From Paris to Lima, Kolkata to Sydney, London to Port-au-Prince, California to Rome, and Vancouver to Belém, 100 cities and subnational governments around the world are calling for nation states to negotiate a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Cities know firsthand the gravity of the climate emergency, facing heatwaves, flooding, wildfires and hurricanes that are uprooting and displacing whole urban communities. At the same time, cities are the biggest energy consumers and carbon emitters globally. That’s why cities are essential players in the global just transition and hold the unique possibility to carve out energy futures that are free from the main driver of the climate crisis — fossil fuels.
For the first time in history, 100 cities and subnational governments are rallying behind the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a global initiative to end fossil fuel expansion, equitably phase out coal, oil and gas, and propel a just transition to renewable energy for all.
Together, these 100 cities are building collective pressure from below to make fossil fuels history, and influence governments around the world to ratify a Fossil Fuel Treaty.
Hear from the voices of these pioneering cities and subnational governments who are championing the Fossil Fuel Treaty and building momentum for fossil fuel phase out and a just energy transition, and learn how your city can join this growing movement.
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