The European Union, which accounts for about 8 percent of global energy-related emissions, could position itself as a leader in efforts to achieve net zero. Yet as senior partner Lorenzo Moavero Milanesi and coauthors explain, fulfilling these commitments requires attracting and training enough workers to scale up clean technologies. Demand for talent in wind and solar-power projects is expected to rise by as much as fourfold in EU countries by 2030.
To read the article, see “Five key action areas to put Europe’s energy transition on a more orderly path,” August 8, 2023.