Press Releases

UNEP to Host First Assembly on Labour & the Environment
17 October, 2005 Paris/Nairobi – The power and influence of organized labour is being enlisted in the battle for planet Earth. The first global Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment is to take place at the Kenyan headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), it was announced today. (Monday 17 October 2005)

Klaus Toepfer op'ed in the BBC "Green Room" News Website
"The trade union movement has a critical role to play in building a cleaner and more just planet, argues the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) in our new series of opinion pieces on the BBC News website entitled The Green Room." (Saturday, 14 January, 2006)

Labouring Together for a Cleaner, Greener and More Just Planet (By Klaus Toepfer). More>>
150 trade union leaders representing millions of workers meet at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) between 15 and 17 January. (Friday 13 January 2006)

ICFTU - Environment is a trade union priority
The World Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment was officially opened on Sunday 15 January in Nairobi, at the head office of UNEP. Trade unions from all over the world are debating the best ways to engage in concrete action in the struggle for a sustainable environment. (Monday, 16 January 2006)

Power of Organized Labour Plugs into Global Environmental Issues >
"Workers Initiative for Lasting Legacy Takes Forward Flight Against Climate Change up to Battle for Safer Production and Consumption of Chemicals"
– A strategy to replicate over 20 concrete case studies, showcasing chemicals safety in West Africa, climate change and energy efficiency in European homes and cyanide pollution in Pacific mines, was agreed today at an international trade unions meeting. (Tuesday 17 January 2006)

Trade Unions Agree Action on Environment with Key UN Bodies (ICFTU)>>
This week’s Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment* in Nairobi concluded today with a series of undertakings from the trade union movement and key United Nations bodies. (Tuesday 17 January, 2006 )

UN conference agrees agenda for negotiations on new emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Secretariat (Bonn, May 26, 2006)