气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Distributional labour challenges and opportunities for decarbonizing the US power system

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DOI	10.1038/s41558-023-01802-5
	Distributional labour challenges and opportunities for decarbonizing the US power system
	Xie, Judy Jingwei; Martin, Melissa; Rogelj, Joeri; Staffell, Iain
发表日期	2023
ISSN	1758-678X
EISSN	1758-6798
英文摘要	The transition towards a low-carbon power system presents challenges and opportunities for the workforce with important implications for just transitions. Studies of these distributional labour impacts could benefit from tighter linkages between energy and employment modelling. Here, we couple a power-sector optimization model, an employment impact model and demographic databases to understand state-level job characteristics and the societal implications of low-carbon transitions in the US. Although decarbonization brings consistent job growth, it heightens the need for investment in human capital and supply chain restructuring. Major fossil fuel-producing states need to prepare for fewer mining jobs under the US Long-Term Strategy, so other opportunities should be created or seized. The lowest-skilled workers will experience more uncertain employment outcomes. Expanding renewable energy could improve opportunities for women in fossil fuel-dependent states, but not enough to disrupt the national gender status quo. This work provides a new quantitative perspective to inform proactive just transition policies. The low-carbon transition would bring both challenges and opportunities for the labour market, which have important implications for a just transition. In the US power system, the lowest-skilled workers in fossil fuel-dependent states will face more uncertain employment and job training will be necessary.
英文关键词	CLEAN-AIR ACT; CLIMATE-CHANGE; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; CONSEQUENCES; INVESTMENT; IMPACTS; JUSTICE; ROADMAP; GENDER; JOBS
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001098015800006
来源期刊	Nature Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/282490
作者单位	Imperial College London; Imperial College London; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xie, Judy Jingwei,Martin, Melissa,Rogelj, Joeri,et al. Distributional labour challenges and opportunities for decarbonizing the US power system[J],2023.
APA	Xie, Judy Jingwei,Martin, Melissa,Rogelj, Joeri,&Staffell, Iain.(2023).Distributional labour challenges and opportunities for decarbonizing the US power system.Nature Climate Change.
MLA	Xie, Judy Jingwei,et al."Distributional labour challenges and opportunities for decarbonizing the US power system".Nature Climate Change (2023).