#Pathway to NET Zero

[vyapaarjagat]

A Circular Economy paves the way to NET Zero

A Circular Economy paves the way to NET Zero

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#3R Zerowaste Pvt Ltd #e-Waste #Envitro Laboratories Pvt. Ltd #food waste #Global Growth Marketer #Green Utsav #Hazardous Industrial waste #Hazardous waste #Impact Invester #Local2Global #NET Zero #net zero emissions by 2050 #Northamps ENV Solution #Pathway to NET Zero #Plastic Waste #Rishita sharma #Shiv Rao Challa #SME Mentor #Solid Waste #Sunil Sangani #Waste water #Zakaria Joy

[cleanenergyday]

Focus on World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023: 1.5°C Pathway.

This first volume of the 2023 Outlook provides an overview of progress by tracking implementation and gaps across all energy sectors, and identifies priority areas and actions based on available technologies that must be realised by 2030 to achieve net zero emissions by mid-century.

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#World energy outlook #IRENA #energy transition #1.5° C pathway #net zero

[catalaans]

Fiberboard - Exterior Example of a large arts and crafts red two-story concrete fiberboard gable roof design

#stone columns #stone pathway #white side lights #net zero energy home #red vinyl siding

[reasonsforhope]

"India’s announcement that it aims to reach net zero emissions by 2070 and to meet fifty percent of its electricity requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030 is a hugely significant moment for the global fight against climate change. India is pioneering a new model of economic development that could avoid the carbon-intensive approaches that many countries have pursued in the past – and provide a blueprint for other developing economies.

The scale of transformation in India is stunning. Its economic growth has been among the highest in the world over the past two decades, lifting of millions of people out of poverty. Every year, India adds a city the size of London to its urban population, involving vast construction of new buildings, factories and transportation networks. Coal and oil have so far served as bedrocks of India’s industrial growth and modernisation, giving a rising number of Indian people access to modern energy services. This includes adding new electricity connections for 50 million citizens each year over the past decade. 

The rapid growth in fossil energy consumption has also meant India’s annual CO2 emissions have risen to become the third highest in the world. However, India’s CO2 emissions per person put it near the bottom of the world’s emitters, and they are lower still if you consider historical emissions per person. The same is true of energy consumption: the average household in India consumes a tenth as much electricity as the average household in the United States.  

India’s sheer size and its huge scope for growth means that its energy demand is set to grow by more than that of any other country in the coming decades. In a pathway to net zero emissions by 2070, we estimate that most of the growth in energy demand this decade would already have to be met with low-carbon energy sources. It therefore makes sense that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced more ambitious targets for 2030, including installing 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity, reducing the emissions intensity of its economy by 45%, and reducing a billion tonnes of CO2. 

These targets are formidable, but the good news is that the clean energy transition in India is already well underway. It has overachieved its commitment made at COP 21- Paris Summit [a.k.a. 2015, at the same conference that produced the Paris Agreement] by already meeting 40% of its power capacity from non-fossil fuels- almost nine years ahead of its commitment, and the share of solar and wind in India’s energy mix have grown phenomenally. Owing to technological developments, steady policy support, and a vibrant private sector, solar power plants are cheaper to build than coal ones. Renewable electricity is growing at a faster rate in India than any other major economy, with new capacity additions on track to double by 2026...

Subsidies for petrol and diesel were removed in the early 2010s, and subsidies for electric vehicles were introduced in 2019. India’s robust energy efficiency programme has been successful in reducing energy use and emissions from buildings, transport and major industries. Government efforts to provide millions of households with fuel gas for cooking and heating are enabling a steady transition away from the use of traditional biomass such as burning wood. India is also laying the groundwork to scale up important emerging technologies such as hydrogen, battery storage, and low-carbon steel, cement and fertilisers..."

-via IEA (International Energy Agency), January 10, 2022

Note: And since that's a little old, here's an update to show that progress is still going strong:

-via Economic Times: EnergyWorld, March 10, 2023

#india #solar power #renewable energy #green energy #sustainability #wind power #population grown #economic growth #developing economies #renewable electricity #carbon emissions #good news #hope #hope posting

[probablybadrpgideas]

idea: the wish spell actually *does* do literally everything possible, it just splits the timeline into infinite pathways, one for each thing, but it sends you down the one that matches your wish.

this *would* be a net-zero addition, except that one day somebody *else* makes a wish and you end up in the universe where everything is spontaneously replaced by ferrets.

