History
The 2009 Greenhouse Gas & Climate Change Workforce Needs Assessment Survey was created to uncover some of the unique challenges facing this growing and diverse industry, and specifically, to obtain data regarding industry perceptions, growth projections, workforce needs, policy responses, favored/disfavored protocols, human capital needs and training practices, and other key development related to this emerging and important global profession.
Results of the initial survey confirmed for the first time that the workforce and skills shortages that had long been suspected by many of those already working in the GHG and climate change fields were real and quantifiable. Assumptions were now confirmed with detailed findings.
However, the report went beyond assessing a labor shortage; it detailed the breadth and depth of the skills deficiency, the anticipated growth of the industry, and the development of the industry itself as a professionalized occupation. It also touched on the establishment of carbon commodity markets as well as their potential for misuse.
The 2010 survey expanded upon the first one to see how prominent of a role climate change now plays throughout the world. It has furthered our understanding of the needs of this emerging and evolving workforce.
The picture that has emerged from these surveys is both complex and compelling. The results have exposed trends and key needs that have alerted us to critical challenges facing the industry and serve as an outline for predicting the future of this dynamic and emerging field.
The 2010 Greenhouse Gas & Climate Change Workforce Needs Assessment Survey painted a picture that was both complex and compelling,
exposing trends and key needs that alerted those associated with the GHG / climate change industry of potential challenges and served as an outline
for predicting the future of this dynamic and emerging field.To view the 2010 survey results click here.
