M.S Timboli

Clean energy to green jobs: Ensuring no one gets left behind

How is the energy transition impacting livelihoods? In the popular imagination, we think of the impact of climate change as an upending of agricultural livelihoods, and people from coastal areas having to move to already oversaturated urban labour markets—which is a huge reality. So I think one is just the direct impact of climate change on livelihoods. The other side of this coin, however, is the disruption of livelihoods that is impending with the move from coal-based energy to renewable energy, and basically needing to shift people out from working in coal sectors to other sectors. And it’s not a one-for-one—no matter how many jobs the renewable energy sector creates.