Environment/Climate Change, Energy
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.
Social Implications of the Internal Market for Electricity - Balkan Regional Conference (7-8/11/03)
EURELECTRIC, Union of the Electricity Industry EPSU, European Federation of Public Service Unions EMCEF, European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers' Federation Press Release - 7 November 2003 Electricity Sector Social
Social Implications of the Internal Market for Electricity - Visegrad Conference (19-20/09/03))
EURELECTRIC, Union of the Electricity Industry EPSU, European Federation of Public Service Unions EMCEF, European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers' Federation Press Release - 19 September 2003 “Visegrad Conference on
Social Implications of the internal market in electricity, Tallinn Conference (21-22/11/03)
ELECTRICITY SECTOR SOCIAL PARTNERS HOLD BALTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE INTERNAL MARKET IN ELECTRICITY 21-22 NOVEMBER 2003, TALLINN Representatives of employers and trade unions from Estonia
Did Commission get it wrong? New package addresses failures of Internal Market for electricity and gas (11/12/2003)
The European Commission adopted a package of measures to address the failures of the internal market for electricity and gas on 9 December 2003. The proposals for Directives are a
Europe's energy workers step up action for public services and support Bulgarian unions (3 May 2004)
The unions organising electricity workers in CITUB and Podkrepa, the two Bulgarian trade union confederations, will take regional and national action 3 and 12 May. The unions are protesting ill