UCU: Composite: International and political influencing on climate and ecological emergency (CEE)

Motion

Motion title: Composite: International and political influencing on climate and ecological emergency (CEE)

Motion text: Congress believes the tertiary educational sector is under-developed in narratives or framings in parliamentary and international discussions around the climate and ecological emergency.
Congress notes UCU’s successes in local and national bargaining and organising on the CEE.
Congress resolves:
UCU develop parliamentary and international campaigns for education’s centrality to the green skills agenda and a Just Transition, including:
1. Influencing of the UK, Scottish, and Welsh parliaments and Northern Ireland Assembly, including publications and events, supported by appropriate all-party parliamentary groups.
2. Frame-setting media campaign through UCU, targeting national print and broadcast media.
3. Template materials for regions & branches to localise and approach local media and government.
4. Collaboration with supportive trade unions and aligned groups, especially PCS and Greener Jobs Alliance.
5. Act to influence, and amplify via, international trade union networks such as Education International, ETUCE, Greening Education Partnership, and at COPs, including supporting member attendance.

Proposing body: Composite (Eastern and Home Counties regional committee, University of Exeter, Aberystwyth University)