Motion no: 40
Conference recognizes that climate is a major systemic risk to the lives of our members and that more needs to be done across all our communities to move from carbon intensive industries to renewables.
Conference acknowledges the recent efforts to establish a Climate Commissioner and Just Transition Commission but acknowledges these efforts alone will not change government policy or move the world away from fossil fuel dependency.
Conference is also concerned about the state of our local environment especially the high levels of pollution in Lough Neagh and plans for mining in the Sperrins. Conference expresses its solidarity with local campaigns that seek to protect our environment and calls on affiliate unions to show real solidarity and publicise with their members the work these campaign groups do.
Conference therefore calls on the Northern Ireland Committee to establish a Climate and Ecological Emergency Committee that will have representation from the NIC, affiliate unions and other climate activists so that we can focus on how we address the systemic risk that climate poses to our jobs, our communities and the lives of our children.
Conference urges affiliate unions to properly support such a committee both financially and representationally so that the climate emergency can work collectively to consider and meet the systemic change needed to improve our environment.
