The ETUC has been active on the climate change issue for a long time. In recent years it has developed its own positions: http://www.etuc.org/r/753
Numerous activities and publications are planned in the run-up to the Copenhagen conference.
London conference – 5-6 October 2009
<strong>The ETUC will sponsor a high-level conference in London, on 5 and 6 October, on "Climate disruptions, new industrial policies and ways out of the crisis"
- Participants' presentations
Speech by John Monks in London
ETUC General Secretary John Monks' emphasised in his <strong>speech</strong> that:
'{The Copenhagen conference in December will be a key moment in judging whether the world has the will to undertake necessary changes and it is vital that the world and European trade unions launch this campaign from the point of view of the environment and also the social perspective. We want to protect the climate and develop a sustainable environment and at the same time create jobs which are sustainable and of high quality.
We do not pretend that the answers are easy or evident. Yet the stakes are high, not least for trade unions, and the incentives to find answers are great.}'
Other
• At its meeting in Stockholm on 20 - 21 Ocotber 2009, the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) adopted a Resolution on Climate change, new industrial policies and the ways out of the crisis.
- ETUC ' resolution : The climate change, the new industrial policies and the ways out of the crisis
• 15 December: Joint event in Copenhagen bringing together the ETUC, EMF and the EMCEF
• 16 December: Access to energy for all? Conference in Copenhagen
