People-centred clean energy transition: the role of naritime education and training

Abstract

Seafarers’ knowledge and skills to handle new technologies in the environmental field are considered as important in the maritime industry. To prepare for future needs in green shipping, a new concept of “People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions (PCCET)” is relevant as it implies the role of education to support “people-centred and inclusive” clean energy transition within the maritime sector. This paper explores the role of MET to support the concept of PCCET from social sustainability perspectives. This study was inspired by the principles of “just transition” where education is recognized as a tool to create an enabling environment for people to drive the transition towards more sustainable and inclusive societies. The method of this study is to align the concept of PCCET to the existing framework of Global Maritime Professionals (GMPs), enabling the IAMU community to participate in PCCET through the promotion of GMP in MET. By adopting a concept mapping method, the paper identified key linkages between PCCET and GMP and the role of MET. The result would increase the applicability of GMP into an emerging maritime context where the potential of MET can also be expanded towards a sustainable maritime future.