1. Outline
This is a supplementary research brief to the CCC’s Seventh Carbon Budget Advice Report, summarising the potential impacts of the Net Zero transition on people with protected characteristics across each of the major sectors, in line with our obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty. Protected characteristics include age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. The brief focuses on home decarbonisation, surface transport, diversity in the workforce, and air quality.
2. Key messages
The key messages of this report are:
- Government should consider how to include marginalised groups, improve accessibility, and provide outreach in its policy design.
- Government should address upfront cost barriers and avoid running cost increases for marginalised groups, to avoid exacerbating existing levels of inequality.
- Government should proactively consider accessibility in terms of practical barriers to uptake, technology accessibility, digital inclusion, and impacts of disruption.
- Government should provide targeted support and outreach where needed to ensure that everyone is included and able to participate in the transition, providing access to related cost savings and wider health, employment, and other benefits.
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