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#submission #spell idea #fantasy

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from CNN:

The Group of Seven nations announced Tuesday its member nations would end the use of “unabated” coal by 2035, but left the door open for countries to stretch that deadline in particular contexts.

In a communiqué published after talks between energy, climate and environment ministers in Turin, Italy, the group announced it had committed to “phase out existing unabated coal power generation in our energy systems during the first half of 2030s,” in a climate policy breakthrough that G7 negotiators had previously failed to achieve in several years of talks.

But by referring to “unabated” coal, the agreement leaves room for countries to use the fossil fuel past 2035 if their carbon pollution is captured before entering the atmosphere.

The agreement also includes a caveat that countries could choose “a timeline consistent with keeping a limit of 1.5°C temperature rise within reach, in line with countries’ net-zero pathways.”

That caveat appears to allow those countries to keep using coal past 2035, as long as their overall national emissions won’t contribute to global warming of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Science shows that some of the planet’s ecosystems will reach tipping points or struggle to adapt beyond that point.

#coal #G7 #unabated coal power

[climatecalling]

We should be optimistic – however cautiously – that humans can get their act together and at least limit the damage from the climate crisis. ... Some important clean energy tech – solar energy, electric cars and battery production – is now being rolled out at a record pace, in line with what is needed to reach global net zero emissions by 2050. Under the IEA’s pathway to zero, solar and EVs could provide one-third of the global emissions cuts needed by 2030. This tells us that rapid change is possible. In the case of solar, it suggests that it can leapfrog fossil fuels as a primary energy source in the developing world, if influential countries tailor their support in that direction. The second point is that, more than ever, we have the technology. Two years ago the IEA estimated that the clean technology needed to provide nearly half the emissions reductions across the planet by 2050 was not yet available. That gap has now dropped to 35% as new technology – batteries and electrolysers, for example – has come on. It is likely to continue to fall. It means the main goal now must be rapid acceleration before 2030. That’s easier said than done, but it’s possible using proven and in most cases affordable strategies. The agency says global renewable energy capacity needs to triple, the pace of energy efficiency improvements needs to double, EVs and heat pump sales need to rise sharply, and methane emissions from fossil fuels – including leaks from coal and gas mines – need to be cut by 75% in that timeframe. For the clean tech to have the impact that’s required, the approval and development of new fossil fuels needs to stop. This is the third point. It’s consistent with what IEA chief, Fatih Birol, said when the first roadmap was released two years ago. ... The IEA now says a concerted expansion of renewable energy could cut global demand for fossil fuels by 25% by 2030 and 80% by 2050.

#climate crisis #climate solutions #clean energy #solar energy #climate action

[wachinyeya]

""

IIASA recently launched the Climate Solutions Explorer -- a comprehensive resource that visualizes and presents vital data about climate mitigation, climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and risks arising from development and climate change.

The website utilizes the latest data and state-of-the-art models to assess future trends related to development- and climate-induced challenges. By offering up-to-date information on climate mitigation and impacts, the Climate Solutions Explorer aims to be a go-to platform for anyone interested in accessing the latest research on climate change and net-zero mitigation pathways.

The Climate Solutions Explorer is the result of a long-standing collaboration and contributions from various sources within and external to the ENGAGE project -- a global consortium consisting of nearly 30 partners, coordinated by IIASA and co-led by several other institutions. The project, which has been running since September 2019 and will conclude in December this year, aims to explore the feasibility of pathways that align with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.""

#good news #nature #science #environmentalism #environment #climate solutions #climate crisis #climate action #climate science

[female-malice]

The word "degrowth" might be unfamiliar to many ears, but its meaning has never been more critical to understand. Our current economic model's foundation lies in a presumptive flaw—the continuous belief in infinite growth. But what happens when the pillars of this belief crumble?

For years, experts warned of the impending limitations of continuous growth. The groundbreaking 1972 book, “Limits to Growth,” spotlighted our planet's sustainable boundaries. This work evaluated how population, living standards, and resource utilization converge and affect sustainability.

Almost four decades later, Professor Jorgen Randers, one of the book’s authors, published an update titled "2052." Here, he highlighted a critical turning point: our economic model becomes flawed when equity becomes central, and justice prevails.

Consumption and wealth continue to define strategy

Western countries often equate a happy life with high resource consumption and wealth. However, Bhutan offers a contrasting model. It introduced the "happiness economy," where the nation prioritizes citizens' happiness over economic growth, suggesting that happiness can be decoupled from resource-intensive activities.

