Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament
Pwyllgor Newid Hinsawdd, yr Amgylchedd a Seilwaith | Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector cyhoeddus | Decarbonising the public sector
Ymateb gan Dr Alison Parken, Ymchwilydd, Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd | Evidence from Dr Alison Parken, Researcher, Cardiff Business School
Gan adeiladu ar waith Archwilio Cymru, hoffai’r Pwyllgor gael barn am y canlynol:
The headline five calls are helpful. However, the transition to Net Zero will mean job roles and content will change for most people. A sixth action is creating an inclusive approach to re-skilling/upskilling the existing workforce, including job redesign and involving employees as their jobs change (combined impact of digitisation/automation/ AI and shift to Net Zero ways of working/policymaking and delivery).
Public bodies need practical support from Welsh Government to translate these into action - learning support, intensive 'summer schools', seminar programmes on changing the way organisations commission buildings/services etc.
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With an evidence panel of equality and sustainability organisations, I and colleagues at Cardiff Business School have worked with Welsh Government officials to produce a report mainstreaming equality for Net Zero - an Equal and Just Transition to Net Zero - our recommendations include 1) a fully inclusive and accessible carbon literacy programme for all - to empower people/ releasing the interest there is to take action - the programme should link actions people can take at home, in their neighbourhoods and at work, 2) direct employment and investment by WG in retrofit and renewables - founded on the principles of Fair Work, this programme would increase the diversity of people who might work in these sectors - overcoming occupational segregation, overcoming demand lag for the supply of skills, creating a pool of skills for future entreprenuerial activity and keeping the value of creating renewable energy supply in Wales, 3) invest in a workforce culture transformation programme - lack of diversity, in many of the specialised and middle skill areas required, will make meeting the net zero targets harder and could further entrench inequality - if only a narrow band of people benefit from new skills, 4) Job redesign - to avoid redundancies/fire and rehire as skills change, 5) sectors/occupations/ jobs not typed as net zero may be devalued in the transition - all jobs will change - as part of job redesign consider upskilling across the economy - for example social care - without which society and economy is constrained, and opportunities to retrain for the specialist and middle skills needed in the transition will be further limited to those without caring responsibilities.