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Bert De Wel

Bert De Wel is an ecological economist who has been working on the nexus between social and environmental issues for more than 25 years. After working for nearly ten years for the Belgian union ACV-CSC, he became the climate policy officer at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in 2018.

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27 October 2022

Environment

Will frank talk in Kinshasa lead to success at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh?

Bert De Wel: Deciding on a finance mechanism to deal with the immense human and economic impact of the climate crisis in the Global South is one of the most [...]Read the full article

3 December 2020

Environment

If decent work, saving our climate and protecting our biodiversity is the destination, just transition is the only pathway

Bert De Wel: “While just transition is a concept that is often associated with workers in fossil fuel industries that are in decline or expected to decline, [...]Read the full article

The climate emergency is a core trade union issue: that's why it's time to ‘Climate-Proof Our Work'

25 June 2019

Environment

The climate emergency is a core trade union issue: that’s why it’s time to ‘Climate-Proof Our Work’

Bert De Wel: “Workers have to speak up and organise. We have to make sure that our jobs, our businesses and our colleagues are ready for ambitious climate [...]Read the full article

For the sake of workers, governments must commit to a new paradigm on plastics and chemicals

13 March 2019

Environment

For the sake of workers, governments must commit to a new paradigm on plastics and chemicals

Bert De Wel: Plastic pollution not only threatens the job security of fishermen all around the world, it also endangers the food security and food safety of [...]Read the full article

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