News / COP27: Decarbonisation could cause staff training and shortage challenges

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Global industry is facing a crisis of labour that could see transportation costs reach sky high levels for a prolonged period and are expected to be exacerbated by new climate change mitigation policies.

Seafarers, truck engineers, civil aviation managers and fuel providers amount to hundreds of thousands of staff that have to be trained to operate aircraft, trucks and ships on several new fuel types, and possibly currently unknown future fuel.

Delays in the regulatory system have led to delays in ordering ...