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Green entrepreneurship is growing faster than overall entrepreneurship, says LinkedIn's Global Green Skills Report 2022. And more jobs need green skills.

But the share of male green talent grew at a similar pace – from 10.3% to 14.2%. The chart below shows the top 25 countries closing this gap. October 31, 2022 [World Energy Employment Report](https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-employment) from the International Energy Agency says that [hiring in clean energy has pushed energy sector employment globally above pre-pandemic levels](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/iea-clean-energy-jobs/). [transition to clean energy is expected to generate 13.3 million new jobs globally by 2030](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/03/the-clean-energy-employment-shift-by-2030/), offsetting the 2.7 million jobs expected to be lost in fossil fuel sectors. [Accelerating young skills and talent for green jobs will be one of the topics](https://www.unep.org/events/conference/accelerating-young-skills-and-talent-green-jobs) on the agenda at the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, this November. However, half of the countries included in the report have shown some reduction in their green gender gaps. The share of green talent grew by 39% in high-income countries between 2015 and 2021, but by 37% in upper-middle income countries, 31% in lower-middle income countries and 18% in low-income countries. All countries analyzed for the report have grown their share of female green talent in recent years – from 6.4% in 2016 to 8.9% in 2021, on average. [job postings requiring green skills grew at 8% annually over the past five years](https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/content/dam/me/economicgraph/en-us/global-green-skills-report/global-green-skills-report-pdf/li-green-economy-report-2022-annex.pdf), the share of green talent has grown at just 6% per year over the same period, indicating a shortage of workers as demand continues to grow. [everything from engineering skills to complex problem-solving capabilities](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/these-are-the-skills-young-people-will-need-for-the-green-jobs-of-the-future/), according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Workers in the energy sector are increasingly acquiring green skills as the energy transition accelerates.