We still have more speakers to confirm, but this list gives an idea of how our programme is shaping up up for our conference on 31 October: No Non-Radical Futures Available: Winning for the Climate, Winning for Workers
Ending fossil fuels: the urgency of a clean, fair energy system
North Sea jobs declining, fossil fuel dependence, high prices, vulnerable, protecting workers
Climate jobs: Why homes are crucial
Our homes are on the front line of climate impacts. Soaring fossil fuel prices and draughty buildings have left many unable to afford to heat their homes in winter, while the same homes overheat in summer. The urgent need to cut emissions from our homes means decent housing = climate action and climate jobs. But when market-based insulation schemes have gone disastrously wrong in the past, what is needed?
Fires, floods and famine: what every trade unionist needs to know about the climate crisis
Paul Behrens, Graham Peterson. Invited: James from FBU.
Fighting climate denial and the far right
From Trump to Reform councillors, scapegoating migrants goes hand in hand with billionaires and climate denial
Denis Fernando (FoE) Sam Brown (DeSmog).
Climate jobs and jobswash: challenging false solutions
Aled Fisher from Oil Change International, Linda Pentz from Beyond Nuclear, Mel
Building global solidarity: the climate crisis is an international working class issue
Climate action not warfare
This is not inevitable: Standing up to AI and big tech
Data centres are spreading all over the country, AI threatening workers' rights
Towards a liveable planet and a fairer society: the jobs we need
Care work, public transport, food