Description du projet
Les syndicats divisés entre travail et nature
L’Union européenne s’est engagée à remplir ses obligations en vertu de l’accord de Paris et du programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030 des Nations unies en vue d’adopter une économie faible en carbone. La réussite dépend d’une large coalition entre gouvernements nationaux, organisations supranationales, corporations et société civile. Alors que les syndicats ont eux aussi un rôle important à jouer, ils sont partagés entre protection des emplois et protection de l’environnement. Le projet Eco-Unions, financé par l’UE, mènera une étude interdisciplinaire et multi-méthodologique au Danemark et au Royaume-Uni. Il comparera les approches adoptées par les syndicats et examinera la manière dont les dynamiques organisationnelles et institutionnelles influencent leur action et déterminent leur rôle dans le débat public sur la décarbonation.
Objectif
Tackling the global crisis of human-induced climate change is the most urgent and immense challenge of the twenty-first century. To help surmount this challenge, the European Union has subscribed to the Paris Agreement and the seventeen goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Transitioning to a low carbon economy requires a broad coalition of governments, supranational institutions, corporations, and civil society actors. Among these, trade unions have a crucial role to play because the most significant path to decarbonization will be through a transformation of industrial production, which accounts for more than 80 per cent of Europe’s total carbon emissions. While trade unions have a demonstrated capacity to help make industrial processes more sustainable, their action is limited by a constant “jobs versus environment” dilemma between protecting the environment and protecting jobs in polluting industries, which millions of their members depend on for their livelihood. ‘Transitioning to a Low Carbon Economy: Trade Unions and the Jobs versus Environment Dilemma’ (EcoUnions) is a comparative, interdisciplinary and multi methods study that will: (a) examine and compare trade union approaches to the dilemma in Denmark and the United Kingdom; b) explore how organisational and institutional dynamics shape trade union action; and (c) determine what role trade unions play in public debate on the transition to a low carbon economy. Theoretically, the goal of Eco-Unions is to develop a multi-level analytical framework that can guide future empirical inquiry and allow for a holistic understanding of the three key interconnected arenas in which trade unions are navigating the “jobs versus environment” dilemma: internal union strategizing, climate policy-making and public debate. To achieve this, an interdisciplinary approach is applied, combining employment relations with environmental sociology and the new field of environmental labour studies.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relations
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
1165 Kobenhavn
Danemark