Extract C (lines 14–16) states: ‘As carbon-intensive industries are phased out, specific occupational groups and fossil-fuel-dependent communities will face severe disruption, risking a profound surge in regional and structural unemployment.’
Use the extracts and your knowledge of economics to evaluate different policies that a government could use to try to mitigate structural unemployment arising from a transition to a green economy.
327 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 2.3 Economic performance, covering 2.3.1 Economic growth and the economic cycle, 2.3.2 Employment and unemployment, 2.3.3 Inflation and deflation, and 2.3.4 Possible conflicts between macroeconomic policy objectives. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.