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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND
POVERTY PSI CENTENNIAL CONGRESS
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THE PROBLEM CLIMATE CHANGE
MITIGATION Avoiding the unmanageable
CHANGE The suffering
ADAPTATION Limiting the suffering
One objective a fair and effective transition,
change
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TOOLS FOR TRADE UNION ACTION CLIMATE CHANGE

• Training , competence, qualification workers
• Social protection
• Solidarity
• Social dialogue
• New rights

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Urgency for trade union action

• Next meeting of UNFCCC will discuss Kyoto 2
  commitments are going to be more ambitious and
  more countries affected by commitments
• At international level. For the first time trade
  unions have the possibility to influence
  outcomes ITUC is asking for dialogue decision
  making spaces under the next agreement
• TU role is bringing social justice and solidarity
  into the debate

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Some information on utilities. WATER
Freshwater availability will be seriously
compromised in mid-latitudes and semi-arid
latitudes, and hundred of millions people will be
exposed to increased water stress (IPCC, 2007).
The suffering infrastructures will be damaged
or disappear. The most vulnerable the poorest.
Adapting water systems to climate change will
have to covered by public funds. Adapting water
systems to climate change will be more difficult
under privatized systems.
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Some information on utilities. WATER

• How can we adapt?
•  Improve water resources management, including
  food risk and drought control.
• Integrate climate change considerations into
  spatial and water resources planning.
• Improve understanding on impacts and raise
  awareness, including by engaging with water
  utilities, water workers and water users.

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Some information on utilities. WATER

• How can we adapt?
•  Integrate water resources management with other
  national policies and sectors, especially
  land-use, urban planning, energy and tourism.
• Enhance flood plain areas of rivers and designate
  certain rural areas especially for storage of
  freshwater surpluses, or establish underground
  rainwater harvesting.
• How much it will cost?
• UNFCCC 11 billion USD (80 in developing
  countries)

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Some information on utilities. WASTE
Waste management generates carbon dioxide and
methane. The treatment and disposal of these
wastes has a direct influence on the emissions of
these greenhouse gases. Waste incineration
generates Co2 and Nitrous Oxide. Landfilling
waste generates Methane.  
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Some information on utilities. WASTE

• What can be done to reduce these emissions?
•  - Recycle and reduce waste
• - Compost organic waste
• - Control waste water treatment
• - Recover methane from landfills
• Recover energy from waste incineration
• How much it will cost?
• In order to capture methane from landfills and
  improve wastewater treatment, investment in waste
  management will need to be at least USD 0.9
  billion, about 67 in developing countries.

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Some information for utilities. ENERGY

• What can be done to reduce emissions?
• To improve supply and distribution efficiency (ie
  avoiding losses in transmission)
• To switch fuels from coal to gas (coal combustion
  emits 974 kg of CO2/MWh, gas emits almost a half
  469 kg of CO2/MWh)
• To expand renewable heat and power capacities,
  such as hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal and
  bioenergy
•  Other technologies could enhance mitigation in
  the energy supply side. These are carbon capture
  and storage for gas, biomass and coal-fired
  electricity generating facilities advanced
  nuclear power advanced renewable energy,
  including tidal and waves energy, concentrating
  solar, and solar PV. (IPCC, 2007)

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Some information for utilities. ENERGY
What that will means for workforce? Measures
taken in the energy supply sector directly
concern industries such as power and heat
production and distribution. This highlights
the need for clearly assess social impacts of
these measures, such as on employment, on local
development, etc. Changes in energy supply
also affect other sectors (ie energy-intensive
industries). Unions need information on
employment for anticipating and adapting (ETUC
study).
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Some information for utilities. ENERGY

• What much it will cost?
• - In the energy sector, the study calculates that
  35 of annual investments will need to shift to
  climate-friendly technologies
• (67 billion USD access excluded)
• - 55 of this investment needs to be undertaken
  in developing countries.
• It suggests that the investment will be made by
  public utilities or regulated private utilities,
  and domestically funded.
• - Reduction by 10 on annual investment on fossil
  fuel supply.