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Purpose Knowledge and skills needed for green economy
Manage natural resources • To assess environmental impact
• To design and adopt technologies that help in reducing the consumption of
natural resources
• To understand legislation and guidelines for sustainable utilisation of natural
resources
Support climate resilience • To develop models for interpreting climate change projections
• To develop risk management strategies for future resource availability
• To adopt technologies that improve resilience
Support resource efficiency • To develop resource efficient business models
• To develop and adopt technologies that maximises resource utilisation and
reduces waste
Support low carbon industry • To develop technologies that promote renewable energy sources (wind, solar,
and water)
• To design and adopt technologies and products that minimises carbon emissions
Green Jobs
People possessing Green Skills are getting jobs in the fields of agriculture, manufacturing, Research and Development
(R&D), administrative, and service activities that are aimed at sustaining and protecting the environment. These
jobs are called Green Jobs. People with green jobs ensure that resources in an economy are allocated in a fair and
an equitable manner. These jobs help in:
• Ensuring judicious consumption of energy and raw materials.
• Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions especially that of carbon dioxide.
• Minimising pollution at all levels.
• Putting in place proper waste management systems that minimise waste generation and contamination of the
environment.
• Protecting and restoring our ecosystems.
• Positively impacting our country’s green economy.
• Producing eco-friendly goods or services.
Improve energy
and raw
material
Support efficiency
adaptation
to the effects of Limit
climate greenhouse
change gas
Green Jobs emissions
Help to
Protect and
restore
ecosystem Minimise waste and
pollution
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