The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have seen millions pushed into insecurity. At the same time, the European Union and its member states have taken unprecedented action to protect jobs and mitigate the most severe economic impacts. We spoke to Philippe Pochet, general director of the European Trade Union Institute, about what the pandemic has meant for workers across Europe. The crisis has opened a window of opportunity to push for a more just and green future, but positive change cannot be taken for granted. Europe needs a new socio-ecological contract that brings together questions of inequality, climate and the digital economy to ensure social justice and sustainability.
“Concertazione e negoziazione, con un ampio mondo di attori istituzionali, imprenditoriali e del terzo settore, sono strumenti imprescindibili per un modello di sviluppo sostenibile”. È quanto si legge nel documento che Cgil, Cisl e Uil hanno presentato e discusso quest’oggi nel corso di un’iniziativa che si è tenuta a Roma nella sede nazionale della Cgil, e durante la quale sono intervenuti la vice segretaria generale Cgil Gianna Fracassi, il segretario confederale Cisl Angelo Colombini e la segretaria confederale Uil Silvana Roseto.
From Fairphone’s very beginnings, we’ve been investigating ways to improve the cobalt supply chain, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). And now, after years of work, we’re ready to publicly launch the Fair Cobalt Alliance!
Mehrere Teilnehmer:innen der Konferenz BeyondGrowth 2023, die diese Woche im Europäischen Parlament stattfand, fordern dazu auf, nicht mehr dem Wachstum hinterherzulaufen.
Genossenschaften, Freie Software und die Möglichkeit einer sozial-ökologischen Plattformisierung: Egal ob Einkaufen, Musik hören oder Videos schauen – einige große Plattformen teilen das Internet unter sich auf, Konkurrenten haben es schwer. Was es bräuchte, um Plattformen sozialer und ökologischer zu gestalten.
Les deux semaines de négociations dans le cadre la COP26 ont accouché d’un accord en deçà de l’urgence climatique. Les États riches, principaux émetteurs de gaz à effet de serre, ont refusé de soutenir financièrement les pays du Sud, premières victimes du dérèglement climatique.
Das Klima retten wir gemeinsam: DGB-Chef Reiner Hoffmann und der finnische Spitzengewerkschafter Antti Palola rücken in ihrem Standpunkt die „Just Transition“ in den Fokus. Nur mit hoch qualifizierten und motivierten Beschäftigten und Solidarität werde die Transformation Richtung Klimaneutralität gelingen.
It’s the bedrock idea underpinning global climate politics: Countries that got rich by spewing greenhouse gasses have a responsibility to cut emissions faster than those that didn’t while putting up money to help poor nations adapt.
By Bettina Reinboth, Head of Social Issues, the PRI: As investors increasingly address climate change within their investments, it is important to remember that climate change is as much a social issue as an environmental one. And, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, it is also important to address gender inequality as we move towards a low-carbon global economy.
We are warehouse workers, climate activists, and citizens around the world, taking on the world's richest man and the multinational corporation behind him.
The crisis may have opened a window of opportunity, but positive change cannot be taken for granted. To truly recover in the years ahead, Europe will need a new socio-ecological contract bringing together questions of inequality, climate and the digital economy.
Silicon Valley utopians imagine AI solutions to ecological crisis, while being oblivious to the real material and ecological harms their fantasies wreak.