Class Justice & Climate Reparations - Trade Union Briefing

Start: 2022-07-20 18:30:00 UTC British Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

This is a virtual event

To keep our planet liveable for everyone, including the most exposed and marginalised among us, we need to keep global heating to no more than 1.5C temperature increase.  Those least responsible are already paying the highest price and have the least resources to protect themselves from raging climate impacts.

Our country is disproportionately responsible for carbon emissions after profiting for over 400 years from slavery, colonialism and the continued extraction and exploitation of communities in the Global South. The UK is failing to do their fair share to stop the climate crisis. Instead of cutting Overseas Aid and letting the biggest emitters off the hook, polluters must pay for climate action and a just transition. They must stop seeking to claim debt from countries that are least responsible, and also from communities within the UK that are most exposed to climate change and other injustices.

Join our Trade Union Briefing to learn more about Climate Reparations and how they can be a tool to redress systematic oppression and violence in the context of Class & Climate Justice. And what Trade Unionists can do about it.

The workshop will explore:

  • How the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, and migrant struggles are connected

  • What are climate reparations, and how they can contribute to class and climate justice

  • How we can work together to build a powerful movement to end austerity, fossil fuels, and the hostile environment.