Environment/Climate Change
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.
Joint Response from the Social Partners in the European Electricity Industry to DG Energy public consultation
EURELECTRIC / EPSU / EMCEF Joint response to the public consultation (June 2010) “Towards a new Energy Strategy for Europe 2011 - 2020” The social partners in the European electricity
EPSU contribution to: ERGEG Public Consultation Paper on Draft Guidelines of Good Practice on Regulatory Aspects of Smart Metering for Electricity and Gas
REF: E-10-RMF-23-03 10 June 2010 EPSU welcomes the consultation. [EPSU sent comments on the status report on smart meters to ERGEG in January 2010->art6072]. We underlined a number of points
EPSU Conference on Utilities in the European context: Change, Modernization and Adaptation: Lisbon agenda 2020 and workers
22-23 September 2010, Brussels - Read our press release Final report - Impact of 2020 strategy on energy, water and waste sectors in eastern neigbourhood and enlargement countries, PSIRU report