Yet, the growth principle continues to dominate global strategies, evident in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Target number 8, for instance, emphasizes "decent work and economic growth." Recent Holberg Prize awardee, Professor Joan Martinez-Alier, has openly criticized this, arguing that such a goal might be incompatible with other SDGs.

Introducing degrowth and demand reduction

"Degrowth" is a term that advocates for a deliberate, socially just, and equitable reduction in the scale of production and consumption. The goal of degrowth is to achieve better well-being and improved ecological conditions, reducing the size of the global economy to fit within the planet's biophysical limits.

There are several key principles to degrowth, including sustainability, social well-being, equity, direct democracy, and localized economies.

Understanding degrowth also requires us to examine the concept of demand reduction. This can be categorized into three intertwined yet distinct components:

Efficiency: Maximizing output while minimizing resource use. It's about doing more with less.

Sufficiency: Re-evaluating the amount of production and consumption truly necessary for human well-being.

Behavioral Change: Shifting societal habits towards sustainability, wherein society collectively and willingly opts for less consumption.

Demand reduction is usually only discussed in policy debates regarding a short-term response to the energy crisis, and rarely as a prerequisite to reaching net zero.

Sometimes the term degrowth is confused with post-growth, a common designation of the various paths we can take when growth has stopped or declined. This gives more freedom to choose paths that allow a continuation of some practices at a smaller scale, whereas degrowth is a clear strategy to decrease growth. Degrowth is therefore one specific pathway in the post growth concept.

Degrowth requires a mindset shift

Jason Hickel, an economic anthropologist from the University of Barcelona, is a staunch advocate for degrowth. At a recent Brussels conference attended by top EU officials, Hickel emphasized the urgent need to reconsider GDP growth as our benchmark for societal success.

He critiqued the western world's continued exploitation of global resources, effectively maintaining a colonial economy. His take: the real focus should be on meeting human needs, not just growth. However, this suggests a more dominant role for state governance, a model reminiscent of eco-communism, which has been criticized in the past.

Timothy Parrique from Lund University echoed these sentiments. He refuted the idea of producing more while using fewer resources, highlighting the necessity of a complete decoupling to stay within planetary boundaries.

Challengers to degrowth

However, the degrowth principle isn't without its challengers. How, they argue, can we meet the energy and food demands of a growing population without growth? How can we simultaneously tackle climate change, poverty, and other pressing challenges without the momentum that growth provides?

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz raises an essential consideration: while sacrifices may be necessary, ensuring they're fairly distributed is crucial. The core challenge with degrowth lies in this equity—how can we ensure everyone gets a fair share?

We must also consider if degrowth is genuinely a viable economic model. It could be argued that if our growth-centric model continues unchecked, it may simply stagnate and consequently 'degrow' on its own. But what repercussions would such organic degrowth have on our socio-economic structures?

The heart of the matter isn't just about stopping growth but ensuring that any model adopted, whether growth or degrowth-oriented, satisfies people's real needs in a manner that is considered fair and transparent.

Exceeded sustainable limits

Professor Johan Rockström of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, introduced and spent years analyzing the "planetary boundaries" principle. The findings are alarming: we've exceeded sustainable limits in various critical areas, from nitrogen cycles to extinction rates.

Moreover, while technological advances push for efficiency, there’s no evidence to suggest that increased efficiency results in decreased resource use. Instead, it seems to enable more people to use these resources, which again poses the question: how can we truly embrace degrowth?

Looking at unsustainable economic activities brings the issue into sharp focus. For instance, the sight of massive cruise ships and leisure boats at picturesque sites serves as a reminder of our high-resource consumption habits.

Infinite growth in a finite world is, by definition, unsustainable. Yet, as a society, we seem trapped in this growth mindset because we haven't found an alternative. More research, discussions, and debates on these concepts are crucial.

The UN's latest review on SDGs called for a "wholesale reform of our morally bankrupt financial system." While such an acknowledgment is a step forward, the commitment to GDP growth as a primary measure persists. It's high time for a global debate on the sustainability and equity of our growth principles.

#cc

[notwiselybuttoowell]

There is “no credible pathway to 1.5C in place”, the UN’s environment agency has said, and the failure to reduce carbon emissions means the only way to limit the worst impacts of the climate crisis is a “rapid transformation of societies”.

The UN environment report analysed the gap between the CO2 cuts pledged by countries and the cuts needed to limit any rise in global temperature to 1.5C, the internationally agreed target. Progress has been “woefully inadequate” it concluded.

