August 10-12: CLIMATE SPACE Hosted by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and Alternatives (Montreal)
Speakers include:
Naomi Klein, author and activist and Maité Llanos,Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) in Europe, Global Labour Institute Network, Geneva; Clayton Thomas-Muller, former Idle No More spokesperson and campaigner for 350.org, Canada
Summary of workshops related energy democracy, climate jobs, just transition, and system change, with sponsoring organizations:
One Million Climate Jobs: Labour’s Challenges and Opportunities (CLC)
Just Transition – Fighting poverty with jobs and climate (FTQ)
What Québec and Canadian workers are doing in the fight against climate change and toward energy democracy (CUPE and TUED)
Transition écologique: croissance ou décroissance. Un consensus est-il possible? (FTQ)
Making the Leap: Conference on The Leap Manifesto (more details here, Avi Lewis explains to TUED how the Manifesto came about: video)
Global Trade Union Strategies for Decarbonization and a Just Transition post-Paris (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung)
Energy Democracy: running energy for people and planet – not profit (Global Justice Now)
Energy Democracy Rising – How Unions Around the World Are Championing a “Public Goods” Approach to Climate Protection and Ecosystem Defense (TUED, CLC, CSN, FTQ, PSI)
Workers and Environmental Health (People’s Health Movement, Canada)