The transition to a low carbon economy will result in a net increase in jobs globally despite the projected decline of fossil fuel industries, according to a new report from US think tank the Worldwatch Institute.

The prediction features in the Institute's latest Vital Signs Update report, which claims that while greater automation and an expected shift in the energy mix towards renewables will result in the coal, oil and natural gas sectors employing steadily fewer people over the coming decades increased employment across the alternative energy industries will more than compensate.

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