After a decade of honing a successful career in e-learning, Chad Knowler needed to switch gears. The thought of a shake-up energized him. He quit his job and went back to school to learn Sustainable Energy Systems Management. 

 “I felt a responsibility to help with the global energy transition,” explains Knowler, who hails from Canada and is now in the Netherlands to pursue his studies. “At the risk of sounding sensational, I think the risks of unabated climate change are too big to sit back; we're the last generation that can do something about it, so we MUST.” 

 Knowler isn’t being sensational. The clock is literally ticking in the race to a green economy and industries like Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC), as well as many others, are clearly seeing there aren’t enough skilled people to meet workforce demands. 

 “Based on the current trajectory of green skills growth in the labor market, we are not going to have sufficient human capital to meet our climate targets,” explains the comprehensive Global Green Skills Report 2022 by LinkedIn . 

 “The hard truth is that right now we are nowhere close to having sufficient green talent, green skills or green jobs to deliver the green transition.” 

 Let’s take a closer look at the labor crunch in AEC and delve into solutions to power up the green talent pipeline.   

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