Microsoft celebrates Earth Month
What does a young workforce need to thrive in a new green economy?
The Green Skills Passport (GSP), launched by EY, Microsoft and UNICEF, is a free, on-demand learning program focused on sustainability, entrepreneurship and skills for employment. The program is part of INCO Academy’s mission to boost equality in future-driven industries.
With support from Microsoft and LinkedIn, INCO Academy is committed to equipping 40,000 professionals and jobseekers in non-green sectors and fields, especially digital and IT careers, with a complementary accelerated course that stacks green-specific competencies upon their experiences. Through this program, learners are empowered to build careers that can positively contribute to our evolving, greening economy.
INCO Academy aims to give everyone the ability to learn the skills to succeed in the digital economy. Since its founding, it’s helped thousands around the world unlock technical skills and reach their full potential through tech. It is more important than ever to upskill and reskill people for the jobs of the future, to ensure equitable opportunities can be accessed by all.
How can AI prevent wildlife crime?
Peace Parks Foundation uses AI solutions to protect, restore, and rewild south African ecosystems. Using funds secured through Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power BI, Peace Parks, in partnership with Microsoft partner Cloudlogic, developed technology to analyze camera trap activity and minimize the time rangers need to react to poachers.
New green learning pathways
Join Amy Luers, Global Director, Sustainability Science at Microsoft to learn about the promise of AI for sustainability now part of Career Essentials in Sustainable Tech by Microsoft and LinkedIn.
Environmental justice is social justice
On April 6, 2024, at J. Cole’s Dreamville Fest Nonprofit Village, The EARTHGANG Foundation, unveiled a new Microsoft-powered portal that centralizes global climate change data.
Based in Atlanta, GA, EARTHGANG raises awareness and promotes carbon reduction efforts in Black, Brown, and low-income communities where the impacts of climate change are felt most acutely.
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