Climate
Take Action For A Sustainable Future With Australian Unions
The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time! Unions are committed to leading the way in advocating for both the environment and workers’ rights. Discover how union members are standing together to ensure that climate policies are not only effective in addressing environmental concerns but also protect workers’ health, job security, and communities. Through collective action, unions are pushing for sustainable industry practices, fair work notice period for workers affected by climate change, and the promotion of green jobs that benefit both the planet and the workforce.
How Unions Are Driving Climate Action
Unions play a vital role in shaping policies that balance climate action with workers’ rights. They are actively involved in advocating for clean energy initiatives, secure employment in green industries, and policies that ensure vulnerable workers are not left behind in the transition to a low-carbon economy. From securing decent work in renewable energy sectors to ensuring workplace safety amidst climate-related challenges, unions are at the forefront of the fight for a just and equitable climate future.
Join the Movement for a Fair and Green Future
By becoming a member of a union, you’re not only protecting your rights at work but also supporting efforts to create sustainable, green jobs that help address climate change. Together, we can push for policies that both combat the climate crisis and ensure that workers benefit from these changes. Join your union today and be part of the collective power that is making a real impact on both the future of work and the planet.
Read our articles below for more information about how Australian Unions addresses Climate Issues!
Turning up the heat on workplace safety
November 12, 2025
Without new work health and safety laws to better protect workers, climate change poses an extreme safety risk for every workplace.
Three ways we can take climate action and create new jobs
March 21, 2023
The Sunshot Report shows Australia’s future is bright and renewable.
Climate change is messing with our mental health
January 11, 2023
The record-breaking floods in the Kimberley that have kicked off 2023 have showed that the detrimental effects of climate change to mental health are all too real.
How climate change disrupts your daily commute
December 21, 2022
Whether you work indoors or outside, are junior or senior, your work commute is one way where climate change can cause stress on a daily basis.
Climate action could create hundreds of thousands of new, secure, well-paid jobs. If we act now.
September 12, 2022
There is a sunny future ahead for workers and their communities in the renewable export industry, but it will only ever remain on the horizon unless Australia acts now.
Australia has a bright climate future and unions are ready to make it happen
August 23, 2022
Australia is the best placed country in the world to be a renewable energy superpower, generating 395,000 jobs and $89 billion in revenue by 2040. We can get there by unions, government, business, and climate organisations working together.
Real climate action is finally here
July 28, 2022
A 43 per cent emissions reduction target is just the beginning – unions will work with government, business, and climate organisations to ensure Australia becomes a renewables superpower with good, secure union jobs and makes a strong contribution to a safer climate.
Morrison’s inaction on climate change has already cost secure jobs and lives
March 25, 2022
Australia has lost lives and precious time due to Morrison Government inaction. He has left workers behind.
That is why Australian union members are stepping up and taking action to fight for secure jobs and a safe climate.
As the Morrison Government courts climate change, the world deserves better
October 29, 2021
The Morrison Government’s Plan for Australia to reach net zero emissions by 2050, released this week, has been widely criticised domestically and internationally, for it highlights that the Morrison Government is not simply passive or inactive in the face of climate change; it is actively pursuing and facilitating it, and is happy to sacrifice lives, the environment, and the economy in the pursuit of short-term political gain, writes Lauren Piko.
This plan shows how Australia could have 395,000 new jobs
October 14, 2021
On Thurs 14 October, Australian Unions, and ACF, WWF-Australia, and BCA released a new report,…