Environment/Climate Change, Tax justice
Responding to the challenge of climate change
Climate change, the largest single threat to current and future generations, is posing fundamental challenges for public services and public service workers. In recent years, we have seen extreme weather events, flooding and forest fires for example, leading to loss of life and widespread damage and destruction of buildings and infrastructure. Our members across many services have been part of the immediate and longer term response – in emergency and rescue services, energy and water, local and regional government. EPSU has been working hard to influence policies at global and European level aimed at decarbonising our economies and calling for a shift away from growth at all costs. It is essential that we achieve a more sustainable society is achieved through a just transition whereby no one is left behind.
This briefing, produced for EPSU's 2019 Congress, sets out the federation's recent activity on climate change and current priorities. EPSU has published research focusing on some of the key issues and policy developments including its position on the EU's Green Deal, the failure of energy liberalisation to address climate change and an analysis of action on climate change adaptation.
EPSU supports new webpetition to show the Commission citizens support a European Financial Transaction Tax
(April 6) Today the Europeans for Financial Reform (EFFR), a coalition of trade unions, Socialists and Greens, and social /labour linked NGOs has launched a web tool to help citizens
Energy roadmaps 2050 need a social dimension and be based on Just Transtition principles
(Brussels, 31 March 2011) The European Union is addressing reducing CO2 emissions in reaction to climate change concerns. Such reductions will have implications for different sectors including electricity. The Social
The external dimension of the EU energy policy - EURELECTRIC / EPSU / EMCEF Joint response
EURELECTRIC / EPSU / EMCEF Joint response to the DG Energy Public Consultation “The external dimension of the EU energy policy” The social partners in the European electricity industry, represented
Lobbying Parliament for an EU Financial Transactions Tax-FTT- NOW !
[www.financialtransactiontax.eu->http://www.financialtransactiontax.eu/] Lobbying Parliament for an EU Financial Transactions Tax- FTT- NOW! Podimata report plenary vote on 8 March 2011 {{{Lobbying Parlement pour une Taxe sur les Transactions Financières
Towards a low carbon electricity industry: employment effects & opportunities for the social partners
Joint Study of the Social Partners in the Electricity sector, by ADAPT International & Syndex - January 2011 (23 February 2011) Since 2008, the European electricity sector has been a