The ecological transition, long predicted, is making itself felt in economic concerns and activities. It is reflected in particular in measures taken to deal with climate change and the questioning of current modes of production and lifestyles. It requires a genuine transformation of the existing economic models of production pathways. It is giving rise to new needs and changes in occupations; consequently, the new skills required have to be identified, together with the ways in which they are acquired. As far as education and training programmes are concerned, the studies have sought to identify the environmental programmes and have observed a significant “greening” of the training offer. As far as employment is concerned, the aim is to pinpoint the changes taking place and the so-called “green” or “greening” occupations, as well as the skills associated with them.
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The building sector is well known for its high levels of pollution and its high greenhouse gas emissions, particularly when it comes to newly constructed buildings. It is therefore subject to numerous regulations, particularly those of the 2021 "Climate and Resilience" law. Based on a qualitative survey, this paper questions the effects of the ecological transition on professions involved in…
Besides professional activities directly linked to environmental protection, there are a number of sectors in which the ecological transition is a key issue guiding the development of their professional practices. This is the case of the social and solidarity economy, and more particularly that of cooperative structures. How does taking environmental issues into account transform the jobs,…
About environment and competences
The “ecological” or “green” transition has become a key concept in current political debates (e.g. the European Green New Deal in August 2021), following that of “sustainable development” promoted by the Rio Summit of 1992. Whatever the precise term used, it underlines the need to integrate environmental concerns into production, consumption and our ways of living.
The construction, agricultural anaerobic digestion and freight transport and logistics sectors are the subject of three case studies that examine in turn public policies on the ‘greening’ of each sector, the development of new approaches to energy and the environment and, finally, the leading role that voluntary associations and regional authorities might play in giving impetus to,…
The anaerobic digestion industry
The anaerobic digestion industry in France, in all its complexity, is still getting off the ground. This study, conducted on the basis of interviews with actors in the industry, looks at the attempts to put a figure on the number of jobs, direct and indirect, likely to be created and, from a more qualitative point of view, details the competences required. Although few specific…
Only abstracts are in English (Texts are in French) Editorial :Greening in Progress… Jean-Frédéric Vergnies Do green jobs constitute a reservoir of opportunities to solve unemployment, particularly among young people? At first glance, we still seem to be falling well short of the (…