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GREEN JOBS FOR YOUTH

Interest in green jobs has grown dramatically in the last decade, and so has the number of tudies around the world looking at the number and types of green jobs. Very few studies have ooked at the demographics, however, of future and current green jobs holders, and none as sked how many young people hold or might hold green jobs. This is in spite of an econoic risis in which youth unemployment has reached an all-time high in the United States of nearly %. By comparing the occupations with the most green jobs with those that employ the most outh, we find that there is a somewhat negative relationship: on average, youth jobs will likely ot be green jobs. We conclude that about 11.3% of all green jobs in the U.S. are held by outh. In comparison, about 12.3% of all jobs in the U.S. economy are held by youth 16-24.

However, this varies by occupation, with some occupations, particularly office and dministrative jobs, having about 14% of all clean economy jobs and about 14% of all youth obs. Also, since green jobs are expected to create more jobs overall in the economy ompared to equal investments or policies designed to support fossil fuels, and youth have xpressed a strong interest in renewable energy and fighting climate change, we expect youth o benefit nonetheless from green jobs programs. At the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June 2012, we ecommend governments and other major actors commit to accounting for the employment otential among various demographics, including across different ages of workers, when esigning green jobs policies and studies. We also recommend increased education, nternship opportunities and support for youth entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers.

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