Jobs & Skills for a New Economy: Building a Collective Action Agenda

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The transition to a low-carbon, resilient economy could generate a net 375 million new jobs over the next decade, making it one of the single, biggest job-creation opportunities of our time. But realizing that opportunity depends on whether countries and businesses invest deliberately in the people who will drive it forward.

A flagship report on this agenda has identified three fronts where action is urgently needed: better planning to embed jobs and skills into climate and economic strategy, better delivery to strengthen skills systems and labor-market matching, and better finance to fund workforce transformation at scale. This event is convened by the Jobs and Skills for the New Economy (JSNE) Initiative, a global coalition of businesses, funders, governments and implementing partners working to place jobs, skills and social equity at the center of the transition to a low-carbon, resilient economy.

Join us during Climate Week NYC on Wednesday, 23 September for a panel discussion bringing together senior representatives from governments, international organizations, and development partners to discuss how to accelerate this agenda and unlock its full benefits: stronger, more resilient economies, greater social cohesion and faster environmental progress.

Speakers:

• Ani Dasgupta, CEO, World Resources Institute
• Ana Toni, COP30 CEO
• Tuğba Dinçbaş, Director of COP31 Action Agenda
• Fitsum Assefa, Minister of Planning and Development, Ethiopia
• Eddy Soeparno, Deputy Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly, Secretary General of National Mandate Party, Indonesia
• Dr. Katharina Stasch, Director-General for Global Alliances, the European Union, and Economic Development, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
• Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Managing Director, GIZ
• Christian Bodewig, World Bank Group Director for Education and Skills
• Amol Mehra, Director of Industry Programmes, Laudes Foundation
• Shea Gopaul, Permanent Representative, International Organisation of Employers
   
• Moderator: Dr. Liesbet Steer, Executive Director, People in the New Economy, Systemiq and Sustainable Business COP Ambassador

Location: Apella – 450 E 29th St, New York, NY (in-person) · Livestream link sent by email to online registrants