UN: Transition to green economy would create millions of jobs

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Report says up to 60 million new jobs could be created by global shift to cleaner energy, technology and industry

Shifting to a greener economy could generate up to 60 million additional jobs over the next two decades and lift millions of people out of poverty, UN agencies and trade unions said yesterday, urging governments...

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