As COP29 draws to a close, the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative hosts experts and campaigners as they share their analysis of the key issues and outcomes and look forward to COP30.

2024 has seen us generate more momentum towards a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty with excellent campaigning work happening across the world. With 14 countries now endorsing the call for a Treaty and the groundswell of organisations and movements joining the campaign, 2025 is set to be a year for deepening our work with partners to ensure more countries endorse and back a Treaty.

Join us for a breakfast strategy meeting with allies and partners and strategise how we can leverage further support for a Treaty in 2025. This is also an excellent opportunity for networking and meeting allies and we look forward to exchanging ideas and strategies for a successful 2025. 

Join us for a convivial moment with friends and allies to unwind during the hectic weeks of COP29. We will be offering drinks and light snacks in a relaxed atmosphere where you can network and exchange with supporters of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty from across the globe. 

Live from Baku we will hold a panel discussion featuring the authors of the two briefing papers on debt and finance that we are launching for COP29:

• “Urgent action to address energy access, debt and climate finance in the Caribbean region”  

• “If it's not Global it's not Just: How a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty can accelerate finance for a global just transition.”

This meeting will provide Ministers from endorsing countries with a progress update and  receive guidance and decisions on: (a) the landscape of just transition financing proposals and mechanisms that could be included in a fossil fuel treaty (b) a work plan, including the support needs to grow the bloc of endorsing countries and better leverage the diplomatic capital of endorsing nations (c) ongoing work on the legal pathways for a fossil fuel treaty (d) efficient and effective coordination of our Initiative. The meeting is by invitation only and for government representatives.

Building on the country endorsements for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and in connection with the Bridgetown Initiative we will host a side event at COP29 exploring how public and private finance can be mobilised and reformed to support the transition away from fossil fuels, and to strengthen the development of Just Transition pathways in endorsing countries. 

Hosted by Tom Boyle, Head of Global Partnerships, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty 

Speakers include:

Endorsing Country Minister, Representative of a Treaty-endorsing country  

Martin Rohner, CEO, Global Alliance for Banking on Values 

Avinash Persaud, Special Advisor (TBC), Inter-American Development Bank 

Dr. Amiera Sawas, Head of Policy & Research, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty   

Representative of Science Community, International Cryosphere Climate Initiative

The opening of the WWF Pavilion will feature a conversation on key outcomes for COP29 and how to pave the way for COP30, featuring Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF Global Lead for Climate Change, Liliam Chagas, Brazil Deputy Head of Delegation, Rachel Kyte, UK Special Representative for Climate, and Tzeporah Berman, Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.

This preparatory meeting with Senior Official, ahead of the second Ministerial Meeting (14th Nov) will discuss and receive guidance from Senior Officials on: (a) the landscape of just transition financing proposals and mechanisms that could be included in a fossil fuel treaty (b) a work plan, including the support needs to grow the bloc of endorsing countries and better leverage their diplomatic capital (c) ongoing work on the legal pathways for a fossil fuel treaty (d) efficient and effective coordination of our Initiative

In 2022, Vanuatu became the first nation-state to call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN General Assembly, followed by Tuvalu at COP27. By 2024, 14 more nations have joined the call, supported by a wide range of actors, including the WHO, indigenous nations, cities like London and Paris, and various activists and leaders. Colombia, part of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA), is now leading the fight against fossil fuels, directly linking climate action with biodiversity protection. At COP16, Colombia’s theme of "Peace with Nature" opens a new front in eliminating fossil fuels to protect biodiversity.

Together with government representatives from Colombia and the Pacific region, indigenous leaders, academics, and civil society organizations, we will seek to reveal the relationships between the exploitation of fossil fuels as a threat to life, in the context that we proposes the COP of the urgency of making “Peace with Nature”. The dialogue will seek to highlight the effects of fossil extraction on biodiversity and life in general, which oppose the collective actions around social and environmental justice sought from different territories. Proposals such as the planned exit from fossil dependence of the Colombian government and its public support for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, that of African organizations around leaving fossils buried in the Niger Delta, the protection of nature through of regenerative food practices, and indigenous paths that build ancestral futures, show us the possible paths towards the preservation of life in peace with nature.

The event will be in English and Spanish with live interpretation available.

Speakers:

RSVP: No registration is required but you need to have “Blue Zone” accreditation.

A world-building event with food, drinks, and a place to make new friends.

Join a briefing on how communicators can help amplify the call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty at this world-building event run by Symbiocene with food, drinks, and a space to make new climate friends.

Design can make another world possible. Join us at SYMBIOFUTURES, an opportunity to dive into adaptive intelligence, AI, and more than human thinking as design tools for a world in transition.

AGENDA

Doors Open 6 PM
Panel Starts 7–7:45 PM
Networking 7:45–9 PM

Speakers: Aditi Mayer, Isabelle Boemeke, Kalpana Arias, Isaias Hernandez, and more TBA with a special talk from Tori Tsui of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

What To Expect

💬 A place to make new friends + connect with leaders across movements.

🌎 Learn how to engage in climate solutions and new subjects

🍎 Bites & Drinks provided

Co-Founded by Isaias Hernandez (Queer Brown Vegan) + Kalpana Arias (Nowadays On Earth)

Safe Cities Presents: Climate Week Happy Hour

Come join us for a fun evening at The Half Pint as we celebrate how cities are halting the spread of fossil fuels over drinks and snacks. RSVP now to secure your spot. Space is limited.

You'll hear from Safe Cities, Neighbors United, and the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty teams about their campaigns to drive cities forward in the clean energy transition and preventing fossil fuel expansion. This brief panel presentation will leave you with key learnings you can apply to your work right away!

