“After 30 years, governments finally had the guts to talk openly about the problem of fossil fuel dependence at COP26, but failed to encode a bold solution in their final outcomes.”
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U.S. Climate Action Network Member Organizations Respond to COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact
âContinued failure to treat climate change as the crisis it is, will condemn current and future generations to a world of untold suffering and harm. Instead, world leaders should heed young peopleâs urgent calls to protect their futures.â
Climate Action Network International: At COP26, Rich Nations Betray Vulnerable People of the World
Incremental progress is not good enough. What we need is concrete commitments to fight the climate emergency. This includes a rapid phase out of all fossil fuels through a just energy transition and revisions of national climate targets in line with the 1.5C goal.
Oil Change International experts respond to COP26 outcomes
After two weeks of negotiations COP26 comes to a close. Our experts respond to the outcomes and highlight some of the important progress that happened outside the negotiating rooms.
COP 26 host, the UK, called âclimate laggardâ for failing to join Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance
When the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance members were unveiled yesterday, there was an obvious one missing: the COP host, the UK Government. To put it mildly this is a disgrace for a country that keeps trying to argue that it is leading the way on climate..
France joins commitment to end international oil, gas, and coal finance by 2022
Todayâs announcement comes after the Netherlands, Germany and Spain confirmed their participation in the initiative earlier this week and alongside confirmations from Belgium and Sri Lanka today. The French development bank â AFD â had already signed up to the statement, but not the French government as a whole.
Civil society reaction to launch of Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
With launch of ‘Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance’, countries and regions forge first diplomatic initiative to phase out fossil fuel extraction. Civil society applauds the creation of BOGA and asks countries: Where is your plan to stop producing the fossil fuels that are driving the climate crisis?
California Joins the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance as a Second-Tier Member
“Gov. Newsom has made key strides, and itâs exciting to see California joining BOGAâs second tier â but to align with science and justice, he must announce a full ban on new oil and gas permits,” said Rees.
Half of worldâs fossil fuel assets could become stranded by mid 2030s
Scientists are warning that âlarge quantities of fossil fuel reserves and resources are likely to become âunburnableâ or stranded if countries around the world implement climate policies effectively”. And up to half the world’s fossil fuel assets could be stranded by the mid 2030s
COP26: Civil society tells Biden to leave fossil fuels in the ground
President Biden has continued to approve fossil fuel expansion in recent months, while pointing to Congress to excuse the United Statesâ lack of climate ambition and espousing false solutions like carbon capture and ânet zeroâ plans that perpetuate fossil fuel destruction and environmental racism.