Current pledges for action by 2030, if delivered in full, would mean a rise in global heating of about 2.5C and catastrophic extreme weather around the world. A rise of 1C to date has caused climate disasters in locations from Pakistan to Puerto Rico.

If the long-term pledges by countries to hit net zero emissions by 2050 were delivered, global temperature would rise by 1.8C. But the glacial pace of action means meeting even this temperature limit was not credible, the UN report said.

Countries agreed at the Cop26 climate summit a year ago to increase their pledges. But with Cop27 looming, only a couple of dozen have done so and the new pledges would shave just 1% off emissions in 2030. Global emissions must fall by almost 50% by that date to keep the 1.5C target alive.

Inger Andersen, the executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), said: “This report tells us in cold scientific terms what nature has been telling us all year through deadly floods, storms and raging fires: we have to stop filling our atmosphere with greenhouse gases, and stop doing it fast.

“We had our chance to make incremental changes, but that time is over. Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.

“It is a tall, and some would say impossible, order to reform the global economy and almost halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, but we must try,” she said. “Every fraction of a degree matters: to vulnerable communities, to ecosystems, and to every one of us.”

Andersen said action would also bring cleaner air, green jobs and access to electricity for millions.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said: “Emissions remain at dangerous and record highs and are still rising. We must close the emissions gap before climate catastrophe closes in on us all.”

Prof David King, a former UK chief scientific adviser, said: “The report is a dire warning to all countries – none of whom are doing anywhere near enough to manage the climate emergency.”

The report found that existing carbon-cutting policies would cause 2.8C of warming, while pledged policies cut this to 2.6C. Further pledges, dependent on funding flowing from richer to poorer countries, cut this again to 2.4C.

New reports from the International Energy Agency and the UN’s climate body reached similarly stark conclusions, with the latter finding that the national pledges barely cut projected emissions in 2030 at all, compared with 2019 levels.

The UNEP report said the required societal transformation could be achieved through government action, including on regulation and taxes, redirecting the international financial system, and changes to consumer behaviour.

It said the transition to green electricity, transport and buildings was under way, but needed to move faster. All sectors had to avoid locking in new fossil fuel infrastructure, contrary to plans in many countries, including the UK, to develop new oil and gas fields. A study published this week found “large consensus” across all published research that new oil and gas fields are “incompatible” with the 1.5C target.

The UNEP report said about a third of climate-heating emissions came from the global food system and these were set to double by 2050. But the sector could be transformed if governments changed farm subsidies – which are overwhelmingly harmful to the environment – and food taxes, cut food waste and helped develop new low-carbon foods.

Individual citizens could adopt greener, healthier diets as well, the report said.

Andersen said: “I’m not preaching one diet over another, but we need to be mindful that if we all want steak every night for dinner, it won’t compute.”

Redirecting global financial flows to green investments was vital, the report said. Most financial groups had shown limited action to date, despite their stated intentions, due to short-term interests, it said. A transformation to a low-emissions economy was expected to need at least $4tn-6tn a year in investment, the report said, about 2% of global financial assets.

Despite Andersen’s doubts that the necessary emission cuts can be made by 2030, she pointed to the plummeting costs of renewables, the rollout of electric transport, major climate legislation in the US, and moves by pension funds to back low-carbon investments.

“It’s my job to be the ever hopeful person, but [also] to be the realistic optimist,” she said. “[This report] is the mirror that we’re holding up to the world. Obviously, I want to be proven wrong and see countries taking ambitious steps. But so far, that’s not what we’ve seen.”

#incredible how they still have to dance around things people may not want to hear for fear it will shut things down entirely #climate change #1.5c #science news

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Almost 80% of plastic in the waste stream ends up in landfills or accumulates in the environment. Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have developed a technology that converts a conventionally unrecyclable mixture of plastic waste into useful chemicals, presenting a new strategy in the toolkit to combat global plastic waste. The technology, invented by ORNL's Tomonori Saito and former postdoctoral researcher Md Arifuzzaman, uses an exceptionally efficient organocatalyst that allows selective deconstruction of various plastics, including a mixture of diverse consumer plastics. Arifuzzaman, now with Re-Du, is a current Innovation Crossroads fellow. Production of chemicals from plastic waste requires less energy and releases fewer greenhouse gases than conventional petroleum-based production. Such a pathway provides a critical step toward a net-zero society, the scientists said.

Read more.

