A study conducted by the management consulting Services and Solutions firm Deloitte revealed that more than 800 million jobs worldwide had been affected by climate change and the shift to renewable energy; That is equivalent to a quarter of the total workforce worldwide today.
The study, expected to be presented today at the United Nations Climate Conference COP27, organized in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, showed that the risks of job loss reach the greatest extent in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa.
According to the same study, the most affected jobs due to climate change are agriculture, energy, mining, industry, transport, and construction.
In a statement to the press, Bernard Lorentz, a climate expert at the management consulting firm Deloitte, said that some of these sectors are on the verge of transformation due to their high production of carbon dioxide emissions(C02), and others, such as agriculture, are threatened by floods, heat or storms.
The same source added that in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa, more than 40% of the workforce is employed in these vulnerable sectors.
It is noteworthy that the work of the Climate Conference (COP-27), held in Sharm el-Sheikh, was inaugurated on Monday by world leaders. This event is betting on finding solutions to the problems affecting the planet. It involves 110 world leaders, leaders, heads of government, and three international personalities and experts.