WHEN: Tuesday, November 19, 9:30 am Baku time (GMT+4)
WHERE: Press Conference Room Natavan, Area D, Blue Zone [WATCH LIVE]
WHAT: Global South Trade Unions will hold a press conference to deliver a COP29 statement that calls for $5 trillion a year of climate finance and public pathways to energy transition. Link to the joint statement here.
Global South Trade Unions echo the calls of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and its regional bodies from Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Americas; Global Union Federations (GUFs); and other trade union bodies for COP29 to deliver levels of climate finance that are commensurate with, first, the unprecedented scale of the threat posed by climate change and, second, the historic responsibilities of the Global North that are recognised under the UNFCCC.
As workers, we support a response to the climate crisis that promotes global justice and respects and protects workers’ rights as outlined in the Just Transition Work Program (JTWP). We urge all Parties to develop and implement effective and actionable steps to ensure a just and equitable transition in the Global South.
WHO: Global South Trade Unions in COP29 in coordination with Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) and the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ)
Speakers:
- Sean Sweeney, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
- Julius Cainglet, Federation of Free Workers, International Trade Union Confederation-Asia Pacific
- Rhoda Boateng, International Trade Union Confederation Africa
- Sol Klas, Public Services International-Latin America
Moderator: Leon Sealey-Huggins, War on Want
Contacts:
Esthappen S | Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice | [email protected]
Julian Reingold | Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice | [email protected]
Isabel Rodrigo | Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development | [email protected]