Low Carbon Jobs in an Interconnected World
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Not only can a low-carbon technology revolution help achieve climate change goals, it can also create new jobs, boost economic growth and help improve the lives of those currently deprived of access to energy.
Government action on climate change promises economic opportunity. The language of climate change policy has hitherto been largely negative, with wide use of such words as 'limitation', 'constraint' and 'reduction'. However, investing in new technology, stimulating new economic activity around a re-engineering of energy systems and growing new markets - all necessary to avoid climate catastrophe - will stimulate growth and offer new, skilled employment to workers.
This paper - the product of eight separate national studies conducted over recent months by each of the GCN's member institutes - provides a major fillip for climate optimism and positivism.
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