The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) will today publish a new report setting out how unions, NGOs, and governments can better work together to accelerate climate action and ensure a “just transition” to a low carbon economy. The report, which will be officially launched at an event in Brussels later today, sets out a series of recommendations detailing how unions can be help shape effective national climate action strategies and provides examples of innovative projects where governments and unions have worked together to ensure the delivery of socially just and inclusive emissions reduction programmes. Specifically, the report calls for greater government engagement with economic diversification and industrial policies, as well as skills programmes and social protection initiatives, which can help address some of the negative jobs impacts that can result from decarbonisation efforts.
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