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Orianna Rosa Royle

Gen Z is the most climate-conscious group in the workforce—but only 1 in 20 have the skills to do anything about it, LinkedIn warns

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Despite claiming to be the most environmentally conscientious generation yet and even quitting jobs that aren’t eco-friendly, Gen Zers are so lacking in “green skills” that it's actually putting climate progress “at risk,” new research from LinkedIn has warned.

The networking platform surveyed over 7,000 global workers from the U.K. to the U.S. and Brazil and found that just 1 in 20 Gen Zers have the green skills needed to tackle the climate crisis—compared to 1 in 8 of the workforce as a whole.

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