Almost 10m jobs from carbon-intensive industries in the UK 'will be disrupted by 2050'
Image: Shutterstock Nearly ten million jobs in carbon-intensive industries in the UK could be disrupted in the next three decades as a result of the transition to net zero. That’s according to new research by the think tank Onward, which suggests some regions disproportionately rely on heavily emitting industries for jobs – these areas could be hugely impacted by the decarbonisation of the nation’s economy. The study also stresses in some of Britain’s poorest regions, more than two-in-five jobs are in a high-emitting industry, compared to less than one-in-four in London. According to...
Source: energylivenews.com