You might have heard some chanting in the Bonn corridors \u2013 \u201cNo more blah blah blah, loss and damage finance now!\u201d \u2013 but let it be clear, it\u2019s not just ECO in support. At Saturday\u2019s action, TUNGO said it loud and clear: \u201cLoss and damage is a trade union issue!\u201d So, we invited them to explain this a little more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April, intense rains hit the eastern coast of South Africa, causing floods and landslides. More than 400 people died as a result of the floods, which also destroyed more than 12,000 houses and forced an estimated 40,000 people from their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In July last year, unprecedented rains hit the Rhine basin, with devastating consequences in Germany and Belgium. At least 243 people died, tens of thousands of homes were flooded and power supplies disrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the mud that comes in through the floods might be very much the same in South Africa and Germany, the trail it leaves is very different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every life lost and every home destroyed is a human tragedy. However, the people who got injured or sick in Germany may benefit from medical coverage. Those who lost their jobs (maybe temporarily) due to the closure of their workplace, will have unemployment benefits, guaranteeing their livelihoods. This is not a given. More than four billion people in the world do not have any social protection at all; they often work in informal jobs. When the heat wave strikes and they cannot go to work, they have no pay. If floods take away their jobs, they have no unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ECO agrees with the unions: social protection is a part of just transition, and it\u2019s a part of the answer to meaningfully address loss and damage. When Parties are talking about the buzzword \u2018just transition\u2019, they should know what this means: including social protection in the New Collective Quantitative Goal, the Global Goal on Adaptation, and in the Loss and Damage Finance Facility that should be established at COP27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SPANISH<\/em> \/ ESPA\u0143OL<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Protecci\u00f3n social para hacer frente a P\u00e9rdidas y Da\u00f1os<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Es posible que hayas escuchado algunos c\u00e1nticos en los pasillos de Bonn: “No m\u00e1s bla bla bla, \u00a1Financiaci\u00f3n de P\u00e9rdidas y Da\u00f1os ya!”. – pero que quede claro, no se trata s\u00f3lo de ECO en apoyo. En la acci\u00f3n del s\u00e1bado, TUNGO lo dijo alto y claro: “\u00a1Las P\u00e9rdidas y los Da\u00f1os son una cuesti\u00f3n sindical!”. As\u00ed que les invitamos a explicar esto un poco m\u00e1s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n En abril, intensas lluvias azotaron la costa oriental de Sud\u00e1frica, provocando inundaciones y corrimientos de tierra. M\u00e1s de 400 personas murieron a causa de las inundaciones, que tambi\u00e9n destruyeron m\u00e1s de 12.000 casas y obligaron a unas 40.000 personas a abandonar sus hogares. <\/p>\n\n\n\n En julio del a\u00f1o pasado, unas lluvias sin precedentes azotaron la cuenca del Rin, con consecuencias devastadoras en Alemania y B\u00e9lgica. Al menos 243 personas murieron, decenas de miles de casas se inundaron y el suministro el\u00e9ctrico se interrumpi\u00f3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aunque el lodo que llega a trav\u00e9s de las inundaciones puede ser muy parecido en Sud\u00e1frica y Alemania, el rastro que deja es muy diferente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cada vida perdida y cada hogar destruido es una tragedia humana. Sin embargo, las personas que resultaron heridas o enfermas en Alemania pueden beneficiarse de la cobertura m\u00e9dica. Los que perdieron su empleo (tal vez temporalmente) debido al cierre de su lugar de trabajo, tendr\u00e1n prestaciones de desempleo, garantizando su sustento. Esto no es un hecho. M\u00e1s de cuatro mil millones de personas en el mundo no tienen ninguna protecci\u00f3n social; a menudo trabajan en empleos informales. Cuando llega la can\u00edcula y no pueden ir a trabajar, no tienen paga. Si las inundaciones les quitan el trabajo, no tienen prestaciones de desempleo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ECO est\u00e1 de acuerdo con los sindicatos: la protecci\u00f3n social es una parte de la transici\u00f3n justa, y es una parte de la respuesta para abordar significativamente las P\u00e9rdidas y los Da\u00f1os. Cuando las Partes hablan de la palabra de moda “transici\u00f3n justa”, deber\u00edan saber lo que significa: incluir la protecci\u00f3n social en el Nuevo Objetivo Cuantitativo Colectivo, en el Objetivo Global de Adaptaci\u00f3n y en el Mecanismo de Financiaci\u00f3n de P\u00e9rdidas y Da\u00f1os que deber\u00eda establecerse en la COP27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You might have heard some chanting in the Bonn corridors \u2013 \u201cNo more blah blah blah, loss and damage finance now!\u201d \u2013 but let it be clear, it\u2019s not just ECO in support. At Saturday\u2019s action, TUNGO said it loud and clear: \u201cLoss and damage is a trade union issue!\u201d So, we invited them to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,120],"tags":[1068,234],"can_campaign_tax":[226],"can_region_tax":[],"can_topic_tax":[],"can_body_tax":[86],"can_event_tax":[1061],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n