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

    2 December 2024

    2024, International Cooperation

  • Hope Remains for Newly Elected Irish T.D.s to Lead Ireland Towards a Fossil-Free Future

    2 December 2024

    2024, Europe

  • Open letter from over 100 artists, scientists and climate champions calls for global plan to phase out fossil fuels amid bumpy COP29 talks on finance goal

    22 November 2024

    2024, Breaking News, Civil Society

  • G20 communiqué fails to deliver strong commitment on fossil fuel phase-out and climate finance

    19 November 2024

    2024, Breaking News

  • Growing bloc of countries seeking to negotiate a Fossil Fuel Treaty sets course for next phase in 2025

    16 November 2024

  • Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) Becomes First Financial Network to Endorse Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at COP29

    14 November 2024

    Civil Society, 2024, Breaking News

  • 'Fossil fuels are a highway to hell, not a gift of God' - civil society and faith leaders react to COP29 President

    12 November 2024

    2024, Breaking News, Civil Society

  • COP16 fails to mention fossil fuels and misses opportunity to tackle biodiversity crisis at source

    2 November 2024

  • Cali Declaration: Amazonia, Territory of Life, not a Sacrifice Zone

    28 October 2024

    Amazon, Civil Society, Breaking News

  • New report reveals UK, Australia and Canada driving majority of fossil fuel expansion in the Commonwealth, threatening vulnerable nations

    24 September 2024

    Research, Breaking News

  • In the face of the escalating violence in Gaza, we reinforce our call for justice and international cooperation for peace, including an immediate and permanent ceasefire, and arms embargo

    17 October 2024

    2024, Breaking News

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

    30 September 2024

    2024, Breaking News, International Cooperation

  • Federated States of Micronesia becomes the 14th nation-state to endorse the Fossil Fuel Treaty proposal at the UN General Assembly

    26 September 2024

    2024, Breaking News, Pacific

  • Philadelphia Becomes the Latest Major US City to Join the Call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty

    26 September 2024

    2024, Breaking News, Cities, North America

  • Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon endorses Fossil Fuel Treaty at New York Climate Week

    25 September 2025

    Breaking News, 2024

  • Kumi Naidoo appointed President of Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, set to help lead global movement to phase out fossil fuels

    23 September 2024

    Breaking News, 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

    2024, Breaking News, International Cooperation

  • Interfaith leaders urge Kenya to back a Fossil Fuel Treaty

    20 September 2024

    Africa, Civil Society, 2024

  • Ireland's youth urges government to step up as global climate leader by endorsing call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty

    20 September 2024

    Europe, Civil Society, 2024

  • UNISON, largest trade union in the UK, joins campaign for new Treaty to achieve speedier green transition

    11 September 2024

    Europe, 2024, Civil Society

  • From the Yasuní International Summit, Waorani Nation joins the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    30 August 2024

    Breaking News, Amazon, 2024

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

    29 August 2024

    2024, International Cooperation

  • Lilongwe becomes the first African capital to call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty Item

    20 August 2024

    Breaking News, Africa, 2024, Cities

  • “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

  • Global wave of peaceful actions call on governments to negotiate a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    24 July 2024

    Europe, 2024

  • Copenhagen formally calls for negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    26 June 2024

    Cities, Breaking News, Europe, 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

  • Republic of the Marshall Islands Endorses Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at UN SIDS4

    27 May 2024

    2024, Breaking News, Pacific

  • Newcastle, the world’s largest coal port, calls for a treaty to manage a fossil fuel phase out

    21 May 2024

    2024, Cities, Breaking News, Pacific

  • Capitals of two Caribbean nations join call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty

    24 April 2024

    Cities, Breaking News, Caribbean, 2024

  • New WMO report highlights impacts of a warming Asia and the need to address the root cause of the climate crisis

    23 April 2024

    Asia, 2024, Research

  • Seventeen banks from the Global Alliance for Banking on Values join global call for binding Treaty to end use of fossil fuels

    22 April 2024

    Breaking News, Civil Society, 2024

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

    22 March 2024

    International Cooperation, 2024

  • 2024

    Pacific Civil Society launches Naiuli Declaration for a Fossil Fuel Treaty at Global Citizen NOW Action Summit

    6 March 2024

    Pacific, Civil Society, 2024

  • Faith leaders mark Season of Creation with a call on followers to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty proposal

    7 February 2024

    Faith, Civil Society, 2024

  • Pacific Civil Society unveils Naiuli Declaration for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty amid growing global momentum

    23 February 2024

    Pacific, Civil Society, Breaking News, 2024

  • From Maine to Key West, local governments kick off 2024 by endorsing the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    31 January 2024

    Cities, North America, Breaking News, 2024

  • Less than 24 hours after COP28 ends, Wellington becomes latest capital city to formally endorse Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty proposal

    14 December 2023

    Cities, Pacific, Breaking News, 2023

  • 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

  • To keep 1.5ºC alive, wealthy nations must phase out fossil-fuel extraction by 2031 at the latest, report finds

    5 December 2023

    Research, 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

  • Palau becomes 9th nation state to formally call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    1 December 2023

