Including the closely related terms retrofit, and retrofitting.
… teach children and young people about the skills they’ll need for a low-carbon future 1 2 The council should raise people’s awareness of what home energy measures can be taken and how, from ‘quick and easy’ changes through to retrofitting 3 The council should encourage supermarkets, suppliers and retail outlets in Glasgow to play their part in tackling the climate emergency 4…
… Emergency 15 Ipsos MORI | Glasgow Citizens’ Assembly on the Climate Emergency 16 Assembly members also discussed a sixteenth potential recommendation which they formulated during the assembly process. This recommendation was that ‘the council should charge people living in Glasgow a tax that is raised specifically for retrofitting’. The idea of a tax was met with mixed views during…
… the deliberation phase and was prioritised low overall, with over two-thirds of the assembly - 35 of 50 members - ranking the tax on retrofitting as their 15th or 16th priority out of 16, and only five members ranking it in their top 10 priorities (more details can be found in the technical report). Furthermore, the perceived impact of such a tax on reducing the city’s carbon emissions was perceived…
… these were currently unknown. For instance, members were positive about the new green jobs mentioned (e.g. retrofitting) but they wanted to know what other types of ‘green skills’ would be needed beyond the examples given. “I think it’s scarier for those starting careers. I was reading an article about a panel and the experts said by 2030, 85% of the careers students will take haven’t been…