J. Mijin Cha and Lara Skinner write: “New York State can and should act now to protect New Yorkers from the worst impacts of climate change while also addressing growing economic inequality. An ambitious and audacious Climate Jobs agenda creates good, high-road jobs for communities across the state and drastically […]
Resources
46 posts
Andreas Ytterstad writes: The demand for 100 000 climate jobs is a demand that is slowly, but surely, becoming central to the broad Norwegian Climate movement. The Climate Election Alliance, which consists of 58 Civil Society Organizations in Norway, recently adopted “Create a Just Transition – 100 000 climate jobs now” as […]
“Os Precários Inflexíveis, associação de combate à precariedade, e a Climáximo, grupo ativista de combate aos efeitos das alterações climáticas, vão lançar, em Portugal, já em Maio, uma campanha global para criar empregos na área da defesa do clima.” Lê a notícia completa na página do Jornal Tornado.
“Mas e o que é emprego público útil? Empregos climáticos, ou seja, empregos novos, no setor público, que contribuem diretamente para a redução de emissões de GEE e que colocam os trabalhadores a produzirem para o bem comum e, por isso, para eles próprios. Se os nossos impostos servem para […]
A par da crise de austeridade, vivemos também uma crise climática. Se por um lado temos quase 1 milhão de desempregados (contando com os desempregados considerados “ocupados”); por outro, os fogos florestais, as inundações e tempestades, a perda de área costeira devido à subida da água do mar e as […]
In Canada, an alliance of unions, with environment, youth, public interest, faith-based organizations and First Nations are working together through the Green Economy Network to put these principles to practice, by calling for “one million climate jobs” in Canada within the next five years.
Quebec. April 2015 Au Canada, une alliance de groupes syndicaux, écologistes, confessionnels, de jeunesse, de défense de l’intérêt public et de membres des Premières nations s’est formée sous le nom de Réseau pour une économie verte afin de mettre en pratique les principes en question en incitant à la création […]
Asbjørn Wahl writes: The Climate Summit in Paris has once again reminded us of how vulnerable we are on planet Earth. However, humanity is faced with a number of deep and challenging crises: economic, social, political, over food – and, of course, over climate change, which is threatening the very existence […]
Martin Empson, treasurer of the Campaign against Climate Change trade union group, reports from the UK. In 2015 Britain has seen repeated flooding causing large-scale damage. Tens of thousands of people have had to evacuate their homes, suffered days without power and seen their homes and businesses destroyed as storms repeatedly […]
This post looks at the results of the Paris climate talks, and says what the climate movement and the social movements need to do next, how climate jobs fit into that, and what you can do to help build a campaign for climate jobs in your country.