For several years now, politicians have insisted that the road to net zero is paved with jobs. “When I think climate, I think jobs,” US president Joe Biden is fond of saying. Not just any jobs, mind you, but good jobs that will revive deprived communities. Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour opposition leader in the UK, joined this chorus recently when he said the green transition could “bring back hope to communities that got ripped apart by deindustrialisation in the 1980s”.
從幾年前開始,政客們就一直堅稱,通往凈零排放的道路鋪滿工作崗位?!爱斘蚁氲綒夂驎r,我想的是工作?!泵绹偨y喬?拜登(Joe Biden)喜歡這樣說。請注意,不是隨便什么工作,而是能振興貧困社區的好工作。英國反對黨工黨(Labour party)領袖基爾?斯塔默爵士(Sir Keir Starmer)最近也加入了鼓吹這件事的“合唱團”,他說,綠色轉型可能“給上世紀80年代因去工業化而零落的社區重新帶來希望”。