RESOURCES, RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Below are a number of resources relating to the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, including briefings for policymakers, relevant research, recent publications and useful databases.

Briefing Notes

Short briefing notes that can help inform governments, cities and other decision-makers about the case for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Want to organise for a member of the Treaty Support Team to join a briefing? Contact campaign@fossilfueltreaty.org

  • Briefing for Policymakers

  • COP28 Briefing: How a Fossil Fuel Treaty will Accelerate the Goals of the Paris Agreement

    Available in English

  • Smoke and Mirrors: The Terms "Unabated" Fossil Fuels and "Inefficient" Subsidies are a Tactic to Delay a Just Transition from Coal, Oil, and Gas

    Available in English

  • Why We Need A Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    Available in English, Spanish and French

  • Financing a Fair and Fast Energy Transition

    Available in English

  • The Just Transition Pillar of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty proposal

    Available in English

  • Pathways to International Cooperation on Fossil Fuels

    Available in English and Spanish

  • How a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty can propel Africa's renewable energy transition

    Available in English and French

  • Amazon: The First Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Zone?

    Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese

  • Summary Flyer

    Available in English

  • Lessons from Humanitarian Treaties for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    Available in English

  • Nature restoration is no substitute for steep emission reductions

    Available in English

Research & Publications

The Treaty team with partners publish novel research digging into issues related to fossil fuel production.
General news, including press releases and major media coverage, are available in our
latest news.

Research Library

Third-party research relevant to the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

  • The political economy of fossil fuel production in the Post-Paris Era: Critically evaluating Nationally Determined Contributions

    Amy Janzwood and Kathryn Harrison (2023)

    VIEW REPORT

  • Just Transition: A Climate, Energy and Development Vision for Africa (2023)

    Youba Sokona, including Yacob Mulugetta, Meron Tesfamichael, Fadhel Kaboub, Niclas Hällström, Matthew Stilwell, Mohamed Adow, and Colin Besaans

    VIEW REPORT

  • Crisis Point Report

    Massive Threats to Amazon and Congo Tropical Forests and Communities From Oil and Gas Expansion - Earth InSight (2022)

    VIEW REPORT

  • Equity, Climate Justice and Fossil Fuel Extraction: Principles for a Managed Phase Out

    Sivan Kartha & Greg Muttit (2019), Climate Policy, 20:8, 1024-1042

    VIEW REPORT

  • The 2021 Production Gap Report

    Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), E3G, and UNEP.

    VIEW REPORT

  • Trends in Fossil Fuel Extraction

    Achakulwisut, P. and Erickson, P., Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), (2021)

    VIEW REPORT

  • Institutional Mechanisms to Keep Unburnable Fossil Fuel Reserves in the Soil

    Lorenzo Pellegrinia, Murat Arsel, Martí Orta-Martínez, Carlos F.Mena, Gorka Muñoa, Energy Policy (2020), 112029

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  • The Case for a Supply-side Climate Treaty

    G. B. Asheim, T. Fæhn, K. Nyborg, M. Greaker, C. Hagem, B. Harstad, M. O. Hoel, D. Lund, K. E. Rosendahl, Science (2019), 325-327

    VIEW REPORT

  • Unextractable Fossil Fuels in a 1.5 °c World

    Dan Welsby, James Price, Steve Pye & Paul Ekins, Nature (2020), 597, pages 230–234

    VIEW REPORT

  • Toward a New Instrument Addressing the Full Life Cycle of Plastics Overview of the Typology of International Legal Instruments

    Centre for International Environmental Law (2022)

    VIEW REPORT

  • Phaseout Pathways for Fossil Fuel Production Within Paris-compliant Carbon Budgets

    Tyndall Center, University of Manchester (2022)

    VIEW REPORT

  • Stockholm+50: Unlocking a Better Future

    Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), (2022)

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  • Cutting with both arms of the scissors: the economic and political case for restrictive supply-side climate policies

    Fergus Green & Richard Denniss (2018)

    VIEW REPORT

  • Understanding supply-side climate policies: towards an interdisciplinary framework

    Newell, P., Carter, A. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (2024).

    VIEW REPORT

Submissions

A collection of formal submissions to UN and other high-level policy processes.

  • Mitigation Work Programme: 2023 Global Dialogues

    (2023)

    VIEW

  • Submission to the Call for Inputs to the First Global Stocktake

    (2023)

    VIEW

  • Submission to the High-level Expert Group on the Net-zero Emissions Commitments of Non-state Entities

    (2022)

    VIEW

  • Submission to High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism

    (2022)

    VIEW

  • Submission to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

    (2023)

    VIEW in English / VER en Español

Messaging Playbooks

Messaging research and communications playbooks on how to talk about the need for a just transition from fossil fuels

Databases and Tools

Important databases that can help inform the development of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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