Organizations using the sectoral approach have faced challenges -- ones that we are uniquely positioned to solve right now.

CNN: Commentary: Jobs going begging in some fields

But such a sectoral approach would fall short when abuse occurs across industries.

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He said one advantage of the sectoral approach was that the results would be measurable and transparent and less subject to what he called a political "beauty contest".

BBC: Japan waits on US for CO2 targets

Critics of the sectoral approach point out that however efficient industries might be, it does not help the climate if inventors keep dreaming up new ways to use energy - like Japan's electrically heated, stereophonic, bottom-washing toilets.

BBC: Japan waits on US for CO2 targets

Over the past decade an innovative approach to workforce development, known as sectoral employment, has created industry-specific training programs that prepare and connect unemployed and under-skilled workers to employers desperate to fill skilled vacancies.

CNN: Commentary: Jobs going begging in some fields