Are we ready? - Navigating the green transition in an age of

National estimates of the size of the green skills gap suggest it may be as many as 200,000 workers, equivalent to around 1 in 10 of the 2 million green jobs that the government is aiming to create by 2030 Are we ready to capitalise on the economic opportunities of the green transition? To maximise the economic opportunities of the green transition, we will need to draw upon a wider pool of worker. [...] Are we ready? Navigating the green transition in an age of uncertainty 3 This report, the first in the Centre for Progressive Policy’s new series Are we ready? Navigating industrial transitions in an age of uncertainty, explores the extent to which different areas are ready to capitalise on the economic opportunities of the green economy, based on the current skills profile of their workforces. [...] The mismatches we identify between the skills profiles of some regional and subregional economies, and the employability demands of the roles across the green economy, may therefore constrain our capacity to harness the green transition as an opportunity to address the under- performance of some of our local economies. [...] The mismatches we identify between the skills profiles of some regional and subregional economies, and the employability demands of the roles across the green economy, may therefore constrain our capacity to harness the green transition as an opportunity to address the underperformance of some of our local economies. [...] The main implication of this is that for some of the more deprived areas we identify that lack the types of skills demanded of jobs in the green economy, there may be limits to how far the green economy can: a) Support the development of the local economy b) Create new economic opportunities for the local population c) Create new economic opportunities for those living in deprived areas, and/or th.