Industrial renewal coupled with social reforms could support a green transition away from carbon-intensive industries while narrowing social inequalities.
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Solar farms can bring jobs, but the story of one South African community shows that rural residents who give up their land need more say in how benefits are shared.
A just transition to a green economy with broad growth in employment will require deliberate efforts.
The energy transition is often painted as a jobs killer, but the evidence says otherwise.
Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.
Ubuntu feminism – the idea that everyone is obliged to care for each other’s wellbeing – should become a central focus of the renewable energy rollout in Africa.
The green jobs promised by government won’t come quickly enough for the workers at the Grangemouth refinery.
Decades of privatisation have left the UK asset-poor – but a national wealth fund as proposed by Labour could help to future-proof the country’s finances.
Our survey of UK workers reveals their deep concern about climate change – many want to see action being taken.
A scholar of national service programs points out that the government hasn’t spelled out what this one will cost, what its participants will earn or how it will operate.
Green jobs go beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance. They’re found in fields from design to economics and in many types of management.
We’ll need to almost double our electricity sector workforce to build renewables as quickly as we need to. Where will the workers come from amid a skills shortage and infrastructure boom?
Myths about the relative costs of tackling climate change continue to hold back progress.
Jobs in the clean energy industry are expected to grow thanks to a historic federal investment in fighting climate change. Many of the jobs have low barriers to entry, an expert says.
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by only one per cent between 2005 and 2019. A new climate plan charts the path to deep cuts in carbon emissions in only eight years.
We worked with the ex-mining town’s council to identify four next steps.
Details of the US$8.5billion funding South Africa is set to receive to support the move to a just transition and a climate resilient economy haven’t been made public yet. Here’s what’s clear so far.
Wind turbines need building, heat pumps need installing – but Britain has a chronic skills shortage.
Listen to the third episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
More ambitious plans for making the UK’s homes energy efficient could create 22,545 new full-time jobs.
Top contributors
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Professor of Climate Politics, Cardiff University
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Professor in Comparative Employment Relations, University of Leeds
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Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Plymouth
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Director, Sustainable Finance, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer in Sustainability Consultancy & Business, University of Leeds
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Research Associate in Talent and Skills, Energy & Environment Institute, University of Hull
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate in Bioeconomy, University College Dublin
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Deputy Dean, School of Architecture Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University
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Reader in Geopolitical Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Urban Ecology and Urban Horticulture, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Strathclyde
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Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds