Special COP26 issue
In this issue
The best of times or the worst of times? – a reading guide before COP26
What European trade unions expect from the COP26
ETUI special activities for COP26
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The best of times or the worst of times? – a reading guide before COP26
Will the 26th climate conference of nations, the COP26 in Glasgow (from Sunday 31 October to Friday 12 November) be the turning point where world leaders will finally find the courage to deliver what it needed to tackle the climate emergency or will it once more be the usual ‘much ado about nothing’ high-level media circus?
The official climate negotiators will have the difficult task of turning the aspirations of the 2015 Paris Agreement into near-term global policies to limit warming to maximum 2 degrees Celsius (and preferably to 1.5 even), compared to pre-industrial levels.... read
What European trade unions expect from the COP26
Ahead of the COP26 in Glasgow the ETUC stressed that massive investments are needed to green our infrastructures and economies, but warns that this will be impossible if decision makers will opt for a return to austerity. Just Transition has to be a cornerstone of any climate policies to mitigate the social and employment issues related to the green transition. “It is still to be seen if the EU Green Deal and the Fit for 55 package can concretely deliver on the challenge.” said Ludovic Voet, ETUC Confederal Secretary.. read
ETUI special activities for COP26
Global leaders are gathering in Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit. Will their individual pledges to reduce emissions carry enough weight to avert the growing threat of catastrophic global heating? What effects will such decisions have on the world of work?
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We are listing hereunder a few of our publications that may give an answer to the questions above:
Galgóczi, Is Europe socially fit for the ‘Fit for 55’ package?, Social Europe (2021)
Laurent, From welfare to farewell, ETUI (2021)
Bollen, Van Hauwaert, Beys, For a fair and effective industrial climate transition (2021)
Sabato and Fronteddu, A socially just transition through the European Green Deal?, ETUI (2020)
Galgóczi, Towards a just transition: coal, cars and the world of work, ETUI (2019)
Galgóczi, Climate change and trade union issues, SEER (2019)
Galgóczi, Phasing out coal – a just transition approach (2019)
Valenduc, Technological revolutions and societal transitions (2018)
Pochet, Two futures and how to reconcile them (2017)
Laurent and Pochet, Towards a social-ecological transition. Solidarity in the age of environmental challenge (2015)
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All the sessions of our ETUI-ETUC event Towards a new socio-ecological contract → here
Presentation Eloi Laurent on linking ecological sustainability and social justice → here
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