Near the end of this month, from March 27 to 28, the European Gas Conference (EGC) organized by Energy Council takes place in Vienna. This conference brings together Europe’s main gas suppliers to discuss “the security of supply and the new role for LNG on the continent” and how to […]
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We share the norwegian podcast Fra krise til håp, done by the Norges Sosiale Forum, who have interviewed Leonor Canadas form Climáximo and Chris Baugh form the labour movement in the UK to speak on the climate jobs campaign in the UK and globally during the European Summer University 2022. […]
Background This is the third publication of a funding proposal for the Climate Jobs campaign in Portugal, following the two previous publications: Funding Climate Jobs — Izaura Pires de Carvalho, Gonçalo Pessa, José Ricardo Sequeira i How to Fund Climate Jobs in Portugal — Jonathan Neale ii Below is a […]
The European Commission and the Portuguese government say everything is fine. Hundreds of millions of euros of investment, thousands of new jobs, a “new growth strategy” (as the European Ecological Pact puts it). The climate transition is on its way, and all that is left is to compensate those who […]
The 2022 Lisbon Declaration on Climate Jobs and Just Transition was written as part of the training that took place in January 2022, in Lisbon, and was attended by 20 participants from 11 different nationalities. The declaration was later presented at the final plenary of the V International Ecosocialist Encounters, […]
And so, as a new decade begins, the climate crisis has passed the duck test. It looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, so it probably is a duck. It is declared an emergency by the European Parliament and it feels like an emergency for most […]
Jobs for the Climate! On 22nd of November, unionists and climate justice activists from ten countries and five continents gathered closely before the 4th International Ecosocialist Encounters in the “Lisbon Just Transition Gathering” to share experiences of their fights and to discuss possible convergence points between labor and ecological movements. […]
Этот текст не связан ни с климатологией, ни с энергетическим переходом в принципе. Но для начала важно прояснить три момента: Нам срочно необходим энергетический переход. Время для принятия решений заканчивается, и у нас осталось несколько лет, чтобы кардинально изменить наши энергетические системы. В настоящее время не происходит никакого энергетического перехода […]
This text is not about climate science nor about energy transition in general. But to start with, it is important to clarify three points: We urgently need an energy transition. The window of action is closing We have few years left to fundamentally change our energy systems. There is no […]
Este texto não é sobre ciência climática nem é sobre transição energética em geral. Mas antes de começar, é preciso esclarecer três pontos: Precisamos de uma transição energética urgentemente. A janela de ação está a fechar-se, e restam-nos poucos anos para mudar o sistema energético de uma forma profunda. Não […]