Clean Energy Wire
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A green skills shortage in Europe’s construction sector complicates the planned transition to sustainable heating, and risks jeopardising decarbonisation and climate targets, according to a report commissioned by the business and philanthropy organisation Laudes Foundation, which was seen by Tagesspiegel Background. The analysis of working conditions in the construction sector in ten European countries found that a serious skilled labour shortage is looming.
“The construction industry needs four million workers by 2035 for Europe to achieve its green transition targets,” said Paola Cammilli, head of global campaigns at the international workers’ organisation BWI. “Hardly anyone is talking about this – and the conditions under which workers are already labouring explain why. Construction workers are already on the front line of the climate crisis.”
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