OCI’s work is organized into our Global Campaigns and our Regional Programs. This two-pronged approach allows us to both bring systemic change to the institutions that perpetuate and enable the fossil fuel industry and also support the on-the-ground efforts of the most affected communities.
Our programmatic strategies are to:
Transform the institutional landscape to enable just phase-out policies
- We work to advance and expand government policies to end fossil fuel production
- We work to shift public finance and subsidies away from fossil fuels
- We work to secure the public funding and policies needed to ensure a just energy transition
Challenge the fossil fuel industry and its enablers
- We work to counter oil and gas industry disinformation
- We work to support the climate movement and partners in their struggles against oil and gas companies
- We work to fight against false solutions that enable and perpetuate the fossil fuel industry
Support frontline campaigns to stop fossil fuel projects
- We work to develop relevant and accessible research and communications materials that support the goals of frontline partners
- We work to support partners, networks and campaigns challenging fossil fuel projects
- We work to protect activists facing emerging security and resource challenges.
OCI serves as a bridge between multiple levels of the institutional and movement ecosystems, bringing movement demands to decision-makers, collaborating closely with frontline and civil society partners, and sharing knowledge, strategies, and resources. We play a unique role in making hard-to-access industry data available as a tool to strengthen people-powered campaigns and force real-world change.
At an international and institutional level, we develop and inform political and diplomatic strategies aimed at raising the bar for what counts as real climate leadership – engaging in direct advocacy, coalition-building, and campaigns to hold governments and institutions accountable to phasing out fossil fuel finance and production.
At a regional level, we support frontline fights to stop fossil fuel projects as a way to build power and create lasting change. We create the conditions necessary for a just transition off of fossil fuels by providing research, strategic support, cross-movement coordination, and by supporting and amplifying grassroots campaigns and voices.
