GLOBAL DEMAND FOR GREEN TALENT HAS BEEN GROWING ABOUT TWICE AS FAST AS SUPPLY, WITH ONE ANALYSIS SHOWING DEMAND UP 11.6 % VERSUS A 5.6 %
INCREASE IN GREEN TALENT OVER A RECENT YEAR
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES
Green skills have shifted from niche expertise to core currency in the global labour market, and the 2025 LinkedIn Green Skills Report shows that the rest of the working world is now reorganising around them. In the‘ decade of action’, green capabilities are no longer confined to sustainability departments; they are becoming a baseline expectation for employability, competitiveness and resilience in almost every sector of the economy.
Green skills move from margin to mainstream LinkedIn defines green skills as those that directly combat the effects of climate change, whether through mitigation, adaptation or circularity. Between 2021 and 2025, the global share of workers with at least one green skill on LinkedIn rose from 15.2 % to 17.6 %, with countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Ghana and Nigeria already above the 20 % mark. Green talent concentration is still growing, but the report notes that growth slowed from 5.5 % in 2023-24 to 4.3 % in 2024-25, underscoring the risk that skills supply will lag behind climate ambition.
GLOBAL DEMAND FOR GREEN TALENT HAS BEEN GROWING ABOUT TWICE AS FAST AS SUPPLY, WITH ONE ANALYSIS SHOWING DEMAND UP 11.6 % VERSUS A 5.6 %
INCREASE IN GREEN TALENT OVER A RECENT YEAR
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