professionals and career development opportunities.

Youth Climate Solutions

Creating a climate CONSCIOUS future

CLIMATE CONSCIOUS CAREERS CAMPAIGN

There’s a global shortage of workers with ‘'green’' skills!

AT ycs we believe:

But first....

Our goals for this campaign are:

Our target audience

tracking our impacts

Get involved!

Youth Climate Solutions

Creating a climate CONSCIOUS future

CLIMATE CONSCIOUS CAREERS CAMPAIGN

There’s a global shortage of workers with ‘'green’' skills!

AT ycs we believe:

But first....

Our goals for this campaign are:

Our target audience

tracking our impacts

Get involved!

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