Shona Warren

Using Labour Migration to Support Europe’s Green Transition During this event, experts from Fragomen, the Center for Global Development, government, and industry will address key questions, including: Where is the greatest demand for workers and what types of ...

Without an increase in skilled workers, the green transition in Europe won't happen. Can a creative combination of training & migration help plug the gap? Join experts from @cgdev.org, Fragomen, & RWE for this exciting webinar: 23 June, 2.00-3.00pm CET.

www.cgdev.org/event/using-...

International Workers are Needed for the “Green” Industrial Revolution: Reflections from the All-Energy UK Conference Last week, thousands from across the UK’s energy industry met in Glasgow for the All-Energy UK Conference. CGD research linking training and migration for the green transition has shown the need to…

What did we learn from the UK’s largest energy conference?

🎯 The industry needs more certainty
🌍 Int'l workers are needed, now
🌱 The green transition needs an industrial strategy

And more from Shona Warren:
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What happens to developing countries when highly-educated people migrate? See our new review of the evidence on "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration

After Aid Cuts, Here’s How to Make the Most Out of Remittances Explore how remittances could help reduce the impacts of aid cuts and support broader economic development goals.

As large cuts are made to foreign aid across the globe, remittances—money that migrants send back to their home countries—are becoming more important.

Here's how we can maximize their impact for development, according to @helen-dempster.bsky.social & @samhuckstep.bsky.social:
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New poll finds public support for migration to work or study - British Future New British Future research on public attitudes to immigration, ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper.

New British Future research, published ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper, find more balanced public views on immigration for work or study:
www.britishfuture.org/white-paper-...

New #AIDA Country Report on the United Kingdom

Check out the developments in 2024 concerning:

➡️Asylum applications & decisions
➡️Asylum procedure
➡️Reception conditions
➡️Detention of people seeking asylum
➡️Content of international protection
➡️Temporary protection

Read more: bit.ly/3FVw06g

Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe Foreign workers have helped to make Spain’s economy the envy of the industrialized world, even as anti-immigration sentiments grow elsewhere in Europe and in the United States.

"We had two ways to deal with the challenge...That Spain be a closed and poor country or an open and prosperous one.”

Great insights on Spain's approach from @apnews.com

apnews.com/article/spai...

COP29: $300 Billion Will Not Get Us Very Far If We Cannot Put the Right Skills in the Right Places for the Green Transition Without a workforce that can meet the demand of the green transition, countries will struggle to meet their ambitious climate goals.

"Skills shortages were discussed in the sidelines of COP29, but missing from the main agenda."📝

If we want to meet the new #COP29 finance target,
@danybahar.bsky.social & @shonawarren.bsky.social call on global coordination for more green skills training ⬇
www.cgdev.org/blog/cop29-3...

COP29: $300 Billion Will Not Get Us Very Far If We Cannot Put the Right Skills in the Right Places for the Green Transition Without a workforce that can meet the demand of the green transition, countries will struggle to meet their ambitious climate goals.

Without global coordination for more green skills training, meeting #COP29 climate finance goals will be an uphill battle.🧗‍♀️

@danybahar.bsky.social & Shona Warren call for action on green jobs & skills to ensure workforce shortages don’t derail climate progress 👇
www.cgdev.org/blog/cop29-3...

Why do the UK’s net migration numbers keep being revised – and can we trust the data? Revisions to migration data are inevitable if ONS sticks to its current timelines.

Why do the UK’s net migration numbers keep being revised – and can we trust the data? theconversation.com/why-do-the-u...