Green jobs will require new skills, not just old ones.

This paper looks at how jobs will change as countries move to greener economies. It turns out that simply retraining workers for existing jobs won't be enough. New skills will be needed for new types of work.

The shift to a green economy means many jobs will disappear, but new ones will be created. This paper suggests that the skills needed for these new jobs are different from the skills workers currently have. This means a simple retraining program might not prepare people for the jobs that will actually exist. Governments and industries need to think about what specific new skills will be in demand.