Speakers:

SAFE Cities will speak to the growing momentum behind, and challenges facing, the building electrification movement in the wake of the Berkeley decision at the beginning of this year. They will also touch on the importance of local action and how individual city level policies can lead to regional, and even state/province-wide shifts in addressing the threats fossil fuels pose to climate and health. SAFE Cities works with local activists, elected officials, and staff across North America to pass policies that phase out fossil fuels and fast track clean energy.

Neighbors United Executive Director, Montana Burgess, will share lessons learned from her team's suburban deep canvassing campaign for all-electric new buildings, as well as emerging lessons from deep canvassing partnerships in midwest states to build support from small town residents for clean energy projects. Montana's team pioneered deep canvassing in climate, energy, and biodiversity in small, rural and suburban communities with the guidance of New Conversation Initiative.

The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty North America campaigns lead, Rachel Ruback, will give a status update on this fast growing initiative to create a breakthrough on the just transition from fossil fuels through a justice-centered international coalition that bridges governments, civil society partners and thought-leaders. Rachel will outline why campaigns to secure endorsements at the subnational level are crucial to help kick start international negotiations, share case studies on how local action on the Treaty can lead to concrete policy changes, and provide strategies for how attendees can call on their own governments to endorse.

Venue is wheelchair accessible and located close to transit.

Please join us at this event hosted by our partners at the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

On September 25th, join us at the UN Church Center for a powerful forum organized by the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). Hear from influential women leaders like Federal Deputy Celia Xakriaba, Casey Camp-Horinek, Jacqui Patterson, and others on the frontlines of the climate crisis as they discuss ending the era of fossil fuels and implementing solutions for a Just Transition.

This is an in-person during Climate Week in New York City for an inspiring and strategic WECAN forum, “Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions.”​

​During this in-person forum, women leaders in all their diversity will come together to share comprehensive and intersectional approaches and strategies to stop fossil fuel extraction, accelerate community-led climate solutions, and lead a Just Transition grounded in a climate justice framework. Critical topics include fossil fuel resistance; food sovereignty; forest protection; gender-responsive climate policies; Indigenous and human rights; Rights of Nature; strategic preparations for COP29 and COP30; uplifting care economies; community-led solutions; and transformative policies for our collective future. Women are leading the way!

​Confirmed speakers, with more to be announced soon:

• Federal Deputy Célia Xakriabá (Xakriabá), Member of the Brazil Chamber of Deputies from Minas Gerais State, and Co-founder of The National Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA)

• Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator

• Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, 2024 TIME Women of the Year, Earth Award recipient

• Secretary Puyr Tembé (Tembé), the first Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará in Brazil, and Co-founder of The National Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA)

• Roishetta Ozane, Founder of Vessel Project of Louisiana and Gulf Fossil Finance Coordinator for the Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund

• Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action

• Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

• With moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

Join Tzeporah Berman, Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative at The Hub Live during Climate Week to hear more about the need for greater international cooperation to manage a just transition away from coal, oil and gas – the primary cause of the climate crisis.

In-person attendance is invite-only, but will be livestreamed for all (details coming soon)

Fossil fuels are one of the greatest threats of our time. They undermine all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), from fueling conflicts globally to compromising health, security, and livelihoods. Governments must face them as the cross-cutting issue they are and address them in multiple multilateral forums. The upcoming UN General Assembly and the Summit of the Future in NYC will be crucial opportunities to test if the commitment made at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels” is genuine and here to stay. 

How does the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty feed into these processes? We have the opportunity to chart a new course – but this requires a bold and courageous global response. We need a binding agreement to halt the expansion of oil, gas and coal, and commit to a just and equitable transition to clean, renewable energy for all. The proposed Treaty is the global plan to help the world transition away from fossil fuels fast and fairly, and ensure we meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Join us for a Media Briefing with government representatives, climate justice advocates and movement leaders to get to know more about the initiative!

Speakers:

• Susana Muhamad, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia

• Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment

• Dr. Maria Neira, Director of the World Health Organization

• Kumi Naidoo, South African human rights and climate justice advocate

• Rebecca Solnit, American author, historian, and activist

• Tzeporah Berman, Chair and Founder of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (Moderator)

The International Rights of Nature Tribunal will convene at Climate Week in New York to address the global challenges posed by the fossil fuel industry. This session aims to amplify the Rights of Nature as a crucial tool in defending life on Earth - featuring testimony from frontline community representatives and expert panels, the Tribunal will scrutinize the fossil fuel industry's impacts on biodiversity and BIPOC communities, and advocate for a just and clean transition by keeping fossil fuels in the ground. Join us in this pivotal moment as we pave the way toward COP30 in Brazil.

Join us for the webinar "Unveiling the Values and Ideals for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty," where we will delve into the critical findings and recommendations from the latest report on this groundbreaking initiative. The report highlights the importance of embedding core values into the treaty and stresses the need for a global, collaborative approach to its operationalization.

Over 20 global consultations were conducted in partnership with Satat Sampada, engaging a diverse range of stakeholders, including representatives from Human Rights, Peace and Security, Health, Labour, Youth, Faith, Gender, and Indigenous Peoples. These consultations spanned multiple continents and languages, resulting in a set of guiding principles that will serve as the foundation for the treaty text.

This webinar will provide a comprehensive examination of these principles, application for a global just transition, and exploring how they can shape a treaty that not only addresses climate change but also advances equity and justice.

List of Speakers:

This webinar will be occurring twice, once at 6 AM GMT (English only) and once at 3 PM GMT (English, French, and Spanish).