Definition

Knowledge, abilities, values and attitudes needed to live, work and act in economies and societies seeking to reduce the impact of human activity on the environment.

Comment:

• Skills for the green economy consist of:
• transversal skills, linked to sustainable thinking and acting, relevant to all economic sectors and occupations;
• specific skills, required to adapt or implement standards, processes and services to protect ecosystems and biodiversity, and to reduce energy, materials and water consumption;
• highly specialised skills, required to develop and implement green technologies such as renewable energies, sewage treatment or recycling;
• skills for the green economy are also referred to as skills for green jobs, skills for the green transition or green skills.

Source: Cedefop (2023) "Terminology of European education and training policy: A selection of key terms"