REVEALED: Taxpayer-funded fossil fuel projects from the U.S., Germany, and Italy breach international climate commitments

September 6, 2023By nicoleBlog Post, Press Releases, Stop Funding Fossils 1 Comment

Rich countries have continued to approve USD 4.4 billion in international public finance despite committing to end this support by the end of 2022. Six countries including the United States, Germany, Italy and Japan have at least 26 fossil fuel projects awaiting approvals, with Germany having the biggest number of projects pending.

Fossil Finance Violations: Tracking Fossil Fuel Projects that violate commitments to end international public finance for fossil fuels

September 6, 2023By nicoleBriefings, Featured, Stop Funding Fossils No Comments

Two weeks before global leaders gather for the UN Climate Ambition Summit in New York, new analysis by Oil Change International shows that several major countries continue to pump $4.4 billion in public finance into international fossil fuel projects despiteĀ committing to end this support by the end of 2022.

Paris Summit at risk of letting fossil fuel companies & Global North leaders off the hook for climate and inequality

June 21, 2023By OCI TeamPress Releases, Stop Funding Fossils 1 Comment

Earlier this week a coalition of 150+ economists and policy experts including Yanis Varoufakis, Jason Hickel, OlĆŗfĆ©mi O. TƔƭwò, Nader Habibi, and Isabelle Ferreras sent a letter to Global North leaders, calling on them to pay their fair share for a just energy transition with trillions in public reparations, and to allow democratic and people-centred reforms to the global financial system they have a disproportionate control over.Ā