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Understanding future skills needs: don’t get overwhelmed, get informed…

Understanding future skills needs: don’t get overwhelmed, get informed…

๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ? ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š. ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™„ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š.One thing I encounter quite often is that stakeholders and people who work in economic development, employment and skills fields get concerned that they don't understand the nuances of the...

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Green skills definitions that everyone should know about

Green skills definitions that everyone should know about

๐™Š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™›, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง "๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ".Despite excellent research, often accessible, informing public policy, not enough people know about it. The methodology could be...

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๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ

๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ

STEM skills lie at the heart of skills needs for the green economy and transition to net zero, particularly for entry-level jobs, and for roles that employers can shape and train themselves.Some industries are relatively well established, and skills needs are known,...

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๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™‡๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ‘๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ’

๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™‡๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ‘๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ’

The response to climate change will require some sweeping changes to energy costs and use, transport networks and availability, market demand and supply chains.There are real risks that the transition to net zero could add extra cost burdens onto low income residents...

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๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™

๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™

New businesses, innovations, products, services and technologies will be required to meet the net zero challenge, and to find new solutions. Green innovation comprises all type of innovations that contribute to the creation of key products, services, or processes to...

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๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ

๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ

The Institution of Engineering and Technology reported in 2020 that domestic energy consumption accounts for about 30% of the UKโ€™s total energy budget, and 20% of UK greenhouse gas emissions.Since 80% of the homes we will be living in by 2050 have already been built,...

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๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ง๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ

๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ง๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ

Achieving carbon reductions involves using renewable energy which relies more on electrical energy, and less on fossil fuels.More renewables means more demands on the electrical grid, and the need to significantly expand its coverage and network. As anyone will tell...

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๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ

๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ

Some businesses and sectors will face significant challenges and costs in transitioning to net zero โ€“ particularly energy-intensive industries. Net zero also has significant transformational and structural challenges for the foundational economy, such as in health,...

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๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ

๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ

Your inward investment offer has to be crafted around your legitimate strengths, offer and potential. Any inward investor will filter whether your proposed site or location is suitable early on. One the one hand, sticking to what are known and demonstrable local...

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๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™‘๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™˜๐™ฎ

๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™‘๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™˜๐™ฎ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† must be informed by some robust analysis, stakeholder consultation, policy mapping and horizon scanning. It involves getting to grips with your locality as a place, what it offers as a business location and place to invest and visit.If...

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Applying climate change actions to local economic development functions

Applying climate change actions to local economic development functions

๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฎ? You're not alone. Many struggle to translate models like circular economy and doughnut economics into actionable strategies.You can find the link to a longer article at the bottom of this post. The...

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