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30 Nov 2023
Training seafarers for a decarbonized future
Maritime Just Transition Task Force collaborative project sets framework to equip seafarers with skills as shipping transitions to zero emissions. 30 November 2023, London – A new training project
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20 Jul 2023
Workers win Just Transition commitment in landmark IMO climate deal
Seafarers’ unions have won landmark commitments to a Just Transition for the world’s maritime workforce as part of the International Maritime Organization’s decision to adopt its Revised Greenhouse
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Press Release
21 Jun 2023
International Labour Conference calls for urgent action on just transition
21 June 2023, Geneva and Bonn – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomed the adoption of a resolution on just transition at the International Labour Conference (ILC). The new
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Press Release
24 May 2023
Global transport union calls on transport ministers to support industry wide just transition plans
Transport ministers meeting at the annual summit of the International Transport Forum, must take the lead on globally coordinated, state led, industry wide just transition plans. Governments attending
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Press Release
16 May 2023
Asian seafarer hubs step up to meet decarbonization challenge
Manila, Philippines (16 May 2023): The steady progress by key seafarer home nations in Asia, such as the Philippines and Indonesia, to equip their maritime workers with the skill sets needed to
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15 Feb 2023
Africa could be green jobs leader as shipping undergoes low carbon revolution
Joint Press Release from UNGC, ICS, ITF Experts from the Maritime Just Transition Task Force told Africa’s maritime leaders in Accra today that their continent was well placed to take a large share of
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09 Nov 2022
Posters - Task Force 10-point Action Plan to Achieve a Just Transition for Seafarers (2022)
Global shipping urgently needs to decarbonise. The world is facing a climate emergency. Urgent action is needed to limit global warming to 1.5C or we will face disastrous consequences. The world’s 1
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09 Nov 2022
Mapping a Maritime Just Transition for Seafarers - Maritime Just Transition Task Force (2022)
Global shipping urgently needs to decarbonise. The world is facing a climate emergency. Urgent action is needed to limit global warming to 1.5C or we will face disastrous consequences. The world’s 1
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08 Nov 2022
Just transition through collective bargaining: lessons from Chile
As global leaders convene for COP27 in Egypt, ITF project coordinator Bruno Dobrusin outlines how the world can learn from the just transition underway in Santiago. For the first time, a union in