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Huge employment opportunity in energy efficiency: G20
Work to improve energy efficiency could create employment for millions of people as it would account for around 10 percent of all clean energy jobs, researchers have found.
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A flare tower emitting flames and smoke is seen from a Perta Arun Gas facility in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, on Oct. 18, 2021. (AFP/Azwar Ipank )
Research provided by the Group of 20 (G20) Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG) suggests that energy efficiency measures could create massive employment opportunities as countries have their work cut out for them to reach emissions-reduction targets.
According to a virtual press briefing conducted by the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry on Wednesday, work on energy efficiency would employ some 3.1 million people, thereby accounting for around 10 percent of all clean energy jobs up to 2030.
“Energy efficiency will be a lucrative sector that provides decent and sustainable jobs,” ETWG chairperson Yudo Dwinanda Priaadi told participants.
Noting that increased energy efficiency in the energy sector accounted for around 40 percent of total emissions reductions required to achieve targets under the Paris Climate Agreement, Yudo said it was the mandate for Indonesia’s G20 presidency to monitor the scale-up of energy efficiency.
As a result of this effort, member states had reached a consensus on energy efficiency pathways in the second round of ETWG discussions held in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, from June 23 to 24.
“I am pleased to inform you all that, in the last ETWG meeting, the importance of energy efficiency was addressed by many G20 members [...] as one of our key deliverables by the common principles in asserting energy transition,” he announced.
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