In battling the climate crisis, we must also avert a jobs crisis

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Sue Ferns, senior deputy general secretary at Prospect | Credit: Prospect
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Sue Ferns, senior deputy general secretary at Prospect | Credit: Prospect

UK needs urgent rethink of approach to renewables if decarbonisation is to boost jobs and ensure a Just Transition, argues Sue Ferns of Prospect

Protestors on the streets of London, Greta Thunberg, and the UK's Committee on Climate Change (CCC) are all reminding us of one thing: time is running perilously short to take action on climate change....

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