“Promoting gender equality and including gender considerations on all levels should be a high priority in both the public and private sectors.”
—International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) “Renewable Energy: A Gender Perspective” report (2019)
September 6, 2021
The gist:
The ”ongoing global energy transition offers the chance to create new jobs and reshape all aspects of how energy is produced and distributed.” According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) report, “estimating that (these ) jobs could grow to nearly 29 million in 2050.”
“Since the renewable energy sector needs talent across its supply chain – from utilities to engineering firms, from independent power producers to start-ups, in policymaking, regulators, academic institutions and at the community level – ‘The renewable energy industry needs to engage and retain more women – and promote them – to fill its growing needs for skills.’”
—International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) “Renewable Energy: A Gender Perspective” report (2019)
The #faxx:
- We need the skills and innovative ideas that diverse talent brings, so “gender equality…is also essential to shaping positive social and economic development outcomes. Women provide valuable perspectives on crucial decisions, from investment priorities to project design.
- Women’s “leadership and contributions will be crucial to ensuring that the energy systems of the future address the needs of modern societies and leave no one behind.”
- One sector key to US economic growth and the clean economy is transportation—transportation and warehousing added 53,000 jobs in August 2021, with women holding more transportation jobs (25.1% ) than in 2020 (24.5%), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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