New website for the coordination of civil society activities for COP17 http://www.c17.org.za/ The website includes a list of activities that will happen during COP17 in Durban as well as access to some useful document and a few short films.
The ITUC / GURN workshop on A Green Economy that Works for Social Justice last week provided a stimulating and interesting debate in the lead up to COP17. This second workshop attempted to address the research gaps on climate change and brought together people from a range of unions, research institutes, universities and the ITUC.
The ITF is coordinating preparations for and involvement in COP17 for member transport unions. COP17 will take place from 28 November-9 December 2011 in Durban South Africa. Among the preparations there will be a 2-day seminar on transport and climate… Continue Reading →
An ITUC blog on the UNEP conference – Tunza children and youth towards Rio+20, that took place on September 27, 20011 in Bandung, Indonedia. The conference highlighted the need for job opportunities and initiatives in the green economy, given that 40% of the… Continue Reading →
Education International (EI) adopted a resolution entitled Education Unions Mobilising for Climate Change at its congress held in Cape Town , South Africa July 2011.
Delegates at the ITF education and organising conference in June were keen to discuss climate change and welcomed the presentations from Jonathan Neale (expert researcher for the ETF climate change project) and Manuel Cortes (TSSA assistant general secretary).
A new ILO pubilcation on Climate Change and Labour: the need for a “Just Transition” emphasises the importance of the role of workers in discussion on the social dimensions of sustainable development and climate change policies, and the fact that until recently they have been excluded.
ITF affiliate, the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union of Uganda, attended a climate change workshop in Nairobi last week. The seminar brought together unions and civil society organisations from East Africa.
Unionists at a seminar in Argentina have agreed that collective action on climate change is the way forward if transport workers’ working conditions are to be protected and improved. Read more here >>
Find out what delegates made of the climate change conference that opened the 2010 ITF Congress in Mexico City.
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