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People power for a still-transitioning sector
13/3/2024
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People are the fuel to power a transitioning energy sector and diversity will produce the blend needed to accelerate this change. This was the theme of a few sessions at International Energy Week 2024, reports Nick Cottam.
The energy sector, runs the familiar message, needs to tap into a wider, deeper pool of talent, attracting more new staff and retaining more of them for longer if it is to meet the transition challenge.
In fact, said WWF Global Energy Lead Dean Cooper: ‘It’s not simply about ensuring a single just transition. It’s about multiple transitions depending on your local environment.’
The implied message throughout a session focused on people as energy professionals and as energy consumers was that the sector needed to communicate internally in order to be fit for purpose – and externally to provide existing staff with the support and information they needed. In kicking off the session, John MacArthur, Chair of the International Energy Week Board, reminded his audience that they faced a once-in-a-generation opportunity. ‘We’re going to transform lives in a way that humanity has never done before sustainably,’ was his upbeat scene-setter for the discussions which followed.