“The UN’s Just Transition Guidelines, negotiated in the International Labor Organization, emphasize the importance of gender and “the strong gender dimension of many environmental challenges.”1 Gender is also a critical …
In early summer, a day laborer laying irrigation lines at a plant nursery just south of Portland, Ore., collapsed to the ground and died. His official cause of death was declared …
“Much of the resistance to climate protection lies in a deep fear that, whatever promises may be made, workers who lose their jobs will just be thrown on the economic …
Heat stress linked to climate change means that workers, particularly those with outdoor jobs, work and earn less. One-fifth of worker output could be lost. When temperatures topped 35 degrees …
Climate change: labour’s neglected role
“Attractive policy promises, wrapped around ambitious long-term targets, have been presented in advance of the next climate summit, COP26, in Glasgow in November. But authoritative reports on, and critical responses to, the prior G7 …