People's Summit
For Climate
Justice

7-10 Nov

While world leaders meet to discuss our future at COP26, we'll be building power for system change together. Bringing together the climate justice movement to discuss, learn and strategise for system change. Join in online from anywhere in the world, or in-person in Glasgow.

You do not need to register for a ticket or a COVID registration wristband at the Sauchiehall Street hub for events at Deep End, GalGael and Landing Hub. You will still need to show a negative lateral flow test confirmation on entrance to get a wristband and venue capacity still apply.

Organising the unorganised: tactics and strategies for power in new industries

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

Training Session: Learn how to build collectives in new industries and explore the tactics and strategies workers have used in previous transitions. TO REGISTER FOR THE FULL DAY JUST TRANSITION HUB: https://bit.ly/3iUNMI6

Changing workplaces, changing jobs: organising for power in unionised workplaces

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

Training Session: Learn how to empower workers to take action in industries which are unionised but will need to adapt to a low-carbon world. TO REGISTER FOR THE FULL DAY JUST TRANSITION HUB: https://bit.ly/3iUNMI6

Air Tight: Campaigns for home retrofits

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

With carbon emissions from domestic energy consumption and buildings having a huge impact on total overall emissions, we need a strategy for mass retrofitting programmes on national and regional scales. Join this session to learn from campaigners actively organising around issues in the home, like fuel poverty, rent controls and how to ensure tenants don't […]

Geared Up: Campaigns for greener transport

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

Our privatised transport system is failing passengers and the climate. We need expanded public transport and accessible active travel to cut transport emissions and build a network that works for all. Join this session to hear from campaigns in the UK who are actively organising to transform our transport systems and find out how you […]

The Lucas Plan for Climate? How workers are fighting to future-proof industry

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

From refineries to car factories, paper mills to steel mills, climate action can transform industries and create good jobs – or jobs can be lost, emissions offshored, communities hollowed out. Hear from workers who are fighting to future-proof industry - and find out how you can support them. TO REGISTER FOR THE FULL DAY JUST […]

Are green jobs great jobs, or are green jobs rubbish jobs?

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

Everyone from climate activists to the government is promising great green jobs. But these jobs can also be badly-paid, precarious and not unionised. Is the rosy future we’re promising a fiction? This interactive workshop will explore what it means for a green job to be a quality job, and how climate justice movements and trade […]

Working class struggles against climate change: union stories from the frontline

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

In Chile, France, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa and elsewhere, unions are fighting neoliberal energy policies that are not only failing to bring about cleaner, more sustainable economies we need, but are actually hindering the transition. Join us to hear from unions defending green jobs, supporting national energy sovereignty, striking against […]

Towards a Just Transition: Frontline knowledge and visions for change

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

Communities and workers first and most impacted by storms, floods, fires and droughts - as well as those historically harmed by the colonial extractive economy driving climate change - have been cultivating radical, visionary and transformative pathways of change. Join us for a discussion with these frontline leaders from around the world! TO REGISTER FOR […]

Just Transition strategies vs neoliberal climate schemes

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

Since its inception, the term “Just Transition” has embodied the democratic self-determination of workers and communities. In contrast, neoliberal climate policy is built around the needs of corporations, often with the polluting companies causing this global crisis. Join the leadership of unions and allied climate movements to examine how just transition strategies developed by workers […]

Here and Everywhere: Building our Power

  • In-Person
Just Transition Hub - Govan and Linthouse Parish Church Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, 796 Govan RdGlasgow,

How do we win the intersectional, transformational vision we need for climate justice? Join us in the opening panel for the Just Transition Hub to discuss ownership, neoliberalism and organising to win a worker-led Global Green New Deal. TO REGISTER FOR THE FULL DAY JUST TRANSITION HUB: https://bit.ly/3iUNMI6

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