Green Collar Nation

While the UK urgently needs to move towards a lower carbon economic model, in the past such periods of restructuring have too often left ordinary workers to bear the costs. This event set out the need for new industrial opportunities and skilled jobs to support a fairer shift, exploring the common ground between the trade union and environment movements in tackling climate change and reaping the benefits of the transition towards a cleaner and stronger economy. The event launched the TUC-Greenpeace report, Green Collar Nation. 

Speakers:

• Joss Garman, Associate Director for Climate Change, Energy and Transport at IPPR
• Philip Pearson, Senior Policy Officer, TUC

Respondents:

• Donna Hume, Senior Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
• Doug Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace
• Laura Cohen, Chief Executive, British Ceramic Confederation

Chair:

• Sue Ferns, TUC General Council lead on the environment, Deputy General Secretary, Prospect