Ahead of COP30, hear from speakers from around the world about the impacts of the climate crisis and how the solutions lie in international solidarity.

Sabrina Fernandes, Brazilian political economist and ecosocialist, currently the Head of Research at the Alameda Institute, and an expert on just transitions, Latin America, and internationalism, warning of how the solutions to the climate crisis cannot be found in green capitalism and exploitation.

Suraya Jawoodeen, Africa Coordinator, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, a global network working to advance democratic control and social ownership of energy

R D Chandra Shekar, General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana INTUC and Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Workers Trade Union Congress, on how Indian trade unions are responding to attacks on workers rights and the challenges brought by climate breakdown.

Leon Sealey-Huggins, Senior Campaigner on Just Transition, War on Want, on the campaign ahead of COP30 for a Belém Action Mechanism to bring about fair, rights-based global climate action through the Just Transition Work Programme.

Chair: Sarah Woolley, General Secretary, Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union

This is a really exciting line up of speakers and a great opportunity to make the link between UK campaigning in the trade union year of climate action, and international issues ahead of COP30.

The climate crisis is already affecting workers and communities here in the UK. It is also a clear issue of international solidarity. As we move permanently away from the stable climate within which humanity evolved, those worst affected by extreme weather disasters, rising sea levels and drought, are those in the Global South who have done least to cause the crisis.

A handful of billionaires are hoarding more wealth and power than half of the world’s population, while billions struggle to meet basic needs. While households struggle to pay their energy bills, the fossil fuel industry has made vast profits from rising prices, even as it abandons the pretence of acting on climate change.

Find out more about the UK trade union year of climate action