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News | 15 Feb 2023 Press Release

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...

News | 20 Nov 2022 Press Release

Breakthrough on loss and damage, attempts to sideline labour standards

The global climate summit, COP27, concluded today with a breakthrough on the Global South’s decades-long call for a fund to pay for climate-related loss and...

News | 09 Nov 2022 Press Release

COP27: Shipping decarbonisation action plan launched to upskill global seafaring workforce

Shipping action plan launched at COP27 in response to new research cautioning ‘as many as 800,000 seafarers’ due for carbon upskilling by the mid-2030s....

News | 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...

News | 08 Nov 2022 Press Release

Report: sustainable transport must drive Africa’s energy and economic transition

Sustainable transport must be at the heart of every African country’s plan for economic development, according to a new report from the International Transport...

News | 04 Nov 2022

Governments must match workers’ ambitions to transition transport

Governments the world over must give the climate crisis the highest priority and ensure they protect workers during the turmoil it will cause, a new briefing from...

News | 23 Sep 2022

People not profit – Young transport workers join the fight for climate justice

The ITF is standing behind the Fridays for Future strike, taking place on 23 September. More than 677 actions in 404 cities will take place as young people call for...

News | 09 Sep 2022

World’s largest cities back call on public transport and labour rights

Thirty-eight of the world’s largest cities have come together to demand that G20 governments take action on the most pressing challenges facing the world in 2022....