Renewable industry employed 11 million people in 2018

The number of workers employed by the renewable energy industry keeps growing. In 2018, at least 11 million people around the world held jobs across the renewables sector, from manufacturing and trading to installation.

According to the sixth annual jobs report by the International Renewable Energy Agency, the majority of these jobs are concentrated in China, the European Union, Brazil, and the United States.The figures show a steady increase over the years. In 2017, there were 10.3 million jobs. This was up from 9.8 million in 2016 and 8.1 million in 2018.

Read the ThinkProgress story by Kyla Mandel - “Renewable industry employed 11 million people in 2018.”

Understanding civil disobedience - maybe that's all that is left

Civil disobedience is misunderstood by many, but is frequently employed by some in a civil society that abides by the rule of law, and it is within that same society they aim to challenge and hopefully change a law with which they disagree.

This meaning of civil disobedience should be considered when you see someone risking prosecution and disfavour:

Civil disobedience is the deliberate peaceful violation of a law. It draws its authority from a moral conflict within the individual between the laws of the country and the laws of conscience. It is a sacrifice made by individuals or groups of people who have the courage to risk prosecution and disfavour.

And that is about all there is left for those of us uncomfortable about how our governments are not responding to the calamity that is climate change.