Springtime for UK’s carbon capture ambitions
The Climate Change Committee says that carbon capture and storage is “a necessity, not an option” if the UK is to meet its carbon reduction targets.
Just Transition Commission
Commission calls for ‘skills guarantee’ to help oil and gas workers make transition
The Scottish Government should create a “skills guarantee” to help workers make the leap from oil and gas to low-carbon sectors, an independent group of experts has advised.
Learn lessons of BiFab fiasco to secure a low carbon future
At the start of last month, Scotland’s Just Transition Commission generated domestic headlines after criticising the Scottish Government’s handling of the BiFab crisis.
Updated: Calls for UK Government to sort out ‘cashflow conundrum’ and save North Sea jobs
Politicians and industry lobbyists are calling for the UK Government to help save hundreds, if not thousands, of threatened North Sea jobs by urgently tackling a “cashflow conundrum”.
Calls for oil-well decommissioning to become ‘skills bridge’ to energy transition
Fast-tracked North Sea decommissioning projects should be used as a “skills bridge” to get hundreds of oil workers over the current job-cuts crisis and into green energy roles, a new report said.
Let’s seize chance to turn North Sea into integrated energy zone
The coronavirus pandemic, together with a global collapse in oil price, has seen the offshore industry experience hugely turbulent times during the first half of 2020.
Climate change policies ‘could lead to rioting if not implemented fairly’
Rioting similar to the yellow vests protests in France could happen in Scotland if measures to cut emissions are not seen to be fair, ministers have been warned.