Due to the global coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdown measures, unemployment rates have increased enormously. Many experts have called for governments to focus recovery packages on sustainability as they would ensure adherence to climate change targets and potentially create more employment opportunities. A sustainable plan could create 1.9 million jobs in the buildings efficiency sector alone.
Number of jobs created worldwide under a sustainable recovery plan following coronavirus (COVID-19) by sector as of 2020*
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The Guardian. (June 18, 2020). Number of jobs created worldwide under a sustainable recovery plan following coronavirus (COVID-19) by sector as of 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126330/number-of-green-jobs-under-a-sustainable-recovery-plan-worldwide/
The Guardian. "Number of jobs created worldwide under a sustainable recovery plan following coronavirus (COVID-19) by sector as of 2020*." Chart. June 18, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126330/number-of-green-jobs-under-a-sustainable-recovery-plan-worldwide/
The Guardian. (2020). Number of jobs created worldwide under a sustainable recovery plan following coronavirus (COVID-19) by sector as of 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126330/number-of-green-jobs-under-a-sustainable-recovery-plan-worldwide/
The Guardian. "Number of Jobs Created Worldwide under a Sustainable Recovery Plan following Coronavirus (Covid-19) by Sector as of 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126330/number-of-green-jobs-under-a-sustainable-recovery-plan-worldwide/
The Guardian, Number of jobs created worldwide under a sustainable recovery plan following coronavirus (COVID-19) by sector as of 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126330/number-of-green-jobs-under-a-sustainable-recovery-plan-worldwide/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of jobs created worldwide under a sustainable recovery plan following coronavirus (COVID-19) by sector as of 2020* [Graph], The Guardian, June 18, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126330/number-of-green-jobs-under-a-sustainable-recovery-plan-worldwide/