Bob Baugh
The US union delegation to COP 15 is twice the size of our delegations to the previous COPs in Bali and Poznan, Poland. Its growth reflects the growth of our interest and engagement as a union movement in climate change. The focus of our efforts with our union brothers and sisters in Copenhagen resonates with our own efforts to shape domestic climate legislations.
Since the beginning of our interventions, the ITUC and its affiliates has had the goal of injecting a social and economic dimension in what had been an environmental discussion. In simple terms, we want a cleaner planet and good jobs. Over the past year the term “a just transition” came to capture the ideas we were promoting in a climate agreement.