    Pacific, 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

  • Phasing out fossil fuels for the energy transition is inevitable, reveals IEA report

    24 October 2023

    Research, 2023

  • We call for Ceasefire, Justice, and International Cooperation for Peace in Palestine and Israel

    October 2023

    Breaking News, 2023

  • Kāpiti Coast becomes first council in New Zealand to call for negotiation for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    10 October 2023

    Cities, Pacific, Breaking News, 2023

  • No more oil, gas and coal. Two nation-states join growing bloc of countries calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    23 September 2023

    Asia, Caribbean, Breaking News, 2023

  • The day before the UNSG Climate Ambition Summit, 9 Indigenous nations also call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    19 September 2023

    Amazon, Breaking News, 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

  • Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative calls out oil-soaked PR agency Havas for taking dirty money from Shell

    19 September 2023

    Breaking News, 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

  • State of California becomes the largest economy to endorse the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    1 September 2023

    Cities, North America, Breaking News, 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

  • Rome endorses the Fossil Fuel Treaty proposal and calls on Italian government to take climate action

    10 July 2023

    Cities, Europe, Breaking News, 2023

  • World Council of Churches endorses the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    28 June 2023

    Faith, Breaking News, 2023

  • A real new and equitable pact for global finance needs to tackle fossil fuel production

    21 June 2023

    Research, 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

  • Austin, capital of Texas, the main oil-producing State in the USA, calls for a Fossil Fuel Treaty

    8 June 2023

    Cities, North America, 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

  • The California Senate has formally endorsed the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    15 May 2023

    Cities, North America, 2023

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

    12 May 2023

    International Cooperation, Pacific, 2023

  • Tonga formally joins group of nations calling for negotiations for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    12 May 2023

    Pacific, Breaking News, 2023

  • California resolution calling for a Fossil Fuel Treaty passes first legislative hurdle

    19 April 2023

    Cities, North America, 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

  • Polish capital Warsaw is first Central Europe to call for an end to the fossil fuel age and a just energy transition

    20 January 2023

    Cities, Europe, 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

  • 11 Indian Parliamentarians endorse the call for a Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty

    22 December 2022

    Asia, 2022

  • Brussels-Capital Region joins call for Fossil Fuel Treaty, sends strong message to Europe on the need to phase out all fossil fuels

    21 December 2022

    Cities, Europe, Breaking News, 2022

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

    20 November 2022

    International Cooperation, 2022

  • Massachusetts Senator Markey supports call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at COP27

    November 2022

    North America, 2022

  • Belém becomes the first Brazilian city to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    10 November 2022

    Cities, Amazon, Breaking News, 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

  • Tuvalu becomes second nation-state to call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    8 November 2022

    Pacific, Breaking News, 2022

  • Religions worldwide call for end to fossil fuel projects, just transition

    2 November 2022

    Faith, Civil Society, 2022

  • The European Parliament calls on nation-states to develop a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    20 October 2022

    Europe, Breaking News, 2022

  • Vanuatu makes historic call for treaty to end the fossil fuel era

    23 September 2022

    Pacific, Breaking News, 2022

  • Global Registry of Fossil Fuels can end secrecy and spur international action to end proliferation of coal, oil and gas

    20 September 2022

    Research, Civil Society, Breaking News, 2022

  • Kolkata becomes largest city in the world to call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    14 September 2022

    Cities, Asia, Breaking News, 2022

  • International health organisations call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to protect lives of current and future generations

    14 September 2022

    Health, Civil Society, Breaking News, 2022

  • Belmopan leads Caribbean with endorsement of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    12 September 2022

    Cities, Caribbean, Breaking News, 2022

  • Colombia leads oil and gas phase out with 15 year plan: government and civil society come to the table on energy transition

    6 September 2022

    Amazon, Civil Society, 2022

  • Lima, Peru is first Latin American capital to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    22 August 2022

    Cities, Amazon, Breaking News, 2022

  • Pacific leaders aim for ambitious COP27 outcome

    15 July 2022

    International Cooperation, Pacific, 2022

  • Ottawa demands action on fossil fuels with call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    6 July 2022

    Cities, North America, Breaking News, 2022

  • London endorses global Treaty calling for an end to the fossil fuel age and a just energy transition

    27 June 2022

    Cities, Europe, Breaking News, 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

  • The Hawai’i State Legislature calls for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    5 May 2022

    Cities, Breaking News, Pacific, North America, 2022

  • Montréal takes another bold step to fight climate change: The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    25 April 2022

    Cities, North America, Breaking News, 2022

  • IPCC report reaffirms urgency to phase out fossil fuels to stave off climate crisis

    4 April 2022

    Research, 2022

  • The City of Paris demonstrates its climate leadership and joins the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    23 March 2022

    Breaking News, Europe, Cities, 2022

  • Major energy port, Amsterdam becomes first capital to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    10 February 2022

    Cities, Europe, Breaking News, 2022

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

    13 November 2021

    International Cooperation, 2021

  • Report Exposes five wealthy countries whose fossil fuel production threatens chances of keeping 1.5°C hope alive

    12 November 2021

    Research, North America, Pacific, Europe, Civil Society, 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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