Social Sustainability
Reskilling
Training workers for substantially new roles as economies transform — a core instrument of the just transition.
Definition
Reskilling is the process of equipping workers with the skills needed for a different job or occupation, distinct from upskilling (deepening skills in the current role). Structural change — decarbonisation, digitalisation, automation — continuously eliminates and creates roles; the World Economic Forum has estimated that a large share of workers will need significant reskilling within this decade.
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