Sustainable Development Goal 9

GOAL 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation:

Building new greener infrastructure, modernizing or reconfiguring existing infrastructure systems, and exploiting the potential of smart technologies can go a long way toward reducing environmental impacts and disaster risks, as well as building construction. resilience and increased efficiency in the use of natural resources.

Facts and statistics / Facts and figures:

In countries where data are available, the number of people employed in the renewable energy sectors is currently around 2.3 million. Given the current information gaps, this is certainly a very conservative figure. Due to the strong growing interest in energy alternatives, the total potential employment for renewables by 2030 is 20 million jobs.