Upcoming Events
SYMBIOFUTURES by Symbiocene
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
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.
Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions
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)
Stop Fossil Fuels from Fuelling Conflict: Why a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is an essential climate tool for peace
Join us for an insightful webinar as we delve into groundbreaking research by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) on the intersection of fossil fuels, conflict, and peace. The webinar will present a compelling paper exploring how fossil fuel dependencies exacerbate conflicts and why the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is a crucial tool for promoting global peace and addressing climate change. The discussion will highlight how resource-rich nations’ extraction activities often lead to social tensions and conflicts in marginalized communities, amplifying the need for effective climate policies to advance peace and security.
Fossil Fuel Treaty @ Climate Week: The Hub Live
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)
End of the Fossil Fuel Era Rights of Nature Tribunal
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.
Interfaith Climate Procession Nairobi
Saturday, 21 September is the Global Day of the FFNPT Action. We shall come together from different Faith, groups and Institutions, to raise a prophetic voice , calling our leaders to endorse the treaty. On this day we shall all gather at Kenya Wildlife Service HQ Langata road at 8:00 am and march to The Catholic University of Eastern Africa Missio Hall to conclude with a Climate Concert. Be punctual, carry your reusable bottle , water , lunch and T-shirt will be provided. If you are an artist and wish to perform send a WhatsApp message to 0700576154.
Global Week of Action for Climate Finance and a Fossil-Free Future!
CALL TO ACTION: September 13 to 20
The coming months offer crucial opportunities for a radical transformation in our social, economic, and political systems. The Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels and the #PayUp Climate Finance Campaign are joining forces this September 13 to 20 to hold the Global Week of Action for Climate Finance and a Fossil-Free Future! Together let us raise our voices to demand Global North governments to stop making empty promises, cease pandering to corporations to perpetuate fossil fuels. They must meet their climate finance obligations in full. They must take on their full fair share of domestic and international actions to ensure a fast, fair, feminist and funded fossil fuel phase-out.
The Global Week of Action will include a series of on and offline mobilisations starting with the #EndFossilFuels Action on September 13 and concluding with the #PayUp for Climate Finance Action on September 20.
On September 13, we aim to start the week of action with our call to #EndFossilFuels #FastFairForever and demand world leaders to fulfill their obligations towards building a fossil fuel-free world. We urge groups and organizations to hold peaceful protest actions that will expose the harms that the fossil fuel industry is doing to our communities and ecosystems, and hold governments, corporations and financial institutions accountable for the damages and injustices they inflict upon our communities.
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Past Events
To view all past livestreams and event recordings, please visit our Youtube Channel.
To see all the photographs from Fossil Fuel Treaty Events, please view our Digital Photos Albums.
2024 Event Highlights
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COP29
COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan follows the historic COP28 agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, confirmed in September this year in the Pact for the Future. Expectations on all governments at this year’s negotiations is to not only uphold this commitment but also advance it with a concrete, actionable plan for the transition in order to address the root cause of the climate crisis - fossil fuels. The outcomes of COP29 are a betrayal of the urgent needs of both people and the planet. Climate justice movements and civil society have unequivocally rejected these measures, exposing the alarming inadequacy of the global response to the escalating climate crisis.
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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
s leaders of 56 nations gather in Apia, Samoa, for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), a new report titled "Uncommon Wealth: Fossil Fuel Expansion in the Commonwealth Dominated by Three Wealthy Countries" reveals the stark imbalance in fossil fuel extraction across the Commonwealth, highlighting the dominance of three wealthy nations—Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom—in driving fossil fuel expansion and emissions. The report, prepared by the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative with data from the Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, shows that despite representing only 6% of the Commonwealth’s population, Australia, Canada, and the UK are responsible for over 60% of emissions.
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New York Climate Week
The 79th United Nations General Assembly concluded with a growing global consensus on the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels. More than 40 countries echoed the new Pact for the Future, calling for a transition away from oil, gas, and coal production as the new baseline to protect humanity from the worsening climate crisis, air pollution, and conflict. While the increasing acknowledgment of the need to transition from fossil fuels at the heart of international diplomacy represents progress, there remains no action plan for how the world can enact a global, fair and equitable transition. This strengthens the case for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty—the bold, international plan required to rapidly and equitably transition from the devastation wrought by fossil fuels.
