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.
EPSU POSITION on the EU Green Paper: A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy
EPSU POSITION Adopted by the EPSU Standing Committee on Public Utilities, 27 September 2006 and by the EPSU Executive Committee, 20 & 21 November 2006 {{EU Green Paper: A European
South East European Energy Community: the European Electricity Sector needs an extended Social Dialogue
South East European Energy Community Joint Statement EURELECTRIC/ EMCEF / EPSU, December 2004 Enlarge the social dialogue The social partners in the European electricity sector, Eurelectric for the employers and
Position of the EPSU on the Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy end-use efficiency and energy services
June 2004 Position of the European Public Service Union (EPSU) on the Commission of the European Communities' “Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on
Joint Statement on the Conference on Social Implications of the Electricity Sector Restructuring in the Candidate Countries
{{Union of the Electricity Industry - EURELECTRIC European Public Service Unions - EPSU European Mining, Chemical and Energy Workers Federation - EMCEF Joint Statement on the Conference on Social Implications