Publications

Initiatives Involving Social Partners in Europe on Climate Change Policies and Employment

This study, the result of a joint initiative by the European social partners as part of their 2009-2011 Integrated Programme, has been conducted by a team of European experts between January 2010 and February 2011.

Climate Change and Labour: The Need for a "Just Transition"

International Journal of Labour Research 2010, Vol. 2, Issue 2. Climate change is one of the most challenging issues facing trade unions today and all over the world they have been working very hard to put employment and their role at the centre of climate change policy debates both at national and international levels. Together with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Bureau for Workers Activities in the ILO (ACTRAV) organized a workshop in the framework of the Global Union Research Network (GURN) in March 2010 on this issue. Researchers both from trade unions and academia gathered to discuss employment aspects of climate change, and the papers in this issue of the International Journal of Labour Research are based on articles presented and discussed in that workshop.

Changement climatique et travail: l’objectif d’une "transition juste"

Journal international de recherche syndicale 2010, Vol. 2, No 2

Climate Disturbances, the New Industrial Policies and Ways Out of the Crisis

A study by Syndex, S. Partner and WMP Consult, ordered by ETUC in partnership with EMF and EMCEF (2010).

Trade Unions and Climate Change - Workshop Report March 2010

Workshop on climate change , its impacts on employment and labour markets, Brussels, Belgium, March 2010

Trade Unions and Climate Change: Equity, Justice & Solidarity in the Fight Against Climate Change

Trade Union Statment to COP14 (2008), Poznàn, Poland.

Principles and Policy on Global Warming

Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Position Paper, 2008.

Avenues for Trade Union Action, ETUC (2004)

 

Climate Strategy - LO Norway

The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), 2007.

Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World

UNEP (2008). This Report has been commissioned and funded by UNEP, as part of the joint UNEP, ILO, IOE, ITUC Green Jobs Initiative.

Climate Change, its Consequences on Employment and Trade Union Action

UNEP/SustainLabour (2008). A Training Manual for Workers and Trade Unions.

Climate Change and Trade Unions: Useful Documents and Links

The Trade Union-related Research Institutes (TURI) network.

Unions, Climate Change and Employment - COP12 Side Event (Nov 06)

 

African Unions Call for a Nairobi Climate Change Plan for Africa (Nov 06)

 

Trade Union Climate Change Strategies - Statement to COP12/MOP2 (Nov 06)