Broad range of skills needed for green jobs

Big business: A passenger’s motorcycle is loaded on a boat in Natuna, Indonesia. South-East Asia is expected to create as many as 30 million sustainability-linked jobs by 2030 and provide up to US$1 trillion in annual economic opportunities. — AFP

SINGAPORE: Money is pouring into “green” sectors across the region and creating thousands of new jobs in the process.

A new report noted that there could be as many as 30 million sustainability-linked jobs in South-East Asia by 2030, with the region’s green economy projected to provide up to US$1 trillion in annual economic opportunities.