The future is built on the past: just industrial and energy transitions in the UK and Scotland

The report identifies a significant gap between the UK government's high-level climate policy intentions and their practical local delivery, noting that initiatives like the North Sea Transition Deal lack the overarching coordination needed to effectively support workers and communities.

• The UK government has introduced several policies between 2020 and 2021—including the North Sea Transition Deal, the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, and the Levelling Up Fund—that could form a strong just transition policy, but they currently fail workers and communities due to a lack of overarching coordination.
• A void in integrated policy and funding from the central government has led companies and trade unions to create their own just transition strategies, which excludes non-unionised individuals from social, business, and resource skills support.
• Policy contradictions and gaps are driving litigation activism, as seen in the judicial review of the Oil and Gas Authority's conflicting mandates to maximise hydrocarbon recovery while reducing climate impact; furthermore, the North Sea Transition Deal only meets three just transition principles.

APA

Climate Strategies (2021). The future is built on the past: just industrial and energy transitions in the UK and Scotland. https://climatestrategies.org/publication/the-future-is-built-on-the-past-just-industrial-and-energy-transitions-in-the-uk-and-scotland/

Chicago

Climate Strategies. The future is built on the past: just industrial and energy transitions in the UK and Scotland. 2021. https://climatestrategies.org/publication/the-future-is-built-on-the-past-just-industrial-and-energy-transitions-in-the-uk-and-scotland/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatestrategies2021future, author = {{Climate Strategies}}, title = {{The future is built on the past: just industrial and energy transitions in the UK and Scotland}}, institution = {Climate Strategies}, year = {2021}, month = nov, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/publication/the-future-is-built-on-the-past-just-industrial-and-energy-transitions-in-the-uk-and-scotland/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }