Mapping the green skills gap.
Across sectors and geographies, demand for climate talent is rising faster than education and workforce systems can respond, creating fragmented and exclusionary pipelines. TCC led an independent global research effort to clarify where green skills systems break down and what institutions, employers, and policymakers can do to strengthen access to climate-related work.
Starting point
Across regions, institutions and employers broadly agreed that green skills were in short supply, but lacked a shared understanding of where bottlenecks sat or why existing pipelines were underperforming.
Education systems, labour markets, and migration policy were often addressed separately, limiting the effectiveness of interventions.
How we engaged
We independently designed and led a global mixed-methods research study combining expert interviews, sectoral landscape mapping, and regional labour market analysis. The research examined technical and transversal skill gaps alongside structural frictions shaping access to sustainability careers
What Changed
The study brought coherence to a fragmented landscape, offering actionable insight for employers, institutions, and policymakers. It has since been shared with research and policy audiences and is being developed into a public-facing white paper to support more targeted climate workforce strategies.