climate

This plan shows how Australia could have 395,000 new jobs

Date Published: 14/10/2021
Category: Climate

On Thurs 14 October, Australian Unions, and ACF, WWF-Australia, and BCA released a new report, Sunshot: Australia’s opportunity to create 395,000 clean export jobs. This report charts a path for the country through the global transition to net-zero that delivers hundreds of thousands of new jobs. The report finds that Australia’s largest clean export opportunities…

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/14/this-plan-shows-how-australia-could-have-395000-new-jobs/

Meet an Aussie entrepreneur investing in the clean energy economy

Date Published: 10/02/2021
Category: On The Job

After spending time abroad working on solar energy projects in early 2000s, Lucinana Giangiordano decided to return to Australia to set up his own solar company, but it wasn’t the simple transition he had hoped for.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/02/10/meet-an-aussie-entrepreneur-investing-in-the-clean-energy-economy/

Clean energy jobs the foundation of an economic recovery

Date Published: 08/02/2021
Category: On The Job

Australia has the potential to create 76,000 new clean energy jobs in regions hardest hit by COVID-19, according to researcher for the Climate Council, Dr Simon Bradshaw.

A long-time climate action campaigner, Dr Bradshaw spoke with On the Job with Francis Leach & Sally Rugg about the economic opportunities of a transition to clean energy.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/02/08/clean-energy-jobs-the-foundation-of-an-economic-recovery/