#Materials Science #Science #Plastics #Polymers #Waste #Environment #Recycling

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

See how Brazil is benefiting from the Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative 

The Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative offers Brazil's industries a pathway for a just and equitable transition to net zero through technological innovation, capacity building and policy development.

The Initiative enables Brazil to navigate challenges in sectors such as cement, steel, aluminium and petrochemicals, while prioritizing social safety nets, community engagement and workforce reskilling.

International examples showcase successful models that balance economic growth, environmental sustainability and social fairness, this reinforces the potential impact of the Initiative on Brazil's low-carbon future.

Continue reading.

#brazil #politics #economy #climate change #environmentalism #brazilian politics #mod nise da silveira #image description in alt

[topazscholar]

A muscle twitch is a single, brief contraction of a muscle. In order for a muscle twitch to occur, an action potential must reach the muscle. An action potential is generated in a cell through the influx and efflux of different molecules. There are three different types of driving forces that act on these molecules: chemical, electrical, and electrochemical.

Chemical driving force is the simplest of the three. A molecule will move from where there is a higher concentration to where there is a lower concentration - if there is more potassium inside of a cell than on the outside, the chemical driving force for potassium will be efflux.

Electrical driving force only acts on molecules that have a charge - ions. It is determined by measuring an ion's charge and a cell's charge. The charge of a cell is its membrane potential. Conventionally, the outside of a cell is zero and the inside is the measure. -70 mV is a common average. Think of electrical driving force as magnets. Like charges will repel each other while differing charges will attract each other. Using -70mV as the membrane potential, the electrical driving force for a positive ion such as potassium would be inwards.

Electrochemical driving force combines both and represents the net flow of an ion. The Nernst equation can be used to determine the electrochemical driving force in different situations. In a simplified view, however, you can find the electrochemical driving force by looking at the equilibrium potential. Equilibrium potential is the theoretical membrane potential a cell must have in order for the chemical driving force and electrical driving force of one specific ion to be equal but opposite, thus leaving the net flux at zero. This will depend greatly on each individual scenario. The equilibrium potential for potassium is -90 mV. If a cell's membrane potential sits at -90mV, there will be no electrochemical driving force for potassium. Because the cell is trying to reach this number, if the membrane potential is below -90mV, the net flux of potassium will be inwards; if the membrane potential is above -90mV, the net flux of potassium will be outwards.

Different ions are constantly moving in and out of cells, changing the membrane potential as they do. In order for an action potential to be generated, the threshold must be reached within a cell. Sodium is essential to this process. Sodium slowly enters a cell until the threshold is reached. A few different things happen then, but essentially there is a large influx of the ion, causing the voltage to spike and, eventually, the muscle to move.

A single muscle twitch won't do much, but with rapid, repeated action potentials, summation and eventually tetanus (sustained maximal contraction) can occur. Without diving into the specifics too much further, just keep in mind that sodium is essential in making a muscle move.

There are some dishes, such as katsu ika odori-don, that make use of this mechanism. A freshly killed squid is placed upon rice or noodles and "dances" when soy sauce is poured on it. The pathways that would cause muscle movement while alive are still there, but the connection between the brain and muscle is severed. The sodium that would be provided by the body is replaced by the salt in the soy sauce.

If the remaining signs of dead gods are essentially muscle twitches, we are all the soy sauce. The gods are dead and long gone, but worship and prayer stimulate their power.

I would also argue that worship and prayer serve as a form of perfected cryostasis. Earraigh, who has had a constant following, remains preserved at the point of death. Fhomair, however, started to decompose. During the period they lost followers, they could not be preserved and the process cannot be reversed, though it has been halted. The pathways Fhomair used to exercise their power started to degrade. This would account for the observed power difference between the two lovers.

Using this sort of analogy has its issues, of course. This comparison uses a skeletal muscle, which requires outside stimulus, as a reference. A cardiac muscle on the other hand can generate its own action potentials without outside stimulus.

Though one side effect of death tends to be a no longer beating heart.

I digress. I could continue to speak on this topic for much longer, but I have got my main point across.

The gods are dead and we merely preserve their bodies, fueling their final twitches.

#canon document

[mariacallous]

Editor's note: This research brief is the first in a two-part series exploring how cities can support green workers, especially amid historic federal infrastructure investment. The second brief focuses on specific federal funding opportunities.

The transition to a cleaner and more resilient economy will be one of the most significant economic and physical transformations in U.S. history. Trillions of dollars will be required to adopt clean electricity, retrofit homes and businesses, establish new manufacturing processes, and protect cities and towns from changing weather patterns. Now, with landmark federal laws—including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act—bringing significant public capital and tax credits to further incentivize private investment, the transition is poised to gain speed in the coming decade.

