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April 29, 2024

Trade union leaders call for energy transition jobs ‘in same region’ as fossil fuel jobs

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The Berlin-based Hertie School says the number of clean energy jobs in the EU is ‘rapidly growing’ but they are primarily concentrated in countries that have seen significant growth in their wind, solar and electric heat pump industries © Philippe Huguen/AFP via Getty Images
The Berlin-based Hertie School says the number of clean energy jobs in the EU is ‘rapidly growing’ but they are primarily concentrated in countries that have seen significant growth in their wind, solar and electric heat pump industries © Philippe Huguen/AFP via Getty Images

Countries with the highest levels of renewables are reaping the rewards with the most clean energy jobs

International trade union leaders have called on energy transition policymakers to offer new jobs in the same communities and at the same time as jobs are being lost from the fossil fuel industry. 

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