Develop environmental sustainability plans or projects.

Develop environmental sustainability plans or projects. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 12 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Develop plans for managing or preserving natural resources. in Thinking Creatively .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 12 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 12 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.008% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Propose new or modified policies involving use of traditional and alternative fuels, transportation of goods, and other factors relating to climate and climate change. · Climate Change Policy Analysts · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop programs or policy recommendations to achieve environmental goals in cost-effective ways. · Environmental Economists · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Develop plans for public or alternative transportation systems for urban or regional locations to reduce carbon output associated with transportation. · Urban and Regional Planners · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Identify opportunities or develop plans for sustainability projects or programs to improve energy efficiency, minimize pollution or waste, or restore natural systems. · Urban and Regional Planners · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Review and implement environmental technical standards, guidelines, policies, and formal regulations that meet all appropriate requirements. · Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Develop alternative energy investment scenarios to compare economic and environmental costs and benefits. · Industrial Ecologists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect, and improve the natural resources of range lands and related grazing lands. · Range Managers · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Develop or implement programs for monitoring of environmental pollution or radiation. · Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop programs or policy recommendations to promote sustainability and sustainable development. · Environmental Economists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Plan or supervise waste management programs for composting or farming. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Develop or test protocols to monitor ecosystem components and ecological processes. · Industrial Ecologists · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Develop or implement site recycling or hazardous waste stream programs. · Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Climate Change Policy Analysts
• Environmental Economists
• Urban and Regional Planners
• Range Managers
• Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
• Soil and Plant Scientists

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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