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Factsheet for measure PT-2016-23/3630 – measures in Portugal
Country | Portugal , applies nationwide |
Time period | Open ended, started on 01 June 2016 |
Context | Green Transition |
Type | Other initiatives or policies |
Category |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery into a green future
– Other |
Author | Heloísa Perista (CESIS) |
Measure added | 12 December 2024 (updated 13 May 2025) |
The campaign was launched in June 2016.
This national campaign is part of the Global Jobs for Climate campaign, in place in several countries.
Jobs for Climate Campaigns bring together the demands of the environmental movements and of the labour movements by proposing massive public investment in the creation of Jobs for Climate, advocating for a people’s plan for a just transition.
The Campaign Jobs for Climate defends an energetic transition that creates decent and socially useful jobs. Jobs for Climate are jobs created to stop global warming by cutting the amount of greenhouse gases that we release into the atmosphere. They are decent jobs, with fair conditions, which respect the rules of environmental protection,hygiene, health and safety at work, and created from a public service perspective.The campaign has the support by the Climaximo association with the involvement of several civil society organisations, such as trade unions (CGTP-IN in particular), NGOs and environmental collectives.
The campaign stands for the creation of new jobs in the public sector as well as in the key sectors that have direct impact on emissions, such as energy, transports, construction, forest management and agriculture, with the guarantee of professional requalification and priority to employment for workers in polluting sectors.
The Campaign has developed several activities. Examples of those that involve trade unions are given below:
Report edited by Manuel Araújo et al. (2021) on "200,000 Jobs for Climate. Decent jobs for climate and society" summarises various contributions from trade unionists, environmentalists, experts and academics.
Report edited by Gonçalo Paulo (2022) on "For a Just Transition in Sines. What happened? What is happening? What is going to happen? What can happen? What to do?” was presented by researchers as well as by a representative of the Industries, Energy, Services and Water Trade Union of Portugal.
Report edited by Leonor Canadas et al. (2023) on "Empowering the Future - Renewable Energy Public Service" had the collaboration of a leader of the Industries, Energy, Services and Water Trade Union of Portugal.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Applies to all workers | Applies to all businesses | Applies to all citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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Trade unions
Other social actors (e.g. NGOs) |
Other
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Consulted | No involvement |
Form | Direct consultation outside a formal body | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
CGTP-IN, the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers, as well as some affiliated trade unions are involved in the campaign, having collaborated notably in some reports and publications.
CGTP-IN, the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers, as well as some affiliated trade unions support the campaign.
The views of other social partners on the campaign are not known.
Citation
Eurofound (2024), Campaign Jobs for Climate , measure PT-2016-23/3630 (measures in Portugal), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PT-2016-23_3630.html
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