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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace (left) and Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to the Rolls Royce factory in Bristol
MPs warned today that the government’s net-zero strategy risks failure without a detailed working plan for the jobs and skills needed in the green sector.
The environmental audit committee (EAC) said that despite announcements committing millions of pounds to green jobs initiatives, the government has yet to define what a “green job” is and how they are to be filled.
The net-zero strategy, which claims to support up to 440,000 jobs by 2030, would have been the ideal opportunity to offer clarity on how to define what a “green job” is and how it can be measured, according to the EAC’s green jobs report.
The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results