Climate Crisis

The climate crisis is already destroying the livelihoods of workers across the world. Global transformation to a low carbon economy is more urgent now than ever. But this poses huge challenges for workers whose livelihoods risk being negatively impacted by the transition. But workers whose jobs are affected by the transition should not be left behind.

GLI undertakes research and development of education tools to support unions to take practical action at the local level, to ensure that workers have a voice in planning the transition, and to ensure the creation of green, decent and secure jobs.

Rows of white minibus taxis in Kampala, Uganda

2023

BWI: Social Dialogue and Collective Bargaining in the Green Transition

A report highlighting good practices and providing guidance and recommendations on how to include a just transition in social dialogue and collective bargaining, with a specific focus on International Framework Agreements (IFAs). It aims to contribute to strengthen workers and trade unions’ agency on climate change issues. 

This report was commissioned by the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) with the support of the Laudes Foundation.

Click here to read this report in English.

2022

Fighting for our Future: An IUF Guide on Tackling the Climate Crisis in Intensive Livestock Production

A guide on tackling the climate crisis in intensive livestock production produced for the International Union of Foodworkers (IUF) to equip unions representing workers in the meat and dairy sectors to influence the conditions for a just transition, and to propose the necessary transformative solutions to tackle the climate crisis. It includes a guide on the climate crisis and an activity workbook.

Click here to read the guide in EnglishGermanPortuguese, and Spanish.

The guide will also soon be made available in French and Swedish.