150+ CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON CALIFORNIA TO ENDORSE THE FOSSIL FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY PROPOSAL
RE: Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 2 (Gonzalez) — SUPPORT
Dear Assemblymembers,
We, the undersigned, are writing to inform you of our strong support for SJR 2 (Gonzalez), which calls for an end to fossil fuel expansion, a fair phase out of coal, oil and gas, a global just energy transition, and the negotiation of an international Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Coal, oil, and gas are the leading cause of the climate emergency, responsible for 86% of all carbon emissions released in the last decade. Despite their central role in fuelling the climate crisis, fossil fuels are completely omitted from the language of the Paris Agreement, the world’s principal climate accord. Without a clear mandate to address production, countries are currently on track to produce more than twice the amount of coal, oil, and gas than we can burn by 2030 while still limiting warming to 1.5°C. We need a real solution.
The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is a proposed international mechanism grounded in three pillars: no new fossil fuel expansion, an equitable phase out of coal, oil, and gas in line with a 1.5°C pathway, and a global just transition to renewable energy for all. SJR 2 (Gonzalez) names the inherent contradiction between calling for climate action while expanding fossil fuel production. SJR 2 (Gonzalez) also recognises that to overcome the climate crisis, we cannot focus solely on emissions and energy demand reduction, we must stop the expansion of fossil fuels.
The global call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty has been supported by 75+ cities and subnational governments, including Los Angeles, London, Lima, Vancouver, Kolkata, Sydney, Paris, the Hawai’i State Legislature and the Australian Capital Territory; the governments of Vanuatu and Tuvalu, the President of Timor-Leste, the European Parliament and the climate minister of New Zealand; 101 Nobel Laureates, including the Dalai Lama; 3000+ scientists, researchers and academics including Vandana Shiva, Michael E. Mann and Katherine Hayhoe; 525+ parliamentarians from 70 countries; 1400+ health professionals and nearly 200 health organizations including the World Health Organisation; a Vatican cardinal alongside hundreds of faith institutions; hundreds of youth climate activists including Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg; 550,000+ individuals and 2,100+ civil society organizations from 105 countries. SJR 2 (Gonzalez) signals California’s intent to join this growing international movement to tackle the climate crisis at its root and foster a just energy transition for all.
With a Fossil Fuel Treaty, the state of California takes leaps and bounds to protect communities of color and the rights of Indigenous Peoples, whose homes have become sacrifice zones on the frontlines of fossil fuel extraction. The Fossil Fuel Treaty puts the rights and needs of these people first. As the world’s fifth biggest economy, California’s support for a Fossil Fuel Treaty will encourage decision makers across the globe to engage with this bold, new proposal our planet so sorely needs.
For these reasons, and because of the simple truth that to overcome the climate crisis we must overcome fossil fuels and initiate a just energy transition, we strongly support SJR 2 (Gonzalez).
Respectfully,
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Signatories350.org
Amnesty International USA
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Environmental Investigation Agency
Fossil Free California
Fridays for Future US
Friends of the Earth US
Global Justice Now
Global Witness
GreenFaith
Greenpeace USA
Indigenous Environmental Network
Oil and Gas Action Network
Parliament of the World's Religions
Power Shift Africa
Rainforest Action Network
Sierra Club California
Stamp Out Poverty
Stand.earth
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
World Future Council
1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations
198 methods
350 Bay Area
350 Bay Area Action
350 Conejo / San Fernando Valley
350 Sacramento
Abibinsroma Foundation
Advocates for the Environment
Advocating for humanity
African Solution
Alliance For Just Money
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Enviroments
Animals Are Sentient Beings, Inc.
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Biofuelwatch
Breast Cancer Action
Bren School of Environmetal Science & Management
California Kitchen
California Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice
CAN Latin America (CANLA)
Carmelite NGO
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
Central Valley Air Quality Coalition
Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada
CleanEarth4Kids.org
CleanEarth4Kids.org
Climate Action for Lifelong Learners (CALL)
Climate Action Rhode Island-350
Climate Emergency Australia
Climate Hawks Vote
Climate Health Now
ColorBrightonGreen
Communities for a Better Environment
Community Initiatives for Development in Pakistan (CIDP)
Connected Advocacy for Employment and Youth Development Initiatives
Connie Anderson dba Grandmaloutunes
Costa Rica Libre de Perforación
Cowichan Climate Hub
dibeen
Divest Oregon
Divest Parliament
Earth Ethics, Inc.
Earth Guardians
EcoEquity
Elders Climate Action
Elders Climate Action Southern California
Environmental Justice Ministry Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
Extinction Rebellion Peace
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice
Fridays For Future MAPA
Fridays for Future Orange County
Fridays For Future Philadelphia
Fridays For Future Windhoek
Gen-Z for Change
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
Global Exchange
Global Warming Mitigation Project
Gower St
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Green America
Hindus for Human Rights
Hollywood Climate Summit
Honor the Earth
Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship's Climate Action Campaign
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Laudato Si' Movement Africa
Media Alliance
Mercury Press International
MobilizeTO
Mothers Out Front California
Mothers Out Front SF
Movement Rights
MoveOn.org Hoboken Resist
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment(NACCE)
NYRenews
PACAN
Pacific Environment
Parents For Future Global
Parents For Future Miami
Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles
Plant Based Treaty
Plastic Free Fridays
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Primavera Zur
Rodzice dla Klimatu - Parents For Future Poland
Russell Fager
SAFE Cities
San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility
San Joaquin Valley Democratic Club
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network
Save the Pine Bush
SEE(Social Eco Education)
SICSAL/CONVIDA20
SolidarityINFOService
South Durban Community Environmental Alliance
Sunflower Alliance
Sustainable Mill Valley
System Change, Not Climate Change
Talanoa Institute
Terra Advocati
The Climate Center
The Last Plastic Straw
The Phoenix Group
Third Act Educators
THIS! Is What We Did
UCSB Bren School
Vote Earth Now
Way of the Sacred Mountain
We, The World Botswana Chapter
WhatNext?
Women's Healthy Environments Network (WHEN)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF Togo)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom US (WILPF US)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Ghana (WILPF Ghana)
Youth For Climate Turkey