The transition to a greener, more efficient economy presents both opportunities and challenges. While it promises a future free from greenhouse gasses, biodiversity loss, and pollution, it also necessitates a shift in our workforce.
- 15 May 2024
New skills are needed to develop and deploy clean technologies like renewable energy or battery storage, alongside efforts to transform existing industries towards sustainability. Cohesion policy helps regions change their businesses to be more competitive and profitable, especially in regions that need it most.
This interactive data story delves deeper, exploring the uneven landscape faced by EU regions. It compares EU regions' share of employment in economic sectors that are systematically more competitive and sustainable based on the Regional Competitive Environmental Sustainability indicator.
This data story is extracted from the 9th Cohesion Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion in the European Union, (2024).
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