The response to climate change will require some sweeping changes to energy costs and use, transport networks and availability, market demand and supply chains.

There are real risks that the transition to net zero could add extra cost burdens onto low income residents and neighbourhoods, selected employers (particularly those reliant on road transport and are energy intensive), and that there could be job losses as part of the economic restructuring that occurs.

Without a Just Transition, many workers, particularly those in the oil and gas sector, will lose their livelihoods creating unnecessary hardship for them and their communities. As the transition picks up speed, the location of job losses and employment gains is receiving increasing attention, in the need to avoid ‘stranded workers’, ‘stranded communities’ and ‘stranded countries’, as well as to make sure that new green jobs are also quality jobs.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:

– Research and identification of industries, workers and communities most at risk from the low carbon transition.
– Identify forms of green jobs and transition that would have a positive impact on poverty, health, and neighbourhood inclusion. Community energy and sustainability may be a useful focus.
– Put in place counselling, guidance, training and work experience services to enable disadvantages or displaced workers or residents to access green employment opportunities.
– Just transition as a process. The key ingredients of what makes for a just transition are well established and will need to be followed: social dialogue in the workplace, along with respect for labour standards and human rights, economy-wide skills development and retraining, buttressed by social protection and safety nets.

𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

The Let’s Do net zero: Off Electricity Grid Communities Fund.

The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) Low Carbon Learning programme.

Hounslow’s Green Recovery, Green Academy Programme.

Scotland’s £12m Transition Training Fund.

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