"Skills shortage growing challenge for global energy transition,"

Power systems around the world must be reshaped to meet the rising global appetite for energy - while keeping the climate goals alive. But a growing lack of skilled workers threatens this transition. Financing difficulties, especially in developing countries, regulatory hurdles, a lack of forward-looking plans for training and education, and anti-immigration sentiments and policies are among the many challenges that hamper efforts to bring the workforce up to speed. How will countries across the globe pull together the workforce needed for the green transition? Clean Energy Wire and Stanley Center for Peace and Security have brought together journalists from different continents under the COP29 Cross-Border Energy Transition Reporting Fellowship to dig deeper into key elements of the story.