The Sky’s Limit Denmark: Why Denmark Must Phase Out North Sea Oil and Gas Extraction

September 19, 2019By Oil Change InternationalEnergy Transitions & Futures, Reports

A new study released by Oil Change International examines the role of Danish oil and gas production in a Paris-aligned global carbon budget. The report confirms that while Denmark has positioned itself as a global climate leader, its plans to expand North Sea oil and fossil gas extraction would undermine its record of climate action and would be incompatible with achieving its Paris climate commitments.

When you are in a hole…

May 9, 2018By Hannah McKinnonBlog Post, Featured, News 1 Comment

Tackling fossil fuel production at the UN Today, a pair of declarations representing close to 500 organizations and 140 leading economists respectively were submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calling on countries and the process to address fossil fuel production and financing as a critical way of increasing ambition and … Read More

Ready, set, go!

April 12, 2018By Hannah McKinnonBlog Post, News

New Zealand joins the growing club of first movers tackling fossil fuel production! Who will be next? New Zealand joined a growing list of countries yesterday in announcing an end to fossil fuel exploration for the sake of the climate: Costa Rica, Ireland, France, and Belize are all working on plans to manage the decline of … Read More