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Knowledge and skills needed for managing resources and supporting efficiency.

               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          Improve energy
                                                                                              and raw
              help in:                                                                        material
                                                                                  Support
              •  Ensuring judicious consumption of energy and raw materials.     adaptation   efficiency
                                                                                                             Limit
              •  Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions especially that of carbon   to the effects of      greenhouse
                 dioxide.                                                         climate                    gas
              •  Minimising pollution at all levels.                              change    Green Jobs   emissions
              •  Putting in place proper waste management systems that minimise                Help to
                 waste generation and contamination of the environment.
                                                                                  Protect and
              •  Protecting and restoring our ecosystems.                           restore      Minimise waste and
              •  Positively impacting our country’s green economy.                 ecosystem          pollution
              •  Producing eco-friendly goods or services.
              Some of the sectors, which have the potential for green jobs are as
              follows:

               Sector          Areas/ Field                                   Green Jobs
               Agriculture     •  Organic farming                             •  Water quality technician
                               •  Watershed management                        •  Rain water harvesting professionals and
                               •  Rain water harvesting                         technician
                                                                              •  Solar pump technician
                                                                              •  Greenhouse or polyhouse professionals
                                                                                and technicians



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