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Over the past four years Green House has been developing a model for the jobs created by the transition required to address both the Climate and Biodiversity crises as well as shift towards sustainable resource consumption. This work culminated, in December 2018, in the publication of Unlocking the Job Potential of Zero Carbon, by the Green European Foundation with the support of Green House think tank. This contains the results of modelling for the UK, Hungary and Ireland, carried out with the support of Green Foundation Ireland and Ecopolis in Hungary.
The report was launched at Towards a New Climate, Katowice, 11th December 2018 , a fringe event to COP24. In 2019 Green House produced summary reports for local areas in the UK. These are available here. |
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Current Work
A Green New Deal for Gatwick (November 2020)
Working with the PCS Union and Green New Deal UK we have looked at the potential for those who have lost their jobs at Gatwick Airport and the surrounding area as a result of the pandemic to be redeployed in green jobs and in the care sector. We found that 16,000 jobs could be created in the retrofit of housing, public transport (trains and buses), nature restoration and social care.
Working with the PCS Union and Green New Deal UK we have looked at the potential for those who have lost their jobs at Gatwick Airport and the surrounding area as a result of the pandemic to be redeployed in green jobs and in the care sector. We found that 16,000 jobs could be created in the retrofit of housing, public transport (trains and buses), nature restoration and social care.
The Potential for Green Jobs in West Cumbria
This project aims to identify the potential for ‘green’ jobs, which are employment opportunities that are good for both people and the environment, in Cumbria as a whole and in West Cumbria in particular, focusing on the districts of Copeland and Allerdale. This work will contribute to the crucial opportunity we have to plan for an economic recovery of Cumbria which accelerates the transition to a cleaner, net zero emissions local economy after the devastating impacts of Covid-19.
This project aims to identify the potential for ‘green’ jobs, which are employment opportunities that are good for both people and the environment, in Cumbria as a whole and in West Cumbria in particular, focusing on the districts of Copeland and Allerdale. This work will contribute to the crucial opportunity we have to plan for an economic recovery of Cumbria which accelerates the transition to a cleaner, net zero emissions local economy after the devastating impacts of Covid-19.
Previous work
Information about previous work on Climate Jobs, looking at the Isle of Wight and Sheffield City Region, can be found here.
Information about previous work on Climate Jobs, looking at the Isle of Wight and Sheffield City Region, can be found here.
Climate Jobs in Poland
As part of our 2019 project with the Green European Foundation, Green House has worked with partners in Poland - Fundacja Strefa Zieleni and the Institute for Sustainable Development - on estimates of climate jobs in Poland. The results of this work can be found here (in Polish), and a recording of a webinar about the project (also in Polish) here.
As part of our 2019 project with the Green European Foundation, Green House has worked with partners in Poland - Fundacja Strefa Zieleni and the Institute for Sustainable Development - on estimates of climate jobs in Poland. The results of this work can be found here (in Polish), and a recording of a webinar about the project (also in Polish) here.
Other Publications
Moving Beyond Capital-centered Growth – Planning for Jobs across the UK Written as part of the Green European Foundation transnational project, “A Green Transformation: Freedom and Security in Uncertain Times”, this pamphlet by Jonathan Essex argues for economic planning in the UK to provide the jobs that we need to ensure a transition to a low-carbon economy, across the UK.
Articles about the project have been published in the autumn 2018 and 2019 editions of Clean Slate, the magazine of the Centre for Alternative Technology and in Green World (May 2019)
Moving Beyond Capital-centered Growth – Planning for Jobs across the UK Written as part of the Green European Foundation transnational project, “A Green Transformation: Freedom and Security in Uncertain Times”, this pamphlet by Jonathan Essex argues for economic planning in the UK to provide the jobs that we need to ensure a transition to a low-carbon economy, across the UK.
Articles about the project have been published in the autumn 2018 and 2019 editions of Clean Slate, the magazine of the Centre for Alternative Technology and in Green World (May 2019)
Past Events
Climate Emergency Conference, London, September 2019
Just Transition, Climate Jobs: Liberty Hall, Dublin, 23 June, 2018 .
organised by Green Foundation Ireland (GFI), the SIPTU and Dublin Council of Trade Unions.
Facing up to Climate Reality, in Norwich on 29th September 2018
Jonathan Essex and Peter Sims gave a talk about the Climate Jobs project at this Green House/Green European Foundation conference. You can see a video of their talk here.
Climate Jobs in the UK
Bristol City Hall, Friday 5th October
This was a fringe event of the Green Party conference. A revised version of the presentation given by Jonathan Essex and Peter Sims can be downloaded here.
Climate Change in a World of Jobs, Budapest, 16th October 2018
Towards a New Climate, Katowice, 11th December 2018
There was a session on our Climate Jobs project at this event organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Polish Green Foundation, Strefa Zieleni.
Climate Emergency Conference, London, September 2019
Just Transition, Climate Jobs: Liberty Hall, Dublin, 23 June, 2018 .
organised by Green Foundation Ireland (GFI), the SIPTU and Dublin Council of Trade Unions.
Facing up to Climate Reality, in Norwich on 29th September 2018
Jonathan Essex and Peter Sims gave a talk about the Climate Jobs project at this Green House/Green European Foundation conference. You can see a video of their talk here.
Climate Jobs in the UK
Bristol City Hall, Friday 5th October
This was a fringe event of the Green Party conference. A revised version of the presentation given by Jonathan Essex and Peter Sims can be downloaded here.
Climate Change in a World of Jobs, Budapest, 16th October 2018
Towards a New Climate, Katowice, 11th December 2018
There was a session on our Climate Jobs project at this event organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Polish Green Foundation, Strefa Zieleni.
