New analysis suggests that more than 24,000 jobs could be created by the shift to a green economy.
Data based on analysis by the UK100, the University of Leeds and the LSE Grantham Institute shows that 24,435 green jobs will be created in Cumbria with the move to a low carbon economy – with the majority in manufacturing, nearly 12,000 jobs in total (11,737).
In total across the country, 1,211,158 jobs could be created or in demand in the construction and manufacturing sectors.
The construction industry has been one of the hardest hit in the pandemic, with 90 per cent of businesses applying for the furlough scheme, second only to the hospitality sector.
In total, more than three million jobs are expected to be in demand or created as part of a shift to a green economy across a range of sectors.
The UK Green Building Council has estimated that to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050, we will need to improve almost all of the UK’s 29 million homes, meaning we need to retrofit more than 1.8 homes every minute between now and 2050.
However, there are reports that the Government plans to abolish its Green Homes Grant scheme to provide funding of up to £10,000 to homeowners to make their homes more sustainable and energy-efficient.
Polly Billington, director of UK100, said: “Across the UK, the move to a greener economy will create thousands of new jobs in every local community. It’s really important we don’t lose sight of this critical long term goal – so the Prime Minister can meet his explicit goal of building back better.”
