12th of June | Brussels

First Part >> Thursday 12th | 15:00 – 17:30h | SPINELLI 1G2

Second Part >> Thursday 12th | 18:30 – 20:00h | Mundo Matonge (Rue d’Edimbourg 26, Brussels 1050)

Interpretation: check programme

This event will bring together trade unions, activists and academics from Europe and the Global South to discuss the necessity for, and the possibilities and implications of, ending fossil fuel production, particularly in Europe, within the decade in order to prevent the worst case scenarios of the climate crisis.  The event will have a particular focus on the Global South, in terms of platforming Global South trade union leadership, but also addressing the Paris Agreement equity principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capacities.  The event will give voice to trade unions and social organisations who are fighting for a rapid, just, worker-led economic and energy transition and facilitate an exchange experiences and strategies for achieving this transition within the decade, in particular petrol workers Unions in Colombia and Mexico.  This aim of the event is to provide insights on what the end of the fossil industry would mean in different countries, how to plan for it and how to connect the climate and labour movements to each other and to the academic expertise on rapid decarbonisation.

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PROGRAMME 

//FIRST PART

Location: SPINELLI 1G2, European Parliament (Brussels)

Interpretation: Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, German, French, Greek

15:00-15:15 | Opening remarks

• Carola Rackete, Member of the European Parliament – The Left.
• Anja Hazekamp, Member of the European Parliament – The Left.

15:15-15:45 | Opening address: The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative and its Global South pioneers

• Louise Hutchins, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

>Exchange of views

15:45-17:15 | Panel Discussion – Ending fossil fuels: Global South union leadership

Chair: Carola Rackete, Member of the European Parliament – The Left.

Guest Speakers:

• Luis Fernando Ramirez Miranda, Sintracarbon, Colombia
• Moises Barón, Unión Sindical Obrera, Colombia
• Silvia Ramos Luna, Unión Nacional de Técnicos y Profesionistas Petroleros, Mexico

>Exchange of views

17:15-17:30 | Closing remarks

• Carola Rackete, Member of the European Parliament – The Left.

//SECOND PART

Location: Mundo Matonge, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, Brussels 1050

Languages: English, Spanish French

18:30 – 20:00 | Ending fossil fuels by 2030: Who and How

Facilitator: Carola Rackete, Member of the European Parliament – The Left.

 Guest Speakers:

• Alexandre Naulot, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
• Pia Bastide, Just Stop Oil
• Luis Fernando Ramirez Miranda, Sintraminenergetica, Colombia
• Moises Barón, Unión Sindical Obrera, Colombia
• Silvia Ramos Luna, Unión Nacional de Técnicos y Profesionistas Petroleros, Mexico

>Exchange of views

//Disclaimer: the programme may be subject to change