A flooded city market in Mainkganj, some 80 kms away from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Commonwealth Trade Union Group has identified some of the key climate change challenges faced by Commonwealth communities, including increasing flooding in Bangladesh. The floods in 2004 affected more than one-third of the country, destroying three-quarters of crops and leaving 10 million people homeless.

Trade unions call for High-Level Commission on climate change

13 March 2008

In a statement released for Commonwealth Week, the Commonwealth Trade Union Group identified some of the key climate change challenges faced by Commonwealth communities

Click on the following link to read the Commonwealth Trade Union Group's (CTUG) statement on climate change:

Trade unions call for High-Level Commission on climate change

The following statements were also released by the CTUG for Commonwealth Week:

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