Trade Union Statement to the OECD Meeting of the Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) at Ministerial Level│Paris, 28-29 September 2016
23/09/2016
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The international trade union movement is therefore calling on OECD Environment Ministers to:
- Ensure national climate commitments are in line with their countries’ capacities and responsibilities and the need to respect the objective of not surpassing 2°C in average temperature increase, and aiming at 1.5°C;
- Engage with labour, economic and investment ministers so that job creation strategies are integrated in climate plans;
- Actively promote the implementation of the ILO Guidelines for a Just Transition in national contexts, in continuous dialogue with social partners;
- Ensure that employment policies include qualitative as well as quantitative objectives (occupational safety and health, minimum living wages, collective bargaining, working time, security) when promoting the transition to a circular economy;
- Make use of all regulatory avenues for making progress towards a circular economy, including for product design, producers’ and distributors’ responsibilities, product disposal and recyclability.