Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group

Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group

Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group

1 August 2015Feature

Trade unionists and climate activists call for massive investment to create a million climate jobs

Oxford students take part in the worldwide campaign calling on institutions to divest from fossil fuels. Photo: Fossil Free UK

To halt climate change we need drastic cuts in the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases we put into the air. That means leaving most of the existing reserves of high carbon fuels – coal, oil and gas – in the ground. There are thousands of things we need to do to make that a reality. But three of them will make most of the difference.