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• UNISON’s climate marchers – in pictures

  08-11-2021 13:08
  
  UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea with Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party
  UNISON members and green activists were out in strength on the streets of Glasgow on Saturday as part of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice.
  Around 100,000 people in total marched in Glasgow, in just one of hundreds of similar events around the world – all demanding that the government leaders meeting at the COP26 climate conference do more to avert climate catastrophe.Images: Jul
  
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• Blog: ‘Blah blah blah’. But some progress at COP26

  08-11-2021 12:24
  
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  COP26 started in Glasgow on Sunday 31 October with the preliminary dis
  
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• Public services can lead the way to net zero but not without government funding

  08-11-2021 10:55
  
  Getting the UK’s public services across the net zero line will require £140bn of government funding by 2035, says new research published today (Monday) by UNISON.
  If the government’s 2050 target is to be met, the UK’s hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, care homes, town halls, leisure centres, police stations, courts, social housing, and water, transport and environmental services all need to be part of the plan, says the union.
  The report, Getting to Net Zero in
  
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