The rise of a green economy has also brought a renewed focus on green jobs. To put all this public and private capital to use, the country needs a sizable workforce to construct new power plants and transmission lines, modernize older buildings, and plan and deliver more resilient communities. Ideally, the transition to a green economy should offer durable and growing career pathways while it cleans the air, protects American neighborhoods, and grows U.S. industries.

However, there is reason for skepticism over whether there are enough workers ready to pursue all these projects. The workers who construct, operate, and maintain U.S. infrastructure are either in short supply, aging, or leaving their jobs rapidly. Transportation departments, water utilities, and other employers are struggling to retain talent, let alone find the millions of new workers needed in the skilled trades and other related positions in the coming years. Growing a clean economy will require more analysts, managers, and other white-collar professionals to oversee and assess humanmade and natural infrastructure systems. The concept of a green job is still far too amorphous, with little understanding of the knowledge and skills it will take to execute more climate-focused work.

Preparing a climate-ready workforce requires an all-hands-on-deck approach among public and private leaders across the country—including federal policymakers, state community college systems, and individual employers—but these capacity-related gaps often come to ground in U.S. cities and regions. Past Brookings research has highlighted how cities are essential to driving climate action. Many cities continue to make bold climate pledges, including commitments to achieve net zero emissions and protect the most vulnerable. They also play an active role in workforce development, including by funding educational and related training programs. But without a coordinated, comprehensive plan to retrain and recruit workers in well-defined, green-related careers, city leaders will be unable to achieve their climate ambitions.

This brief assesses 50 large cities’ climate action plans (CAPs), which ideally should encapsulate many of the elements essential to local infrastructure workforce development. Local leaders need to articulate their training and hiring priorities, the various sectors in need of talent, and the funding and timelines required to accelerate action. Of course, CAPs are not the only planning efforts addressing such needs—amid other programs launched by federal and state leaders, in addition to innovations in the private sector—but this brief shows that many local leaders are not in a position to harness new funding and that they have more workforce planning to do:

Most of the relevant cities—47 of 50—mention green jobs in their CAPs, but they only tend to do so in passing. While some cities do not refer to green jobs at all in their plans, most cities only include a more general call for equity and greater net opportunities.

Most of the cities—40 of 50—emphasize energy projects when discussing workforce needs, but considerably fewer cities emphasize workforce needs in terms of buildings, transportation, or other parts of the built environment. Only about half of the cities (24) emphasize workforce needs around building upgrades and retrofits, while even fewer (20) emphasize these needs around transportation improvements.

Only 19 of the 50 cities include detailed information on collaboration with other institutional and organizational partners when discussing workforce development. Examples of these partners include community colleges, community-based organizations, and other groups essential to engaging new workers, training them, and providing supportive services.

Only 11 of the 50 cities include information on funding—or additional programmatic support—for workforce development. Many cities do not spell out clear costs for needed training programs or propose specific funding and financing to support them.

Only 9 of the 50 cities include specific dates, benchmarks, or timelines for workforce development. Most CAPs lack details on the duration of any green workforce development efforts or benchmarks to measure success.

This research brief does not aim to precisely define green jobs, especially amid continued debates among policymakers and researchers on how to isolate, measure, or forecast such employment figures. Rather, this brief seeks to address the information deficits limiting local and regional planning about green jobs. It first examines the scope of the green jobs challenge by outlining the major skills and training needs, before considering some of the essential ingredients for ongoing local workforce development planning. Then, using detailed findings from our review of 50 municipal CAPs, we describe many of the successful practices that city leaders and other stakeholders can adopt to expand climate-focused talent development. America is poised to unleash generation-defining climate investment—and the American worker is poised to be a central part of these efforts.

A full list of the 50 cities analyzed is available in an interactive map below and described more extensively in a downloadable methods appendix.

[sataniccapitalist]

#late stage capitalism #climate crisis #civilization

[canadianabroadvery]

“... The Pathways Alliance of major oilsands companies [fills] the airwaves with net-zero claims but instead, their emissions are going up, they're investing a fraction of their profits in clean solutions and are lobbying against climate action,” former climate minister Catherine McKenna, who now chairs the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities, said in a statement. “Time to draw a red line around greenwashing.��...”

#climate #climate crisis #alberta politics #canpoli #big oil