How can we increase and speed up the roll out of clean energy? We've seen a big boost in renewables lately. This is great news, but there's still a long way to go. What's holding us back? Issues like permits, grid development, and storage are just a few of the challenges we need to tackle.
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Date: Thursday 13 June 2024, 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: FES EU Brussels Office, Rue du Taciturne 38, 1000 Bruxelles
Format: expert discussion
Language: English
The event took place in person.
It is clear that energy transition accelerates demand for labour and creates jobs in the energy sector. However, if there is no skilled workforce to fulfill those jobs then we are clearly facing a bottleneck. Correspondingly, as the deployment of renewable energy is advancing, so does the need for skilled workers to support the shift in our energy system. What is equally relevant to highlight is that energy transition creates space for bringing more women on board, by offering meaningful job opportunities and career advancements.
Therefore, including more women in the technical, scientific, and business development of the renewable energy sector is of critical importance and the EU has put in place several initiatives in this sense. For example, the most recent EU Net Zero Industry Act highlights the need to introduce measures to boost the integration and activation of more people in the labour market, notably women. Furthermore, the European Pact for Skills in the renewable energy sector acknowledges the issue of underrepresentation: "Women only accounted for 32% of the workforce in the renewables sector in 2019. Attracting more women to clean energy-related jobs and retaining them in technical and STEM fields would fill vacancies while including women." And last but not least, the European Year of Skills also debated how to address the skills gap from the gender perspective.
It is undeniable that women play a vital role in energy transition. We all know that. Nevertheless, how do we move beyond this point of acknowledgment? In practical terms, what is still needed to see the change on the ground? These are the key points to be addressed in this expert discussion.
11:45 - registration, coffee and sandwiches
12:00 – 13:15 – expert discussion with:
Moderator: Stephan Thalhofer, Policy Advisor at FES Just Climate
13:15 – 14:00 – Q&A with audience
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Reghina.Dimitrisina(at)fes.de and about the logistics, please contact Silke.Lang(at)fes.de
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