Countries are yet to harness the potential of migrant workforces to support their green transitions. Efforts to facilitate the economic integration of migrants are currently not aligned with green skills development and job creation, which are themselves inadequate. Similarly, there is a lack of coordination between international cooperation to support green transitions and green skills development, and international cooperation on global migration policies.
Migration for climate action: how labour mobility can help the green transition
Hero image description: Migrants arrive at a bus station in Bogotá, Colombia, 2018. Credit: Bernardo Restrepo/World Bank
Image credit:Bernardo Restrepo/World Bank