About This Webinar
The clean energy transition is reshaping the workforce. The blinding speed of technological change is creating both uncertainty and opportunity for workers and businesses around the world. Shifting policies and markets are upsetting careers in the United States, while India is quickly deploying renewable energy, creating new opportunities for investment, manufacturing and skilled workers.
In this E4C Webinar in our Catalyze Series, Bob Keefe, Executive Director of E2, will examine the future workforce of the clean energy economy, and the forces shaping a global transition. The discussion will include case studies from the United States and India, along with new insights from E2’s newly released Clean Jobs America 2026 report.
Mr. Keefe will explore the growth of clean energy companies, the changing needs of the workforce, and emerging opportunities in the United States and around the world.
Join us to:
- Explore trends shaping the clean energy workforce in the United States and globally
- Examine case studies from the United States and India, looking at what they reveal about clean energy growth
- Gain new data insights from E2’s Clean Jobs America 2026 report
- Learn about emerging workforce, investment and manufacturing opportunities in the clean energy economy
- Consider how engineers and other technical professionals can contribute to the growing clean energy sector
This presentation is part of the CATALYZE Series, connecting to themes of the CATALYZE Summit. The Summit is a two-day, in-person gathering in April, 2027, in Detroit, Michigan, where engineers, researchers, and practitioners will convene to accelerate climate solutions across industry. CATALYZE is co-produced by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Constructive, a nonprofit reshaping cross-sector collaboration to advance clean energy and climate solutions.
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Presenter
Bob Keefe is Executive Director of E2, where he leads the organization’s efforts to advance the business and economic case for policies that are good for the economy and the environment.
Since joining E2 in 2011, Bob has overseen the organization’s growth into a national network of more than 12,000 business leaders across every region of the country, and helped establish E2 as the nation’s leading business voice for the clean economy.
Recognized as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders, Bob has testified before Congress and numerous state legislatures on the clean economy and the economic opportunities of clean energy and climate action. His insights have been featured in leading media outlets including CNN, Fox News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many others.
Bob is the author of two acclaimed books on the economics of climate change: Climatenomics: Washington, Wall Street, and the Economic Battle to Save Our Planet (2022) and Clean Economy NOW: Stories from the Frontlines of an American Business Revolution (2024). He has also co-authored several other business-related books.
In addition to his work at E2, Bob serves on the boards of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) and the international nonprofit conservation group Nature and Culture International.
Before joining E2, Bob spent more than two decades as an award-winning journalist covering business, politics, technology, the environment, and national affairs. He was the Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a California-based national reporter for Cox Newspapers/Cox News Service, technology editor for the Austin (TX) American-Statesman, and business and investigative reporter for the St. Petersburg (FL) Times and The Greenville (SC) News.
He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a Fellow at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