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CBD COP16
COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity was hosted by Colombia in Cali. By excluding the elimination of fossil extraction from the final text of the negotiations, the event fails to confront one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and climate: the extraction and flaring of oil, gas and coal. Despite efforts by Colombia, together with Fiji and other Pacific islands, as well as indigenous peoples and civil society organisations, to connect the climate and biodiversity crises and include fossil fuels in the final text, all mention of oil, gas and coal extraction was removed, severely compromising the future of nature and humanity.
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Yasuní Summit
The clear victory of Yasuní represents a significant milestone on the road to leaving fossil fuels in the ground. It is a hopeful example of citizen mobilization that reinforces both the possibility and the need for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. During the closing ceremony of the just concluded International Yasuní Summit, the Waorani Nation of Ecuador (NAWE) announced its formal adherence to the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. The inhabitants of one of the world's most diverse socio-ecosystems become the tenth indigenous nation to support this proposal for a new legal mechanism to allow a fair exit from oil, gas and coal production.
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SIDS4
The United Nations 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) culminated with the adoption of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS (ABAS), which included a call for a "just, inclusive, and equitable" energy transition—strengthening the case for a global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.On Sunday (26th), the day before the opening of SIDS4, Ministers and senior officials of the nations endorsing the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative met to discuss key concerns and goals of the coalition. The meeting was hosted by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, the first Caribbean country to endorse the Treaty, in collaboration with the Governments of Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The resulting statement outlined their vision for a new international treaty to manage the global transition away from fossil fuels.
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Shifting Power Documentary Screening
Shifting Power is a Don’t Gas Africa documentary, produced and directed by ReWild Africa, that provides a cinematic journey into the lives of African communities, whose existences and futures are being reshaped by the fossil fuel boom and the territorial resistance of these communities for alternative and just futures. On Africa Day, May 25, Don’t Gas Africa, Fridays For Future Africa, Fridays For Future Kenya, and the Fossil Fuel Treaty initiative, will host 12 screenings of the documentary across the whole continent of Africa including, Nigeria, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Botswana, Cameroon, Zambia, and Tanzania.
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Miami Climate Week
At Miami Climate Week, in a powerful display of regional solidarity and climate leadership, the capitals of two Caribbean nations, Kingston (Jamaica), and Castries (Saint Lucia), have joined Belmopán (Belize) in formally calling on nation-states to negotiate a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a bold proposal aiming to phase out oil, gas and coal, the substances responsible for 86% emissions in the last decade. By deciding to be part of an international movement of more than 100 cities advocating for a Fossil Fuel Treaty, Kingston and Castries affirm their dedication to combatting escalating climate impacts.
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Season of Creation
The Season of Creation, an annual Christian celebration to pray and respond together to the cry of Creation, begins on 1 September on the Feast of Creation, and ends 4 October, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations. February marks the “preparation” stage for the Season of Creation, a key moment for followers to underscore their commitment to the call to care for our common home. Faith institutions around the world, including Islamic Relief Worldwide, World Council of Churches, and Soka Gakkai International, are making the moral case for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, building momentum around the campaign.
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The Naiuli Declaration
Pacific civil society organisations, joined by faith, youth, and indigenous communities, have launched The Naiuli Declaration for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Naiuli Declaration marks a significant milestone in the global movement for climate as the first declaration of support for the treaty from a region’s civil society organisations. It was presented to Hon. Lenora Qereqeretabua, Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Fiji, receiving it as a representative of the 12 Governments who are calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty from the youngest representatives of Pacific climate groups gathered for the Pacific Strategy Retreat.
2023 Event Highlights
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Pacific Loss & Damages Dialogue
Pacific Island governments committed to create a “Fossil Fuel Free Pacific” and called for all countries to join them in managing a global, equitable, and unqualified phase out of coal, oil and gas. At the close of the three-day meeting in Samoa, Ministers and officials from a block of six Pacific countries – Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Tonga, Fiji, Niue, and the Solomon Islands – agreed on an outcome resolution, named the “Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific” that calls for action from Pacific and global leaders.
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COP28
COP28 hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December was historic, and yet was not sufficient to keep 1.5 alive. As a result, a growing bloc of nation- states joined forces at COP28 to seek a negotiating mandate for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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New York Climate Week
Climate Week NYC is a yearly event in September in New York City. Climate Week occurs alongside the United Nations General Assembly. In 2023, the clear focus of this NYC Climate Week was the call for the phase out of fossil fuels. By partnering with Climate Group, the lead organization behind New York Climate Week, and Global Citizen, the organizers of the Global Citizen Festival, the Fossil Fuel Treaty became a prominent demand at both major events.
