What is Just Transition? 12 May, 2017Sustainability is defined as the ability to meet the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. A Just Transition is, quite simply, a pathway – the only pathway – to that sustainable future.
Australia: CFMEU wins Just Transition for Hazelwood power station workers15 March, 2017The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has won a Just Transition deal for workers at the Hazelwood power station in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.
IndustriALL Global Union Regional Conference Report: "Towards Sustainable Industrial and Energy Policy” 28 February, 2017IndustriALL Global Union Regional Conference, 24-25 April 2014, Manila, Philippines
IndustriALL Global Union Regional Conference - Report: Towards Sustainable Industrial and Energy Policy28 February, 2017“Towards Sustainable Industrial and Energy Policy”, 3-4 September 2014, São Paulo, Brazil
European Parliament votes in favour of a Just Transition fund22 February, 2017The European Parliament has voted to support a proposal to revise its Emissions Trading System Directive, which would allow for some of the funds raised by the auction or sale of emissions certificates to be used for Just Transition measures, such as labour market adjustment programmes.
IndustriALL - the voice of labour at Alternative Mining Indaba 15 February, 2017IndustriALL Global Union joined 475 participants from 31 countries in Cape Town, South Africa from 6-8 February 2017 to represent workers at the Alternative Mining Indaba.
15,000 steelworkers march to save steel in Europe10 November, 201615,000 steelworkers marched through Brussels on Wednesday 9 November to demand action to protect the steel industry in Europe.
COP22 Marrakesh Blog – Day 2 Tuesday 8 November 20169 November, 2016IndustriALL's director for sustainability Brian Kohler blogs from day two of the twenty-second Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22), 8 November in Marrakesh, Morocco.
IndustriALL welcomes oil and gas initiative to create fund for low emissions technologies9 November, 2016On Friday, November 4, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a coalition of ten of the world’s major oil companies, announced their commitment of a billion dollars over 10 years to fund low emissions technologies, as part of their commitment to fighting climate change.
COP22 Marrakesh Blog – Day 1 Monday 7 November 20168 November, 2016IndustriALL's director for sustainability Brian Kohler blogs from the twenty-second Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) opened on 7 November in Marrakesh, Morocco.