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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 the analysis, almost 52% of these high-emitting jobs are concentrated in the North, the Midlands or Scotland.