Climate Change: Impacts on Workers, Work and Life

About

In this course, you will acquire fundamental knowledge about climate change science including the latest research relevant to Australia.

The course will cover the disproportionate and varied impacts the climate emergency has on workers, their workplaces, and their daily lives. It will explore actions workers can take to build a rights-based approach to climate change at the workplace and actions to support ambitious climate policies to tackle the climate emergency.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Explain the science behind the climate crisis and what it means for Australia
• Explain why climate change matters to workers, and the disproportionate impacts of climate change on vulnerable and marginal groups
• Explore the impacts of the climate crisis on daily life including on cost-of-living
• Understand the broader impacts of the climate crisis on work
• Describe how workers can leverage power to climate-proof workplaces
• Identify how workers can drive solutions that tackle climate hazards at work and in life

Content

Climate science and impacts on work and workers

The latest research on climate science and how Australia and the world is tracking
Why is climate change union business?

Impacts of climate change on daily life

Exploring the broader impacts of climate change on the cost-of-living, health and wellbeing, and quality of life  

The Future: How can workers secure better climate outcomes

Bargaining for climate action in enterprise agreements
The need for national advocacy on better climate solutions
Next steps from here 

Delivery Style

The delivery style combines presentations from our expert facilitators along with discussion and group work to enable practical application to the workplace. 

Prerequisite

None

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