The transition away from fossil fuels could create as many as 30 million ‘green’ jobs in clean energy and low-emissions technologies by 2030. So what is a ‘green job’? How can countries and companies support jobs that benefit people and the planet? And how can young people prepare for green jobs of the future? Find out the answers to these questions and more as we speak with Ashish Khanna, Practice Manager, Energy and Extractives, West and Central Africa, World Bank; Manoj Sinha, CEO, Husk Power; Anubha Shukla, Vice President, D2R, Husk Power; and Nidhi Pant, a 2023 winner of the UK’s @EarthshotPrize and Co-Founder of S4S Technologies as they share their personal stories and examples on why investing in renewable energy is crucial in the fight to create world free of poverty on a livable planet. Learn more: http://wrld.bg/eUgg50QzKif #greenjobs #renewableenergy

Use the following clickable timestamps to listen to the podcast:
00:00 Welcome and introduction of the topic
02:49 S4S Technologies, green jobs and value chains
07:27 Husk Power Systems, gender, renewable power industry, green transition and jobs
11:28 Starting a career and a business in the renewable energy sector
15:10 Nigeria and the Distributed Access Through Renewable Energy (DARES) Program
19:11 The link between green jobs and renewable energy
20:03 DARES Nigeria project: Access to electricity and green jobs
22:43 The role of the local community in terms of innovation
24:41 Overlapping crisis: Green jobs as a part of the recovery
26:26 Closure

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