Workers who live in energy-inefficient buildings are more exposed to cold spells, heatwaves and other impacts of climate change. According to the EU Commission, energy poverty, defined as a situation in which people are unable to keep their home adequately warm, is a major challenge in Member States... Find out more

Climate change is often seen through the lens of intergenerational equity. In other words, in the fight against climate change, there should be a relationship of obligations between generations: one generation should not pass on costs to another for the benefits and pleasures it is now enjoying... Find out more

The current period of soaring gas prices and uncertainty of energy supply pleads more than ever for the transition to much more renewable sources of energy less subject to geopolitical tensions and irregular prices. Meanwhile, maintaining public support for an energy transition will only be achieved... Find out more

Background Climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are mutually dependent: climate change poses a risk to economic development, and on the other hand, a successful low-carbon transition depends on social, economic, and environmental development. Objectives This training will... Find out more

The ETUI Education department would like to invite you for the second edition of a course entitled Capacity building training on green competences related to just transition (Network of trade union trainers) that will take place for 14 weeks from 12/09/2022 to16/12/2022 in a blended format (online... Find out more

Background Following a first training organised during the previous work programme and entitled "Trade unions and the recovery plans," this training will question the social and environmental dimensions of the recovery plans. In Italy, for example, CGIL is invited in May to meet the government on... Find out more

At the end of February, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report entitled 'Climate Change 2022: impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities'. This report provides 'strong scientific proof of the close interconnection between climate change, environmental... Find out more

EU Member States are fraught with spatially distributed socioeconomic inequalities. For example, let’s think about the north-south divide in Italy, the east-west cleavage in Germany, or the polarisation between EU urbanised growth centres and their peripheral areas. The EU’s transition agenda to a... Find out more

Description Unionisation rates are falling in most European countries. This significant trend takes place against a background where we see mounting mobilisations of environmental NGOs and social forces advocating for more social justice. Could revitalisation of Trade Unions come from coalitions and... Find out more