Green-careers-guide. Renewable Power Creates Jobs. GLOBAL - The renewable power industry could support 6.9 million jobs by 2030, if world leaders seize the opportunity to invest in a greener future by securing a strong treaty at December’s Climate Summit in Copenhagen, according to a report launched today by Greenpeace International and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC).
A switch from coal to renewable electricity generation will not just avoid 10 billion tons of CO2 emissions, but will create 2.7 million more jobs by 2030 than if we continue business as usual. Conversely, the global coal industry - which currently supports about 4.7 million employees worldwide - is likely to contract by more than 1.4 million jobs by 2030, due to rationalisation measures in existing coal mines. The report: ‘Working for the Climate: Renewable Energy & The Green Job [R]evolution’ is based on Greenpeace’s Energy [R]evolution and research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney. Further Reading.