ccctu conference 8/6/2013

Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group conference: London June 8 2013 Introductions Suzanne Jeffery (Chair, Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Group), Richard Payne (London Metropolitan University UCU and Climate Action Group), Sue Ferns (Director of Communications and Research, Prospect, and Co-chair, Trade Unions Sustainable Development Advisory Committee) How serious is the climate crisis and how could it affect us? A briefing for trade unionists Speaker: Prof Kevin Anderson (Deputy Director, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research) Prof Kevin Anderson Part 1 Prof Kevin Anderson Part 2 Prof Kevin Anderson Questions and Discussion WORKSHOP: The melting Arctic: what will it mean? Speaker: Dr Michel Tsamados (Research Associate, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Reading University) Chair: Jenny Patient (Sheffield Climate Alliance) WORKSHOP: The melting Arctic: what will it mean? Questions and Discussion Second Plenary: Fighting climate change and for climate jobs, internationally & locally Manuel Cortes (General Secretary, TSSA) Second Plenary: Fighting climate change and for climate jobs, internationally & locally Andreas Ytterstad (Chair, Union of Concerned Scientists, Norway) Second Plenary: Fighting climate change and for climate jobs, internationally & locally Dr Lara Skinner (Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, USA) Second Plenary: Fighting climate change and for climate jobs, internationally & locally Ewa Jasiewicz (No Dash for Gas). & Jonathan Neale (National Steering Group, Campaign against Climate Change) on the climate jobs campaign in South Africa Second Plenary: Fighting climate change and for climate jobs, internationally & locally Martin Empson (One Million Climate Jobs Campaign) Second Plenary: Fighting climate change and for climate jobs, internationally & locally questions and discussion Changing the Government’s climate policy Speakers: Joan Walley MP (Chair, House of Commons Environmental Scrutiny Committee), Philip Pearson (TUC Senior Policy Officer for Climate Change and Energy) Chair: Fiona Brookes (Campaigns Organiser, Campaign against Climate Change) Changing the Government’s climate policy: questions and discussion “Question Time” Plenary: Countering austerity - the fight for climate jobs Panellists: Chris Baugh (Assistant General Secretary PCS), Martin Mayer (National Executive Council, Unite), Suzanne Jeffery (Chair, CACCTU), Jonathan Stevenson (Fuel Poverty Action), Joan Walley MP, Will Duckworth (Deputy Leader, Green Party)Chair: John Stewart (Chair, Campaign against Climate Change)part 1 “Question Time” Plenary: Countering austerity - the fight for climate jobs part 2