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Low-carbon jobs
26 July 2010
Government action on climate change promises economic opportunity. Stimulating new economic activity around green energy production will generate growth and offer new, skilled employment to workers. This paper by The Global Climate Network shows that globally millions of ‘low-carbon’ jobs will be created, that these ‘low-carbon’ jobs are likely to outnumber job losses in carbon-intensive sectors and that the jobs created will on the whole attract above-average salaries.

http://www.globalclimatenetwork.info/ecomm/files/GCN%20low%20carbon%20jobs%20update%20March%202010.pdf

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