Sunak's climate shift is out of touch with the demands of the UK's workforce – here's why

Our survey of UK workers reveals their deep concern about climate change – many want to see action being taken.

Jo Cutter, Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds • conversation
Nov. 9, 2023 • ~7 min

American Climate Corps: Biden's new green jobs initiative delivers more promises than details

A scholar of national service programs points out that the government hasn’t spelled out what this one will cost, what its participants will earn or how it will operate.

Christopher Staysniak, Lecturer of History, College of the Holy Cross • conversation
Sept. 28, 2023 • ~10 min

Green jobs are booming, but too few employees have sustainability skills to fill them – here are 4 ways to close the gap

Green jobs go beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance. They’re found in fields from design to economics and in many types of management.

Karen C. Seto, Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, Yale University • conversation
Jan. 5, 2023 • ~9 min

Green jobs are booming, but too few employees have sustainability skills to fill them – here are 4 ways to get training

Green jobs go beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance. They’re found in fields from design to economics and in many types of management.

Karen C. Seto, Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, Yale University • conversation
Jan. 5, 2023 • ~9 min

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' – how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Myths about the relative costs of tackling climate change continue to hold back progress.

Aled Jones, Professor & Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Sept. 28, 2022 • ~8 min

Can low carbon jobs really level up post-industrial towns? We went to Bolsover to find out

We worked with the ex-mining town’s council to identify four next steps.

Ana Rita Domingues, Lecturer in Sustainability, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Jan. 21, 2022 • ~7 min

Skills shortage could undo UK government's net zero plans

Wind turbines need building, heat pumps need installing – but Britain has a chronic skills shortage.

John Weir, Research Associate in Talent and Skills, Energy & Environment Institute, University of Hull • conversation
Oct. 28, 2021 • ~6 min

The fossil fuel era must end – so what happens to the communities it built? Climate Fight podcast part 3

Listen to the third episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation • conversation
Oct. 20, 2021 • ~5 min

How making homes energy efficient could boost the economy and create jobs

More ambitious plans for making the UK’s homes energy efficient could create 22,545 new full-time jobs.

Karen Turner, Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde • conversation
Oct. 15, 2021 • ~6 min

Remembering Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist who pushed Mexico on clean energy -- and, recently, face masks

Molina, who died on Oct. 8, 'thought climate change was the biggest problem in the world long before most people did.' His research on man-made depletion of the ozone layer won the 1995 Nobel Prize.

Elena Delavega, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Memphis • conversation
Oct. 10, 2020 • ~6 min

/

2