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At COP31, Parties Must Centre Workers in Informal Employment in Global Climate Action and Just Transition Pathways

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This WIEGO statement calls on COP31 parties to centre workers in informal employment, including waste pickers, street vendors, domestic workers, and home-based workers, in global climate action and just transition pathways. It welcomes the Belem-Antalya Mechanism (BAM) agreed at COP30 and urges its governance and operationalization to explicitly include informal economy workers and their organizations. The statement makes concrete recommendations across three areas: a worker-centred just transition, zero-waste and circular economy solutions, and building climate-resilient cities.

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Photo: MTE, UTEP waste pickers in front of Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: UTEP