Report: Migrant workers needed to help fill $280bn global green jobs opportunity

Michael Holder
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Report calls for reforms to enable more migration to help drive climate action and economic growth, as local workers will not be sufficient to fill looming green skills gaps

Migrants could play a crucial role in filling the world's widening green skills gap, as present labour market trends suggest local workers alone will not be able to meet an expected shortfall of six million...

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