Taiwan Government Offering Help for Those Net Zero Will Leave Unemployed

The government is planning to retrain the roughly 10,000 workers expected to lose their jobs as Taiwan moves toward net-zero carbon emissions.

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00:00The government is planning help for the 10,000 or so workers expected to lose their jobs

00:05as Taiwan works to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.

00:10It's looking to use the revenue from carbon taxes on emitters to retrain these workers.

00:16The Environment Ministry says green energy is a promising field for them, as the green

00:20sector should produce 20,000 new jobs.

00:24The Environment, Labour and Economy Ministries are setting up a platform to make this retraining

00:29programme a reality before the 2015 net-zero goal.