Driving India’s Sustainable Future: The Rise of Green Economy and Green Jobs

Abstract

The green economy is a new economic paradigm that aims to promote economic growth while safeguarding the environment and promoting sustainable social and economic development. This necessitates a shift to green careers and skills and the creation of new occupations associated with workforce greening. All major industries, including renewable energy, construction, manufacturing, construction, transportation, and agriculture, can benefit from green jobs. For all facets of education, training, and enterprises, skill acquisition and improvement have significant positive effects. A low-carbon, resource-efficient, and socially inclusive economy is what is meant by the term. In a green economy, infrastructure and assets that enable decreased carbon emissions and pollution, improved energy and resource efficiency, and the prevention of the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services generate growth in employment and income. To achieve sustainable development, social inclusion, and a shift to a green economy, according to the ILO/UNEP report “Working towards Sustainable Development—Opportunities for Decent Employment and Social Inclusion in a Green Economy”, is essential. The report, which was released nearly 4 years after the first study by the Green Jobs Initiative, lays out a wealth of policy lessons, best practices, and successful programmes and shows that a green economy with more and better jobs, poverty reduction, and social inclusion is both necessary and achievable.