16:30 - 17:30
The green transition is not just an environmental challenge - it is a labour market transformation. The shift to renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, and climate-resilient economies is creating new and growing demand for workers and skills that domestic labour markets cannot always supply.
This dialogue is specifically focused on how human mobility - well-governed and structured - can support the green transition, rather than simply being shaped by it. The question is not only how climate change drives displacement, but how migration can actively enable the clean energy future.
Skills mismatches are already a bottleneck for the green transition. Green construction, renewable energy installation, sustainable agriculture, and climate adaptation all require talent. Mobility partnerships - between countries, employers, training institutions, and international organisations - can address these needs while creating genuine opportunities for migrants.
Well-designed labour mobility schemes for the green economy must also protect migrants themselves: ensuring ethical recruitment, fair wages, skills recognition, and portability of social protection. The dialogue will examine both what is already working and where gaps remain.
Ageing populations in many high-income economies compound green labour shortages - making international labour mobility not a temporary fix but a structural feature of sustainable economic planning. This dialogue will explore how governments and employers can plan for this systematically.
Watch it live on UN Web TV.