Government to support workers to benefit from thousands of clean power jobs

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Government to support workers to benefit from thousands of clean power jobs

In response to the news the Government is delivering on its longstanding campaign to help oil and gas workers with a 'skills passport' to seize clean energy opportunities, Professor John Underhill, Director of the University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Transition, said: "How we provide energy that is secure, reliable, affordable, sustainable and climate compatible is one of the key national and global challenges of our time. Doing so while respecting and protecting workers and their communities dependent on existing industries is key. 

"Yes, closing things down and deindustrialising will bring our emissions footprint down, but at the cost to jobs, livelihoods and communities. Doing so will also increasing global emissions - something that is detrimental to the climate - as we are forced to import the products society demands and needs. 

"The announcement of support for re- and up-skilling workers so they are equipped for jobs to avoid leaving communities behind and help deliver a managed, orderly, and just energy transition is therefore to be welcomed.

"Through our commitment and partnership in the National Energy Skills Accelerator (NESA), the GeoNetZero Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) and interdisciplinary research and teaching we do in Energy Transition, Aberdeen University provides the education and knowledge sharing that helps to up- and re-skill the workforce for the transition."

You can read the full Government announcement here.

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