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  GCAS wrap-up: Sparking a new conversation around “climate leadership”

  David Turnbull, October 3, 2018
  A new definition of climate leadership has emerged, and the public outcry is deafening, even if thus far world leaders represented at GCAS seemed to strain to avoid hearing it.
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  Oil Change International Responds to EBRD Release of Draft Energy Sector Strategy

  Collin Rees, September 26, 2018
  Yesterday, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) released a revised draft of its energy sector strategy. The draft of the new strategy is due to be finalized by the end of 2018, and will have bearing on billions of dollars in public finance for energy.
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  Letter: 65 Groups from 28 Countries Tell EBRD and EIB to Stop Financing Fossil Fuels

  Collin Rees, September 26, 2018
  As EBRD and EIB prepare for their respective energy sector strategy reviews, 65 civil society groups from 28 countries released an open letter being sent to top EBRD and EIB officials demanding that they stop financing oil, gas, and coal projects.
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  Oil Change International responds to court’s quashing of Trans Mountain’s approval

  Collin Rees, August 30, 2018
  "De facto halting this dangerous project keeps open the only credible path for Canada to live up to its obligation to fight climate change. Building new, long-lived pipelines in support of ever-growing oil production and export is wholly incompatible with the rapid transition away from fossil fuels required."
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  Oil Change International response to Trump administration attack on auto efficiency standards

  David Turnbull, August 2, 2018
  If we want to stave off the very worst impacts of our climate crisis, we need to move as quickly as possible away from fossil fuels. That means cutting both our collective demand for oil, gas, and coal as well as reducing the supply of fossil fuels that helps to drive that demand.
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  Nobel Peace Laureates Call on Governor Brown to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Production

  Hannah McKinnon, July 31, 2018
  The letter calls on Brown and the state "to become the first major fossil fuel producer to begin a managed and just transition off oil and gas production."
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  Nobel Laureates Send Letter to Gov. Brown urging managed and just transition off of oil and gas production

  David Turnbull, July 31, 2018
  Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Ask Governor Brown to Take “Moral Responsibility,” Pursue Bold Action to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

• Major Investors Call for Paris-Aligned Energy Scenarios

  Adam Scott, June 6, 2018
  288 major investors worth more than $26 trillion USD in assets are warning that we aren’t on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and lack the tools needed to get there.    In a public statement and policy brief released yesterday, the group which includes major pension funds, banks, asset managers, churches,...
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  Letter: 230+ Groups to Justin Trudeau – Climate Leadership Means Saying No to Pipelines

  Collin Rees, May 24, 2018
  Over 230 civil society groups from 44 countries released an open letter being sent to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to reject the pipeline and instead begin planning for a managed decline of fossil fuel production and a just transition for workers and impacted communities.
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  Report: California’s climate leadership requires a managed ramp-down of oil production

  David Turnbull, May 22, 2018
  As California Governor Jerry Brown prepares to host a global summit aimed at rallying bolder climate action, a new report out today details how the state can and must initiate a managed phase-out of its own oil production to fulfill its commitment to the Paris climate goals.