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 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
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
Joint declaration on study on employment effects of the opening of the electricity and gas markets
(December 2007) Eurelectric and the trade unions adopted a joint declaration on the study of the European Commission (and executed by EcoTec) on the employment effects of market opening. The
The Social Aspects of the European Energy Community (South East Europe) and the Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding
EURELECTRIC / EPSU / EMCEF JOINT STATEMENT (December 2007) The European social partners for the electricity industry (Eurelectric for the employers and EPSU/EMCEF for the trade unions) welcome the signing