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
Russia's Energy Minister warned the West yesterday that although “forecasting is a thankless task in hydrocarbons, one can say with certainty that the era of cheap hydrocarbons is over."
He also warned that Russia was intent on "the expansion of our own participation" in other countries' oil and gas assets. But any political intervention by EU states to stop Russian firms buying their European rivals would be regarded as “unfriendly”. This was seen as a direct attack on the UK Chancellor, Gordon Brown, who has indicated that any bid by Gazprom, the Russian gas giant, for Centrica, the parent company
Anyone who thinks ethanol is the answer to US transportation needs, should read this great article by CorpWatch about ethanol and Archer Daniels Midland, the largest producer of ethanol in the US.
The company is proposing producing ethanol from coal as well as from corn. Backed by a new greenwashing campaign, ADM is out to sell ethanol as the fuel of the future. But how clean, green and cost-effective is it?
MoveOn has just announced it will lauch a new campaign for a clean energy future for the US which will start with their "Oil Free Congress" initiative that kicks off later this month.
Along with health care, this was the overwhelming issue of importance for 100,000 people who voted in local house parties last week. Their message is simple: kick Big Oil out of Congress. The campaign is MoveOn’s contribution to Oil Change’s Separate Oil and State Campaign – are you not involved yet? Check it out here.
A landmark study by UNEP – published to coincide with World Environment Day – has concluded that the world’s deserts are facing dramatic changes due to climate change and increasing demand for water.
Almost one-quarter of the earth’s land surface – some 33.7 million square kilometres – has been defined as “desert” in some sense. These deserts are inhabited by over 500 million people, significantly more than previously thought. They face a tough future.
Climate change is already affecting deserts, where temperatures could rise by an average of as much as five to seven degrees C by 2071 -2100. Temperatures have risen
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.