Recent job losses in the North Sea and at the Grangemouth site have highlighted the inadequate measures companies and governments are taking to ensure a Just Transition from fossil fuel industries. In this briefing, we examine the steps taken and their likely impact.
This briefing recognises the need to take action on climate change in a way that is as fair and inclusive as possible to everyone concerned. We outline the measures taken by the UK and Scottish governments to create a Just Transition and put those next to what is happening in the oil and gas sector and at Grangemouth. We argue that action on Grangemouth has been too little and too late.
Scotland continues to bear the scars of past poorly managed industrial transitions. Oil and gas companies don’t have the capacity or interest to develop a coherent plan for the energy transition that takes account of the needs of workers and communities. Governments must get more involved in managing the energy transition.