“In March this year, a coalition involving 1,000 North Sea oil workers set out their demands for a fair transition.

“A fair transition means supporting workers through this transition, not hanging them out to dry and seeing a repeat of the miners under Thatcher.

“Crucially, we also know that the continuation of the fossil fuel industry is ensured destruction for humanity.

“There are no jobs for oil workers when half of the bloody country is underwater.

“A rapid fair transition is vital because billions of lives are at stake.

“With 60 per cent of UK’s offshore wind capacity, Scotland could be a part of the change to a fair, renewable future, or the Scottish government could remain complicit in the genocide of frontline communities.”

SNP wellbeing economy secretary Neil Gray commented: “This report fully chimes with the analysis undertaken to inform our draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan.”