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• What will a low-carbon society look like?
• Strategies to tackle climate change
• Optimistic visions of the future”
Council Biodiversity Officer, Roy Thomas stated that the course “Should be compulsory”
in the organisation’s annual review. 20
COIN work with Trade Unions. In June 2009, COIN launched a project, funded by
Defra’s Greener Living Fund aimed at mobilising thousands of trade union members to
cut carbon emissions in the workplace. COIN stated: 21
“The project builds on the core Trade Union ideals of collective action, social
justice and solidarity and aims to mobilise a combined union membership of
nearly one million.”
COIN also offers training on climate change to the trade union movement. COIN run
three climate change training courses; Action Group Convenor Training, Green New
Deal and Negotiating Climate Change.
COIN describes the Negotiating Climate Change course as follows:
“As trades unionists, we always have to be one step ahead. Working
together in groups, this workshop will help you to tackle questions like:
“How do I mobilize members around climate change action?” “What kind
of things are members going to be asking me to negotiate about?” “How
do I approach management about climate change issues?”
This workshop enables participants to:
• Find out about the Carbon Reduction Commitment, the Climate
Change Act and emissions trading.
• Be ahead of the game with employers.
• Work out how management will respond to climate change legislation.
• Identify what makes members deny and evade climate change.
• Discuss what kind of sustainable society we should be negotiating for,
and,
• Take part in a practice negotiation action on climate change.”
20 http://www.coinet.org.uk/sites/coinet.org.uk/files/COIN_annual_report_2008-09-web.pdf
21 http://www.coinet.org.uk/core_work/training_for_trade_unionists
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