GLOBAL POLICY
The Paris climate goals demand a rapid, just transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. We’re pushing governments to lead the way by adopting policies to end oil and gas production.
OVERVIEW OF WORK
In order to achieve climate goals, governments and other decision makers must support a just and equitable move away from fossil fuels. We are pushing for precedent-setting leadership from governments to put policies in place to manage the decline of oil and gas and ensure a just transition for fossil-fuel dependent workers and communities.
Building from a growing group of first mover governments, we are pressuring for increasing numbers of national and regional governments to end new licenses and permits for oil and gas production, and to develop plans to wind down their existing production over time.
LATEST PROGRAM POSTS
Just as we get the good news of Arnie signing an historic deal on climate change in California, there are more dire predictions on the issue from the scientists. This time from Professor Peter Cox, of Exeter University in the UK, who told the Royal Geographical Society annual conference that temperatures could rise 8C by 2100 because of a "compost effect" which could see carbon dioxide levels increase 50 per cent faster than previously estimated.
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has pulled off a political coup by agreeing a deal to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 25 per cent by 2020. The deal between the Democratic-controlled Legislature and the Republican governor, puts California at the forefront of efforts by states in the US to combat climate change. It also puts Arnie at odds with Republicans in the Californian Legislature and Bush in the White House.
For those of you who continue to insist that humans are causing global warming, Mark Fiore's latest animated climate satire should clear up any remaining misconceptions. To check it out, click here.
Feeling a little queasy every time you fill up at the pump because of those high prices? Well you are not alone. Seven out of every ten Americans are now experiencing a real fiscal hit from higher fuel prices at the pump.
However, while ordinary Americans are forking over $3 for a gallon of gas, 15 distinctly unordinary Americans—the CEOs of the largest U.S. oil industry companies—are celebrating their biggest paychecks on record, according to a new report. These CEOs last year took home an average $32.7 million in compensation—518 times more than average oil industry workers in 2005.
LATEST PROGRAM RESEARCH
This new report, “Public Enemies: Assessing MDB and G20 international finance institutions’ energy finance” looks at G20 country and MDB traceable international public finance for fossil fuels from 2020-2022 and finds they are still backing at least USD 47 billion per year in oil, gas, and coal projects.
This briefing assesses Shell’s fossil fuel extraction plans in light of Shell's appeal of a Dutch court verdict requiring the company to take responsibility for its climate pollution. Our analysis shows that Shell continues to plan for levels of oil and gas production and investment that undermine the world’s chances of curtailing climate disaster.
The countries that produce oil and gas from the North Sea (Norway, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark) rank among the countries with the greatest economic capacity and responsibility to rapidly phase out extraction, and to finance just transitions to renewable energy solutions domestically and abroad.