Climate Change And Environment : PROGRAMME AREA

ITUC-Africa acknowledges that Climate Change is one of the most pressing issues confronting society today. Whilst all continents will be
affected by this phenomenon, developing countries are likely to be the hardest hit and people living in poverty the most affected.
The Climate Change Strategy Paper for Trade Unions in Africa emphasizes that human activities, particularly the emissions of carbon
dioxide, are the dominant cause of global warming, bringing about climate change. Other studies underline the fact that climate change
poses a moderate threat to today’s development and a severe threat to future sustainable development .

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17/02/2020

10th New Year School: African Trade Unions and the Future of Work

Technological advances, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are plunging the world of work today into unprecedented change. If this change promises to be beneficial for some under other skies, that is likely to strike a blow to others on the black continent, given that the (...)

17-20 Febrary 2020 Lome, TOGO Keywords : Activities; Newsletters; Climate Change And Environment; Human and trade union rights; Gender Equality; Peace And Security; Extending Social Protection ; Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment;

27/06/2019

ITUC-Africa Commemoration of Global Day of Action

On the 26th of June, the staff of ITUC-AFRICA came together to commemorate the Global Day of Workplace Action on Climate Change. The theme for this year’s Global Day of Workplace Action is ‘Climate Proof our Work’ #cPOW and this activity dubbed ‘Climate Dialogue’ was the first of its kind. (...)

Lomé , Togo 26 Juin 2019 Keywords : Activities; Climate Change And Environment;

20/03/2019

Africa Trade Unions Holds Talks with State Secretary, German Ministry for Environment

On the side lines of the 4th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Kenya Office - organized a consultative meeting between the State Secretary (Deputy Minister) of the German Ministry of Environment - Jochen Flasbarth and two key partners of the FES (...)

13 March 2019 Nairobi, KENYA Keywords : Activities; Climate Change And Environment; Interview; Kenya;

11/03/2019

UNEA 4: Trade Unions Call For Urgent Action on Marine Litter, Plastic Pollution and Toxic Chemicals

Over 4700 people are in Nairobi this week to participate in the Fourth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly running from 11 - 15 May 2019. The Summit is the highest decision making body on the environment; bringing together Heads of States, Ministers, Business leaders, Senior UN (...)

10 March 2019 Nairobi, KENYA Keywords : Activities; Climate Change And Environment; Declarations; Technical document;

06/12/2018

COP 24: The Highs, The Lows and What is to Come…

This week, all roads lead to Katowice - one of the oldest and historic coal mining towns in Europe. Thousands of people are flooding the town for what is described as the biggest annual conference. The 24th session of the Conference of Parties organized by the United Nations Framework (...)

2-14 December 2018 Katowice, Poland Keywords : Activities; Climate Change And Environment; Reports ;

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27/06/2023

The African Regional Office of the ILO took stock of its activities, at an exchange meeting in Geneva

On Tuesday 13 June, the African Regional Office of the International Labour Organization (ILO) convened an exchange meeting in Geneva as a side event to the 111th session of the International Labour Conference. The purpose of this meeting, convened by the Regional Director of the ILO Africa (...)

Keywords : Newsletters ; Climate Change And Environment ; Nigeria ;

06/06/2023

The 111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A shared commitment to achieving greater social justice

The 111th session of the International Labour Conference began yesterday, Monday 5 June, in Geneva, bringing together delegates representing workers, employers and governments from 187 member countries of the International Labour Organization (ILO). These delegates included the leaders of (...)

Keywords : Newsletters ; Climate Change And Environment ; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development ;

01/05/2023

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY 2023 PRESS STATEMENT

2023 International Workers’ Day Commemoration: fight insecurity, debt and Illicit Financial Flows and advance participatory democracy to promote peace, shared prosperity, well-being and inclusion.

Keywords : Climate Change And Environment ; Declarations ; Human and trade union rights ; Extending Social Protection ; Communique ;

15/03/2023

Urgent Call to Address Humanitarian Crisis and Climate Change as Mozambique and Malawi grapple with Cyclone Freddy

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa: www.ituc-africa.org) expresses grave concern about the devastating impact of Cyclone Freddy on the people of Mozambique and Malawi. The loss of lives, damage and destruction to infrastructure and (...)

Keywords : Climate Change And Environment ; Declarations ; Malawi ; Mozambique ;

07/11/2022

AFRICAN TRADE UNION KEY DEMANDS FOR COP27

The African Trade Union movement, represented by the ITUC-Africa, organised a Meeting of affiliates from various countries and African representatives of Global Union Federations ahead of COP27, scheduled to take place in Sham El Sheik. The Meeting noted that a much more significant proportion (...)