Experts’ Mid-Century Climate Roadmap Estimates Massive Job Gains

A new expert report is touting an array of short- and longer-term strategies to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, estimating that job gains under the approach would dwarf job losses and that the effort would not boost oil and gas sector unemployment over the next decade. The proposed Zero-Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP), released Oct. 27 by nearly 100 researchers as part of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), includes immediate action items for next year that the federal...