The Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) said that national and local governments should ensure that plans are in place to cushion workers affected by the “green jobs revolution”.
In particular, people working in fossil fuels and energy production, heavy industry and the vehicle manufacturing sectors are expected to be significantly impacted in the coming decades.
While areas like London and the South will not be heavily affected, as they have the lowest share of jobs in those sectors, jobs in the North, Midlands, Scotland and Wales will be more significantly impacted by the decarbonisation efforts. Furthermore, certain local areas heavily dependent on these sectors will be “acutely” affected, the RSA said.
Jobs in fossil fuel and energy production are most concentrated in local authorities across Scotland, the North and Midlands.
Some of these areas already have high renewable energy capacity, but in many areas workers may lack sufficient...