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  • Report finds G20 reserves could blow 2ºC carbon budget despite wealthiest nations being ready to transition

    6 December 2024

  • Critical Treaty to address the global plastics crisis goes into overtime, as countries split on addressing the root cause

    2 December 2024

  • UN General Assembly closes with growing consensus on fossil fuel phase out imperative

    30 September 2024

  • UN Pact cements need to 'transition away from fossil fuels', but longstanding 'tug of war' strengthens case for a new Treaty

    22 September 2024

  • Latest UN Pact commits to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ after calls from Nobel laureates, civil society and leading governments

    29 August 2024

  • “Gravely concerned”: 77 world leaders and Nobel laureates sound alarm on UN Summit not mentioning fossil fuels

    13 August 2024

    International Cooperation, Breaking News, 2024

  • XI FOSPA concludes with momentum for a Fossil Fuel Free Amazon

    20 June 2024

    International Cooperation, Amazon, 2024

  • G7 fails to commit to financing the global transition away from fossil fuels, following COP28’s decision

    14 June 2024

    Breaking News, International Cooperation, 2024

  • Tackling fossil fuels is an imperative for the new EU parliamentary majority

    10 June 2024

    Europe, International Cooperation, 2024

  • UN SIDS4 Outcome calls for a Just Transition, strengthening case for a Fossil Fuel Treaty

    31 May 2024

    Caribbean, Pacific, International Cooperation, 2024

  • Climate Ministers meet in Denmark to set the course towards COP29

    22 March 2024

    International Cooperation, 2024

  • Amid battles to phase out fossil fuels at COP28, Nauru shows leadership by becoming 12th nation-state to formally call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    11 December 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, Breaking News, 2023

  • COP28 sends signal on fossil fuels, strengthening call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    11 December 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • AT COP28, Samoa becomes the 11th nation-state to formally join the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    4 December 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, Breaking News, 2023

  • At COP28, Colombia joins call for Fossil Fuel Treaty, strengthening international climate leadership

    2 December 2023

    International Cooperation, Amazon, Breaking News, 2023

  • In historic milestone, 100 cities call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at COP28

    1 December 2023

    Cities, International Cooperation, Breaking News, 2023

  • EU Parliament calls for negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Treaty in formal COP28 position

    21 November 2023

    International Cooperation, Europe, Breaking News, 2023

  • Australia waters down commitment to Fossil Fuel Free Pacific at regional leaders meeting with loopholes and weasel words

    10 November 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, 2023

  • Report finds that 8 Pacific countries can transition to 100% renewables for less than a 7th of what Australia gave to the fossil fuel industry in handout and tax breaks in the past year

    9 November 2023

    Research, International Cooperation, Pacific, 2023

  • Major UN report reinforces fossil fuel production threatens climate target, strengthening case for a new Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    8 November 2023

    Research, International Cooperation, 2023

  • Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative welcomes the High Ambition Coalition's increasing calls for a fossil fuel phase out at COP28

    1 November 2023

    Research, International Cooperation, 2023

  • Governments and Civil Society Call for Negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at UN Climate Ambition Summit

    20 September 2023

    International Cooperation, Civil Society, 2023

  • In reaction to UN Climate Ambition Summit, government leaders and global climate justice advocates call for fossil fuel phase out

    20 September 2023

    International Cooperation, Civil Society, 2023

  • Amidst Climate Crisis G20 Heads Show Lack Of Leadership On Fossil Fuel Phase Out

    9 September 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • Climate Group and Global Citizen rally behind a Fossil Fuel Treaty to accelerate end of fossil fuel industry

    7 September 2023

    International Cooperation, North America, Civil Society, 2023

  • Africa Climate Summit fails to turn the tide on fossil fuels

    8 September 2023

    International Cooperation, Africa, Civil Society, 2023

  • Melanesian governments endorse call for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific

    25 August 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, Breaking News, 2023

  • Pacific Economic Ministers Welcome the Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific

    11 August 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, Breaking News, 2023

  • Amazon Summit fails to agree on concrete commitments to end oil and gas exploitation

    8 August 2023

    International Cooperation, Amazon, 2023

  • Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative welcomes Jim Skea as new IPCC Chair

    26 July 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • G20 energy ministers fail to move forward on phasing out fossil fuels

    26 July 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • Reactive Statement to Al Jaber's speech on COP28 outcomes

    13 July 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • Following call from climate justice movements, the UN Secretary-General reinforces the need to phase out fossil fuels: "The problem is not simply fossil fuel emissions. It's fossil fuels - period."

    15 June 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • Fiji supports call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty during the UN Climate Talks in Bonn

    12 June 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, Breaking News, 2023

  • To truly be effective, a Global Plastics Treaty must tackle the source of the plastic crisis: fossil fuels

    2 June 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, Civil Society, 2023

  • G7 leaders fail to address climate emergency and justify ongoing fossil fuel production

    21 May 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • Pacific Energy and Transport Ministers call on Leaders to endorse the Port Vila Call to Action

    12 May 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, 2023

  • Fossil Fuel Treaty Reacts to G7 Ministerial Communiqué: "No fossil fuel production is consistent with climate objectives'

    16 April 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • Treaty welcomes historic adoption of resolution for an advisory opinion on climate change & human rights from the International Court of Justice

    29 March 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • IPCC latest report reaffirms urgency to phase out fossil fuels to tackle climate energy

    20 March 2023

    International Cooperation, Research, Civil Society, 2023

  • Block of 6 Pacific countries commit to spearhead global fossil fuel phase-out effort

    17 March 2023

    International Cooperation, Research, Pacific, Civil Society, Breaking News, 2023

  • Fossil Fuel Treaty welcomes UN Secretary-General’s stomp on fossil fuel industry’s “big lie”

    18 January 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • Oil chief’s appointment to COP28 presidency is “act of provocation”

    12 January 2023

    International Cooperation, 2023

  • COP27 still fails to address the root cause of the climate crisis

    20 November 2022

    International Cooperation, 2022

  • Civil Society responds to early HLS signals on need to end fossil fuel era at COP27

    8 November 2022

    International Cooperation, Civil Society, 2022

  • Pacific leaders aim for ambitious COP27 outcome

    15 July 2022

    International Cooperation, Pacific, 2022

  • UN's Stockholm+50 is first to recommend phase out of all fossil fuels

    3 June 2022

    International Cooperation, Civil Society, Breaking News, 2022

  • Youth demand Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at Stockholm+50

    3 June 2022

    International Cooperation, Civil Society, 2022

  • Fossil fuel addiciton subverts every single sustainable development goal

    1 June 2022

    International Cooperation, Research, Civil Society , 2022

  • Glasgow Climate Pact Fails to Address the Root Causes of Climate Change: Fossil Fuels

    13 November 2021

    International Cooperation, 2021

  • Fridays for Future activists call for a global treaty to end fossil fuels during COP26

    11 November 2021

    International Cooperation, Civil Society, 2021

  • 150 parliamentarians from over 30 countries call on colleagues to work towards a fossil fuel free future at COP26

    10 November 2021

    International Cooperation, Breaking News, 2021

  • Our Statement on the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance: A welcomed step toward earnest action on fossil fuels

    16 September 2021

    International Cooperation, Civil Society, 2021

  • 2,185 scientists and academics call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    13 September 2021

    International Cooperation, Breaking News, 2021

  • 101 Nobel Laureates urging cooperation at Climate Summit to stop fossil fuel expansion

    21 April 2021

    International Cooperation, Breaking News, 2021

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