South Africa: Green Building to Address Climate Change
Leaders in the green building industry have highlighted its potential to address both climate change and unemployment in South Africa. As one of the few industries that regularly makes the news for its growth, rather than its decline or instability, it has become a source of good news for environmentalists, economists and jobseekers alike.
“The built environment offers one of the biggest climate change mitigation opportunities and it’s backed by a solid business case. Designing, building and operating green buildings requires that we grow a workforce that have the necessary skills and experience to ensure that the projects deliver on their promise of “treading lightly” on our very stressed and fragile environment,” says Green Building Council (GBCSA) CEO, Brian Wilkinson.
Recent reports from job listing giant Indeed show that new jobs in green technologies are beating out competition across the globe.
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