Climate Action for Unionists
This course teaches fundamental knowledge about climate change science and the impacts the climate emergency has on workers and workplaces. The course covers the impacts the climate emergency has on workers, their workplaces, their communities and identify those workers and communities most at risk, and explores actions that workers can take to climate-proof their workplaces and support ambitious climate policy to tackle the climate emergency.
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Identify the causes of global warming and sources of emissions
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Identify what the latest climate science means in terms of climate impacts and risks
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Explain why climate change matters to workers, and the disproportionate impacts of climate change on vulnerable and marginal groups
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Describe how workers can leverage power to climate-proof workplaces
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Identify opportunities to tackle climate action in collective agreements
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Contribute to reducing climate hazards at work
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Identify how neoliberalism has framed the narrative on climate shifting focus away from big polluters and industry to individuals
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Identify the union movement’s key policy and campaign areas to obtain climate justice for workers and communities