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Youth Climate Camp
The 2023 Youth Climate Justice Camp took place in Lebanon from August 28th to September 2nd. The camp will be an opportunity to build relationships and networks; share stories and lessons learnt from the field; learn new skills through workshops and trainings, and collaborate on opportunities for creative mobilization.
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EU Council speed up for climate, nature, and a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
On 23 March, together with Rise For Climate, European NGOs, scientists and youth organisations, we were in front of the European Council of Heads of State in Brussels to push the 27 to adopt a Non-Proliferation Treaty on Fossil Fuels, an international initiative that aims to phase out oil, gas and coal production and promote a just transition.
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SB58 at Bonn
SB58 took place at the World Conference Center in Bonn Germany in June of 2023. This conference built upon the past COP27 hosted by Egypt. At Bonn, the Fossil Fuel Treaty alongside many CSOs, Governments, Businesses, and Activists hosted a number of events ranging from Climate and Human Rights Events and an Action to End Fossil Fuels.
2022 Event Highlights
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Stockholm +50
For the first time an official UN conference, the Stockholm+50 conference has recognised the need to phase out all fossil fuels - oil, gas and coal - and the need for financial and technical support for a just transition for fossil fuel dependent countries as read out in the final plenary. There were calls from the floor calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and strong calls to end the expansion of fossil fuels
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COP27
For the 27th time, the UN climate talks have failed to directly address the biggest driver of the climate crisis: the production of gas, oil and coal. While the agreement to establish a loss and damage fund represents immense progress for vulnerable nations who have been calling for finance to address the impacts of climate change for many years, this win is bittersweet. The failure to address the root cause of loss and damage through agreeing to phase out oil, gas and coal will mean more loss and damage in future.
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New York Climate Week
During the 2022 New York Climate Week, it was made clear that phasing out fossil fuel production, and fast-tracking progress towards safer and more cost-effective alternatives, will require unprecedented international cooperation. The Fossil Fuel Treaty hosted an international panel of experts discuss opportunities for growing momentum for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and how you can get involved to amplify and support the movement.
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Cities For a Fossil Fuel Treaty Workshop Series: Fossil Free Mobility For Your City
Following Treaty endorsements, cities can prioritise electric and active transport models as key elements of urban mobility. This session focuses on hearing from leading transport voices around the world who are expanding transport electrification and putting active and sustainable mobility at the core of their cities.
2021 Event Highlights
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Parliamentarians Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Future
Parliamentarians from the Global South initiated a Parliamentarians’ Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Future and are inviting their colleagues from all over the world to join them. The initiative, released at COP26 in Glasgow, was already supported by more than 150 nationally-elected legislators from more than 30 countries around the world. The initiators of the call are Members of Parliament from Bangladesh, Colombia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Kiribati, Palau, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa and Timor Leste.
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COP26
Negotiators at COP26 laid down their pens and the UK Presidency claimed victory for a successful event despite failing to address directly the elephant in the room, the biggest source of emissions - oil, gas and coal. The meeting was significant in that it marked extended public (and behind closed doors) debate on coal, oil, and gas phase out at a United Nations climate meeting. However, the fossil fuel industry, which had the largest delegation in attendance, wielded its influence, resulting in the last-minute addition of loopholes large enough to drive a coal train through.
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New York Climate Week
At the 2021 New York Climate Week, the Treaty was set to discuss the truth that there are a number of international agreements to tackle climate, but there is currently no international mechanism in place to limit fossil fuel expansion. To address the elephant in the room, the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty discussed wins from the past year and the biggest tasks left to tackle ahead of COP26 and beyond.
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Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice
In the context of diverse peoples' movements continuing to organize and rise-up in advance of the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow and other international gatherings over the next critical years, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International is organizing the ‘Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Solutions from the Frontlines and the Protection and Defense of Human Rights and Nature’, a free, gender-diverse, public forum. The Assembly will call for urgent action within a climate justice framework and produce an online collection of actions, policy frameworks, and solutions presented at the Assembly to be delivered to global governments, financial institutions and media outlets.
2020 Event Highlights
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Briefing on the Paris Anniversary & Fossil Fuels
As the 5th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement approached in December 2020, Indigenous, government, civil society, youth and academic leaders joined a press briefing outlining the importance of the issue of fossil fuels to international climate action and steps that can be taken to address their production and proliferation.
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New York Climate Week
During the 2020 New York Climate Week, the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty hosted numerous events where climate experts and activists spoke out for the need for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to manage the decline of coal, oil and gas globally. There was an emphasis on why international cooperation is critical to an equitable global energy transition and how to manage a just transition.
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