PSI @ COP26

PSI's David Boys outlines our key issues at COP26.

Climate crisis EB-157 brief

COP26 Outcomes: Despite pronouncements from global leaders about the urgent need for action, COP26 in Glasgow didn’t deliver results commensurate to needs. The Glasgow Climate Pactis long on words and short on real content. Two weeks of negotiations at COP26 (which follow monthly meetings of multiple working groups throughout the year) have not succeeded in breaking some key deadlocks–notably climate finance, including loss and damage and funds for adaptation; rapid and deep cuts in fossil fuels (including state subsidies).
10 November

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Public Transport Global Coalition launches statement today at the People’s Summit during COP26 Transport Day in Glasgow calling on governments to prioritise sustainable long-term investment in public transport to halt the climate breakdown.

8 November

Launch of UNISON’s ground-breaking report on what is needed to secure the Greening of UK Public Services and meet net-zero.

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UNISON launched a groundbreaking environmental report today, providing evidence that the government must act urgently on its green promises to decarbonise UK public services if the country is to have any hope of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Cop 26 - David Boys @ UNISON report launch

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6 November

PSI's President Dave Prentis, Liz Snape and EPSU's General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan at the COP26 march
PSI's President Dave Prentis, Liz Snape and EPSU's General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan at the COP26 march

4 November

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Unions from both South and North are rallying behind a Trade Union Programme for a Public, Low Carbon Energy Future that aims to build support for reclaiming electricity systems to public ownership and control in order to address the climate emergency in ways that create jobs and address energy poverty.