We must not be naive about the societal disruption of the net zero transition
Rt Hon. Caroline Flint and Dame Caroline Spellman, Onward
06 January 2021
Former MPs Caroline Flint and Dame Caroline Spelman, co-chairs of the new cross-party Getting to Zero programme, argue the UK s net zero journey must take into account vastly differing regional concerns
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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.