Trade unions should be talking loudly about the workforce needed to tackle climate breakdown and help the economy - including making and installing heat pumps. And making the case for the investment needed.
Campaign against Climate Change trade union group
A reminder: to meet this goal for the 7th Carbon Budget, the Climate Change Committee suggests we need to be installing over a million heat pumps a year by 2033 (in 7 years time).
We are currently a long, long way from being able to scale up clean heat that quickly...
Andrew Sissons
BREAKING: UK govt is targeting 87% cut in emissions by 2040 under the 7th "carbon budget"
It says meeting this target will boost energy security, lower bills, create jobs and growth, improve quality of life – and tackle the "climate crisis"
