Women and Low Energy Construction in Europe

Clarke, L.; Gleeson, Colin; Wall, Christine

doi:10.4324/9781315407906-4

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“…More broadly, the intersectional patterns of inclusion and exclusion in the existing economic activities will not necessarily be reproduced in the emergent green economy. There is already evidence that women are less able to access better paid jobs in low carbon sectors (Baruah 2017, Clarke et al 2017, and that other vulnerable population groups such as migrants are disproportionately represented in 'dirty' green jobs like waste recycling (see Gregson et al 2016). There is also a question of what kind of work gets valued in the low carbon transition.…”

Section: Employment In the Low Carbon Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Zero carbon as economic restructuring: spatial divisions of labour and just transition

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Eadson

2021

New Political Economy

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Strategies to reduce carbon emissions are set to be a powerful force of economic restructuring, creating new economic opportunities, and also disruption and divestment for some firms and sectors. A pressing issue for 'just transitions' is whether low carbon economic restructuring will challenge or reinforce prevailing geographies of spatial inequality and labour market (dis)advantage. In this article we return to the economic restructuring literature of the 1980s and 1990s to provide a theoretical framework for understanding 'spatial divisions' of low carbon work and how they might be shaped to ensure economically just transition. Our approach foregrounds questions of skills, training and pathways to employment across supply chains as key dimensions of just transition, providing a framework for analysis and intervention. The paper, therefore, brings new critical perspectives on low carbon transitions by conceptualising decarbonisation as a form of spatial economic restructuring and its potential implications in reinforcing and/or working against the existing patterns of uneven spatial development.

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Section: Employment In the Low Carbon Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Zero carbon as economic restructuring: spatial divisions of labour and just transition

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Eadson

2021

New Political Economy

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“…One of the frst ingredients needed for women's successful involvement in LEC is their ability to acquire the necessary qualifcations. Given the requirement for high-level qualifcations with LEC, good communication, and coordination skills, and the ability to manage the project, the way is potentially opened up for greater involvement of women, especially considering their generally higher educational achievements and greater presence on environmentally oriented courses and in technical, professional, administrative, and clerical functions (Clarke et al, 2017b). However, as indicated, any involvement is predicated on good and inclusive employment and working conditions.…”

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confidence: 99%