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Bridge to the Future Alliance
Energy Democracy Rising!
Bridge to the Future Alliance
Sean SweeneyOslo Congress Centre, the “Peoples House”
LO Norway Friday, February 19th, 2016
Unions helping to re-define the climate struggle…..
…….….and are re-defining themselves
The Indisputable Truth: Market Approaches Have Failed
The Paris Contradiction….
Scorecard:
Science………………………..1.5 degrees“Reality”……………………… 3.4 degrees
In search of the sacred global carbon market….
Market “Instruments” are out of tune….
Investors run from renewable energy in Europe
Until now, acceptance of pro-market ideas have dominated the union approach
Worl
International Labour Organisation
In the EU, trade unions have tried to be constructive….
But the ‘social partnership’approach has failed
The EU’s energy and climate policy is in a deep crisis….
Many unions seek a new approach
New strategy, and program – that can integrate class with climate – for ‘socioecological’ transformation
The union-based “Climate Jobs”
“Climate Jobs” campaigns are an important part of this new approach
If we can’t control the energy system – we won’t be able to stabilize the climate
Resistance is Rising
Energy and Climate Struggles are Spreading Globally
Exhibit 1: The Paris Agreement
The Battle for Energy is More Than a Climate Fight
The Significance of the Keystone XL Pipeline Fight
Reclaiming the Energy Economy: South Africa
Unions Fight the Repression of the “Mineral Industrial Complex”
A new trade union federation will be launched on May 1, 2016
Energy Cooperatives / “Remunicipalisation” Movement is Growing
60 German Cities have reclaimed their grids from private companies5 UK cities – London may be next!
The Need for Programmatic Work is Clear – in Unions and the Climate Movement
A Climate President?
A new left movement is rising in Europe and the world…
Thank you comrades!
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