Climate Ready Workforce

The Climate Ready Workforce for Coastal and Great Lakes States, Tribes and Territories Initiative is a historic investment of ~ $60 million to meet the emerging and existing needs of employers while helping workers find high quality jobs by investing in workforce training focused on climate resilience concepts, principles, and techniques and implementation, and ensuring direct hire or promotion into jobs related to climate resilience with an emphasis on training and hiring in place, especially to benefit communities on the frontline of the climate crisis.