Climate change and rising temperatures are the leading causes of natural disasters such as flooding, storms, land sliding, wildfires, drought, and desertification, to name a few. With the rate of change of climate, the frequency and scale of these disasters have also gone up over the last decades... Find out more

On 17 December 2022, the EU Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement to set up a ‘Social Climate Fund’ (SCF). The agreement follows the proposed EU regulation creating an SCF adopted by the Commission on 14 July 2021 as part of the 'fit for 55' legislative package. The Fund will amount... Find out more

In December 2022, trilogues between the European Commission, European Parliament and the Council of the EU finally culminated in a series of provisional agreements on some of the central – intertwined – Fit for 55 files, namely the revision of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the Social Climate... Find out more

The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) , adopted by both houses of Congress and signed into law in August 2022, has sent shockwaves across Europe. While the investment boost for the clean energy sector can well be regarded as a significant step for the US to move towards the Paris targets, the... Find out more

The year 2023 promises to be at least as challenging as the previous one, with war still raging between Russia, Ukraine and the West. The climate emergency turning into a real climate collapse also for countries in the Global North which had been spared some of the deadly and devastating effects... Find out more

At the beginning of February, a night worker had her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease for the first time in France. This decision was the result of a large-scale union campaign which made good use of a worker's survey to raise public awareness but also to mobilise around the issue... Find out more

In Geneva, the data collective ‘Digipower Academy’ offers Uber drivers an independent analysis of their data, so that they can claim the expenses they are owed. On 30 May 2022, Switzerland’s Federal Court has upheld a ruling that the US ride-hailing firm should be treated as an employer, rejecting... Find out more

On 2 February 2023, the European Parliament (EP) voted in favour of amendments to the European Commission’s platform worker directive that would introduce a presumption of employment and increase algorithmic transparency. After months of arduous negotiations and a vote postponed for two weeks, the... Find out more

On Monday 6 February 2023, members of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament will start discussions on amending the Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work ( Trillet-Lenoir Report ) . With the adoption of the... Find out more

EU: New recommendation to strengthen EU social dialogue The European Commission presented a proposal for a recommendation comprising a series of measures to encourage the EU Member States to strengthen social dialogue at national level. The EU Commission also published a communication listing future... Find out more