'We must unite to tackle this': Upskilling crisis damaging UK's chances of meeting net zero goals

clock • 5 min read
'We must unite to tackle this': Upskilling crisis damaging UK's chances of meeting net zero goals

Just 42 per cent of energy sector workers feel that businesses in the sector are ready to meet the UK’s energy targets

An underprepared and underskilled energy workforce could make it impossible for the government to deliver on its target to decarbonise the power grid by 2035. That is the headline finding of new research...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Author spotlight

Amber Rolt

Award-winning business journalist

View profile
More from Amber Rolt

MSCI warns company disclosures leaving incomplete picture of climate risks

Study: EV sales surging in UK's key car export markets

More on Skills

Women in Green Business Awards 2026: Two weeks to go
Skills

Women in Green Business Awards 2026: Two weeks to go

There is just two weeks until the third annual Women in Green Business Awards and tickets are selling fast

BusinessGreen staff
BusinessGreen staff
clock 23 September 2026 • 1 min read
Great British Energy opens Aberdeen HQ with promise of local skills funding
Skills

Great British Energy opens Aberdeen HQ with promise of local skills funding

Publicly-owned clean energy firm to work with local partners to tackle barriers to young people and oil and gas workers building careers in renewable energy

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 22 September 2026 • 4 min read
SE Advisory Services' Mireille Meneses Campos: 'Visibility matters, but it is not the end of the journey'
Skills

SE Advisory Services' Mireille Meneses Campos: 'Visibility matters, but it is not the end of the journey'

Ahead of SE Advisory Services' sponsorship of the Women in Green Business Awards 2026, Mireille Meneses Campos reflects on her career beginnings at Mexico's Ministry of Environment, and why representation isn't just a number

BusinessGreen staff
BusinessGreen staff
clock 16 September 2026 • 11 min read