Climate Jobs

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 began in 2016 and has since lead to work focusing for various regions. Below are a collection of reports, models and works written by Green House and our partners.


Between 2017 and 2019 Green House developed a model for estimating 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 included, 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 all local areas in the UK. This has subsequently lead to Green New Deal / Climate Jobs reports for Cumbria, economy areas around Gatwick and Leeds-Braford Airports.




Climate Jobs Publications and Events

Green House Think Tank

Climate Jobs in the UK

This event presented the results of modelling to estimate the net number of jobs that could be created in each local authority area by the transition to a zero carbon economy, in the key sectors of energy, transport, waste management, buildings and food, farming and forestry.



Green House Think Tank

Just Transition, Climate Jobs

Green European Foundation, with the support of Green Foundation Ireland and in partnership with SIPTU and the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, present an all-day Seminar on the theme: Jobs in a Changing Climate



Peter Sims

Job creation from a Sustainable Transition for Sheffield City Region

This report uses Sheffield City Region as a case study and looked at renewable energy, transport, buildings, farming, forestry and food, and reuse, repair and recycling. Where they could be quantified, the numbers of jobs that would be lost were subtracted from the number of jobs created.



Peter Sims

A Green Transition for the Isle of Wight

This report is a case study using the Isle of Wight to develop a model to estimate the number of jobs that would be created by the transition of key sectors of the economy.






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