16/12/2009

Booklet: Cutting emissions transforming jobs - working in green jobs for a secure future

Joint booklet from ICEM, IMF, EMCEF and EMF

Industrial trade union federations representing workers in the metal, chemical, energy and mining sectors in Europe and globally.

Key demands:

A strong, legally-binding, comprehensive global agreement ensuring ambitious reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
Social justice and longterm employment policies as an integral element of climate policy

For more information please contact the International Metalworkers Federation.

Booklet in English

COP 15 - European metalworkers on the road from Copenhagen

For the European Metalworkers Federation climate change is a dangerous reality which demands a social response at international as well as European, national and regional/local and company levels. We believe that a drive towards new industrial strategies based on low carbon technologies and products can offer opportunities but also challenges for the future of industrial workplaces in Europe.

EFFAT's view on sustainable development

Sustainable development seeks to "meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” in the sense of balance between economic, social and environmental elements. Still, increasingly rapid global changes, from the melting of the icecaps to growing energy and resource demand, are challenging this objective.