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Dr Katarzyna Jaworska
ORCID: 0000-0003-0018-2775

Dr Katarzyna Jaworska, assistant professor at the Department of Labour Law and Social Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland), attorney-at-law, head of Postgraduate Studies in Labour Law and head of Postgraduate Studies in Social Security Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. Author of numerous publications on labour law and social security law.

 
DOI: 10.33226/0032-6186.2022.8.3
JEL: K31

Progressing unfavourable climate change — rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, melting glaciers and snow, rising average global sea level, is a reality. To mitigate climate change, emissions must be reduced or prevented. Certain workplaces and industries will undergo changes or disappear altogether as a result of climate change, while others will come into being as we move towards 'greener' economies. Labour law, although not a natural ally in the fight against global warming, can become a very strong partner for environmental law. The Authors point to the obligations of the parties to the employment relationship, which should be reinterpreted to become an effective instrument in this fight. Thus, they start a discussion on the role of labour law in combating climate change.

Keywords: environmental protection; climate change; employment; duties of parties to an employment relationship