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In partnership with Content With Purpose, the campaign underscores that there is a critical gap in the global response to the crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
Without investment in the right education, skills and training to support their national workforces, many countries will fall short in their efforts to reverse the loss of biodiversity and achieve carbon-emissions targets.
The #GreenSkillsAtCOP campaign advocates for negotiations at COP16 and COP29 to recognise the crucial role of green skills in tackling the global climate change and loss of biodiversity crises.
Sarah Mukherjee MBE, CEO of IEMA, said: “These crises are intrinsically linked and need to be tackled together. IEMA’s campaign is asking governments to prioritise the development of and investment in green skills and training.
“Specifically, we want these two COP summits to mandate governments to put green skills into their national action plans to ensure we have a global workforce that’s fit and ready for the challenges ahead.”
The campaign is supported by a range of environment and sustainability leaders, who have recorded videos calling for #GreenSkillsAtCOP.
We are asking businesses and not-for-profit organisations, IEMA members and the wider community to sign up to the campaign to gain a critical mass of support before we engage with the COP presidents and UK ministers responsible for COP negotiations, urging them to support and champion our campaign.
Green skills refer to the technical knowledge, behaviours and capabilities required to tackle environmental challenges and promote sustainability across all sectors.
Our ambition should be to make “all jobs greener”, by weaving green competencies throughout the global workforce.
To make this transition inclusive, it’s essential that green skills and jobs are accessible to all, promoting diversity and equal opportunities within the workforce.
Why focus on the COP summits?
In 2023, IEMA began its advocacy of green education, skills and training at COP28. Now IEMA is intensifying its efforts ahead of the COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia and the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan in October and November, respectively, where countries will be required to develop or update their national action plans.
These plans set out how countries will deliver positive outcomes for nature and tackle climate change, including setting targets, putting in place policies and measures, securing and allocating investment. We are advocating that a vital aspect in delivering these action plans is investing in and developing green education, skills and training.
Join us – as an individual or an organisation – to ensure global leaders prioritise green skills and create a sustainable future. For details, visit greenskillsatcop.iema.net
