Submission for Green Economy Committee Hearing

This paper links three research centres: Imperial Centre for Energy Policy andTechnology (ICEPT), Sussex Energy Group (SEG) and the UK Energy Research Centre(UKERC). The submission draws from the ongoing UKERC systematic review Lowcarbon employment: the evidence for net employment creation frompolicy support for energy efficiency and renewable energyhttp://www.ukerc.ac.uk/support/tiki-index.php?page=Low+Carbon+JobsThe review considers primary research that examines labour market impacts ofinvesting in renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE). The research is due tobe published later this year. This document provides a summary of key points,followed by more expansive detail on which these points are based.