I’m a dad, who wants the planet to be in a fit shape for my kids and their kids after them
And I’m a General Secretary who wants proud energy workers to have safe, secure and skilled work.
The potential exists right now to unite green new dealers and the labour movement around the economic, not just the climate necessities of tackling climate change.
This debate matters to each and every one of us.
To every worker, to every home, to every classroom and community.
GMB union supports bold action on climate change.
Our futures are at stake. We have a duty to take bold action now, and to lead the world without offering false promises.
Just two weeks ago we joined with other unions through the TUC in demanding a radical, just transition with green jobs at its heart.
I’m proud that today we’re supporting a plan that leads the world in tackling climate breakdown, along with environmentalists, unions and Labour Party members.
You can't get more radical than leading the world.
But the key word is plan.
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That is what will convince people, it is what will ensure we can manage this process in an orderly and just transition that does not shut down industries and harm communities in the way that we saw in the 1980s.
But this is also why today we cannot support a separate proposal that would set a target of reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2030.
Action on climate change matters too much to promise something that cannot be delivered.
Nobody thinks 2030 is a remotely achievable deadline. There is no conceivable pathway to 2030. Environmental groups such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace aren't calling for 2030.
