The initial negotiation with governments on the Rio + 20 Zero draft ended last Friday, January 27. The text received many critiques from governments and civil society for its lack of ambition and concrete objectives.
Place: Durban, South Africa
Dates: December 5, 2011
Anabella Rosemberg and Sharan Burrow, International Trade Union Confederation; Laura Martin Murillo, Sustainlabour; Zwalenzima Vavi, General Secretary of COSATU, and Carmen Foro, Environmental Secretary, CUT Brazil call for renewed action and mobilization toward Rio + 20.
During 2010 we worked with 127 trade unions in 12 different countries with a total of 323 participants in our activities.
During 2010 we worked with 62 trade union organizations from 25 different countries, with a total of 126 participants in our activities.
During 2010 148 participants attended our activities in the region, representing 56 trade unions from 16 different countries.
In 2010 we worked with 41 trade unions in 12 different countries with a total of 84 participants in the training activities held with TUC UK and the BWI.
New EU commission report shows that cutting emissions by 30% is feasible and cheaper than expected, good for the environment, for jobs and for health.
Trade unions leaders call for green jobs, social protection, financial regulation, fair and progressive taxation and climate protection at the World Economic Forum to deal with current economic challenges.
The recently released "zero draft" for the Rio+20 negotiations, lacks new commitments and concrete outcomes to advance sustainability, but workers have some concrete and achievable proposals.
We need SUSTAINLABOUR. With the crisis that we are facing the balance between development, environment, climate change, and social protection, are at risk of becoming secondary on the agenda. The extremely violent attack in Europe of almost all social protection security systems, and to the welfare state, that are the foundations of social relations in Europe, is very important.
Promoting and ensuring the participation of unionists from countries in the global South in international negotiation spaces, such as on climate change, forms part of what is international solidarity and is fundamental to guaranteeing that workers´ voices from these countries are present within the trade union delegation and in the negotiations.
Global Campaign for Climate Action
Civil society in action with 270 organizations
Decisions for Life
Better working conditions for young
