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The Role of Immigrant Workers in the Green Transition

10 Sep 2024

ages can come at the detriment of more sustainable This includes companies based in Canada, France, workforce development—as has been seen in some Germany, and the United States, and in industries countries failing to train a domestic workforce for ISSUE BRIEF THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION. [...] The effects of the green transition will MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE | 2 MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE | 3 THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION also be felt across the larger economy, for example conditions to better attract and retain local workers. [...] more precarious working conditions.15 One com- Although governments and industry are investing plication is that many green jobs exist outside of in training and apprenticeships to build the talent MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE | 4 MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE | 5 THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION pool, these are medium- and long. [...] One step MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE | 6 MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE | 7 THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION is ensuring that tools to manage and prioritize ad- lower-wage workers during recruitment, admission, missions, such as shortage occupation lists, quotas, and employment.32 As the green transition progress- and points tes. [...] Current- sector-by-sector scenarios for labor supply ly, there are limited data to indicate how many and demand, adjustable both for investment MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE | 12 MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE | 13 THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION THE ROLE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION levels and emissions targets in each sector, as get their skills recognized and work.

Authors

Kate Hooper; Lawrence Huang

Pages
19
Published in
United States of America

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