Research: Limiting global warming to 2C could create eight million green energy jobs

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Putting world on path to 'well below' 2C temperature goal in the Paris Agreement could create millions of green jobs worldwide, offsetting losses in fossil fuel sector, research estimates

Limiting global warming below the Paris Agreement temperature target of 2C would create around eight million jobs worldwide by 2050, research published in the journal One Earth estimates. Renewables...

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