Portrait of Tony Wright, NEC member and chair of the UNISON policy development and campaign committee

Blog: Reflecting on a week at COP28 in Dubai

Tony Wright, chair of UNISON’s policy development and campaign committee, attended the COP28 as part of the International Trade Union Confederation delegation

The Statue of Liberty rising out of water and ice as a symbol of climate change

The Earth will continue … But we won’t

Two activists explain why Green UNISON Week, from 15-22 September, is so important

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

‘This challenge unites us as a union’, says new green report

The report, commissioned by UNISON and based on a survey of members, reveals the extensive role which the union can play in addressing climate change issues

Blog: COP27 – One step forward…

Stephen Smellie, NEC member from Scotland, attended COP27 as part of the International Trade Union Confederation delegation. Here he reflects on the outcome.

Vote yes for action in the Environment Agency graphic

Working a day every week for free at the Environment Agency

UNISON members at the agency have seen pay fall since 2011, but now these vital workers are balloting for industrial action – and three explain why they’re voting ‘yes’

Blog: There is no future on a dead planet

Green UNISON Week is our time to highlight a once-in-a-generation challenge

Green UNISON logo with a graphic tree

Get ready for Green UNISON Week

Green UNISON Week gives activists the opportunity to publicise the union’s work on green public services, and build awareness on this vital issue

Education unions call for urgent action on climate change crisis

School estates must be sustainable and curriculum must change

Green UNISON logo with a graphic tree

Climate change: ‘there will be no jobs on a dead planet’

UNISON’s special delegate conference gets serious about the scale of the climate challenge

Green UNISON logo with a graphic tree

Climate has to be an issue for all our members

UNISON looks to mobilise for crucial COP26 climate talks in Glasgow

NHS members can help green the service in England

UNISON is helping work toward making the NHS in England meet its net zero target – and wants to hear from members working in the service

Health workers will play a part in hitting climate targets for NHS, says UNISON

Report will help NHS move towards net zero

The UNISON member rebelling against extinction

Amanda King was arrested in London in October while protesting peacefully against inaction on climate change

Behind the headlines, Magazine, Uncategorized, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

The UNISON member rebelling against extinction

Amanda King was arrested in London in October while protesting peacefully against inaction on the climate

Proper planning needed for transition to low-carbon economy

Greater public ownership and a commitment to hydrogen technology must be part of this plan