This course will teach fundamental knowledge about climate change science and the impacts the climate emergency has on workers and workplaces.
Category
Social and History
Intended Audience
Delegates and Activists, Organisers and Campaigners
Delivery Mode
Online
Duration
2 x 4 hours
Cost
$110
About
In this course, you will acquire fundamental knowledge about climate change science including the latest research.
The course will cover the impacts the climate emergency has on workers, their workplaces, their communities and identify those workers and communities most at risk. It will explore actions workers can take to climate-proof their workplaces and actions to support ambitious climate policy to tackle the climate emergency.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
Identify the causes of global warming and sources of emissions
Identify what the latest climate science means in terms of climate impacts and risks
Explain why climate change matters to workers, and the disproportionate impacts of climate change on vulnerable and marginal groups
Describe how workers can leverage power to climate-proof workplaces
Identify opportunities to tackle climate action in collective agreements
Contribute to reducing climate hazards at work
Identify how neoliberalism has framed the narrative on climate shifting focus away from big polluters and industry to individuals
Identify the union movement’s key policy and campaign areas to obtain climate justice for workers and communities
Content
Climate science and impacts on work and workers
The latest research on climate science and how Australia and the world is tracking Why is climate change union business?
Industry policy on climate change
Opportunities for workers in decarbonisation of the economy
Climate proofing your workplace
Reducing environmental impacts at work Bargaining for climate action in enterprise agreements
Delivery Style
The delivery style combines presentations from our expert facilitators along with discussion and group work to enable practical application to the workplace.
Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.
Australian Unions/The Australian Council of Trade Unions acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land, and we pay our respect to their Elders, past and present.
