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Just transition on the global agenda
Trade unions are keeping on the pressure to ensure “Just Transition” remains on the agenda for December’s UN climate change summit in Copenhagen. Union representatives who will form part of the ITUC delegation at the Copenhagen meeting met this week with Michael Zammit Cutajar, who will chair the UN negotiations. The union side “expressed their […]
Climate Change: What is a Just Transition?
Changement climatique: Qu’est-ce une transition juste? * Cambio climático: Qué es una transición justa? * Climate Change: What is a Just Transition? The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has developed a short guide “to raise awareness among decision makers and the general public on the need for a ‘Just Transition’ in the context of climate […]
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Global: Unions call for a ‘decent’ green economy
With only three months left to achieve a deal to fight climate change at the Copenhagen climate summit, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has launched a new website on climate change and set out its key policy demands. The global union body wants to ensure that an “ambitious” climate change agreement is strengthened by […]
Global: Green jobs – Our challenge, our future
August 12 is the UN’s International Youth Day and young people all over the planet are mobilising around the theme: “Sustainability: Our Challenge, Our Future”. To mark the event, global union confederation ITUC and its youth committee have decided to focus specifically on climate change and green jobs, as young trade unionists are fighting today for […]
It’s not jobs or the environment – it must be both