In January 2025, we led the development of written evidence on behalf of the Environmental Policy Forum. The evidence was provided to the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee’s inquiry into: Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy. Find more about the inquiry here.
There is a lot of evidence demonstrating widespread current green skills gaps and shortages across sectors, including our own 2023 research. This is despite both the scale of the climate and nature crises we face and the huge economic opportunities green jobs provide to the UK. To deliver on the Clean Energy Mission and stimulate economic wellbeing, we must address these gaps and shortages. We can do this by investing in the workforce, current and future, through quality green jobs and training.
From the EPF response
Ten professional bodies and learned societies in total signed up in support of the evidence, representing professionals working in sectors such as ecology, resource management, environmental management, fisheries, engineering, built environment and environmental sciences.
In our evidence, we issue a series of calls to action for Government, the new Office for Clean Energy and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. These include: embedding green skills throughout the national curriculum and lifelong learning, allowing businesses the flexibility to invest in a variety of training options, providing support to those making career transitions into green roles and delivering a wider green jobs plan that maps out the action required across sectors to develop the green workforce of the future.
You can view our full written evidence via the inquiry webpage (see link below).
EPF green skills survey | Findings and recommendations
