Oil Change International COP30 Media Advisory – 13 November

13 November, Belém, Brazil – As we approach the end of week 1, negotiations continue on issues that could shape the final outcome of the UN climate talks. The COP30 Presidency bypassed early procedural deadlock, by kickstarting consultations on long-standing flashpoints like public climate finance (Article 9.1),unilateral trade measures, and the review of countries’ climate plans (NDCs).

But with consultations getting extended till Saturday and developed and developing countries continuing to show deep divisions in particular on public finance (Article 9.1), pressure is mounting for the Presidency to chart a path forward that builds confidence that obligations to provide public finance will be met. 

Meanwhile, a growing coalition of countries – including Colombia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the UK, Denmark, Germany, France, and Kenya – is rallying behind the call from President Lula and Minister Marina Silva for a fossil fuel phaseout roadmap. The idea, raised publicly at yesterday’s Transition Away from Fossil Fuels side event, is quickly gaining political weight and expectations are growing that this will be part of the outcomes of COP30. 

Today’s key events:

Report:

• At noon, Oil Change International  will release report, Behind the Barrel: An Update on the Origins of Israel’s Fuel Supply, detailing the global fuel shipments that fuel Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The report will be available here (please email if you’d like an embargoed copy)

• The report tracks over 21 million tonnes of crude oil and refined fuels delivered to Israel from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, the US, among other countries.

Press:

• 15:30 – 16:00 Press Conference: New Data Exposes Countries Fueling Genocide in Gaza, Press Room 2 | Online
• • Oil Change International, Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy, Global Energy Embargo for Palestine, and Trade Unions for Energy Democracy NOW will hold a press conference at COP30 to expose how the global energy system is directly fueling war, occupation, and genocide. This press conference will unveil the Behind the Barrel report.
• 13:30  | USCAN Press Briefing on  the unpopularity of the Trump administration | Press Room 2 | Online

Events and Actions: 

• • Today, 79 NGOs from across the world wrote to Korean President Lee Jae Myung, urging him to join the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP), an alliance phasing out international taxpayer finance for fossil fuels.
    • The alliance has been hugely successful, reducing international public finance for fossil fuels amongst its 41 signatories by 78%. Korea is the largest international public financier of fossil fuels that has not yet made a commitment to end its multi-billion fossil fuel finance.

• 14:00 – 15:00 ​Advancing Financial and Fiscal Incentives for a Just, Orderly, and Equitable ​Transition Away from Fossil Fuels | Axis 1 thematic room

• • This workshop convenes governments and stakeholders to advance the alignment of economic incentives with a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.
• 14:30 – 15:00 Amazon Free of Oil & Gas action | Next to Meeting Room 1, Area D
  • Civil society groups and Indigenous leaders will stage a peaceful protest to denounce the ongoing expansion of oil and gas projects.
• 18:00 Fossil of the Day Award Ceremony | Next to Meeting Room 1, Area D
  • Satirical “award” distributed by Climate Action Network International to countries doing the most to obstruct progress in the negotiations and in combating the climate crisis at home and abroad. 

Yesterday’s key events in case you missed them: 

• Oil Change International launched the first episode of a new limited podcast series, titled Burned: The Price Of Oil. In this series we pull back the curtain on the true cost of fossil fuels and the villains blocking climate action. In the debut episode, host Shady Khalil speaks with Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of the Climate Action Network, to explore what it  means to fight for justice in the era of climate crisis, and as the world faces a widening gap between climate commitments and Global North countries driving oil and gas expansion, how the Global South can chart a path beyond fossil fuels. 

Look out for tomorrow November 14, 2025: 

• Kick Big Polluters Out Action | 8:00 | in front of the COP30 venue 
• Press Conference: Kick Out the Suits | 11:00 | Press Conference, room 2
• Novel approaches to transition away from fossil fuels from what to how | 12:30 | Presidency event | Room Sao Francisco

Romain Ioualalen, Global Policy Campaign Manager at Oil Change International said:

“Despite slow progress and underlying tensions, we’re seeing a real opportunity emerge in the UN climate talks. Momentum is building for a fossil fuel phaseout roadmap that would show how countries can cooperate to deliver the equitable transition away from fossil fuels they promised in Dubai. 

“For this roadmap to work and gain widespread support, it must tackle the systemic barriers preventing Global South countries from transitioning to renewable energy, especially finance. We need governments to rally behind this, and prove they’re serious about moving from commitment to implementation and deliver a roadmap for a fast, fair, and publicly funded fossil fuel phaseout, backed by clear and differentiated timelines, just transition policies, and debt-free finance for the Global South.”

Spokespeople and areas of focus

At COP30, reach out to us to connect with spokespeople to cover: 

• • Fair Fossil fuel phaseout: Fossil fuel phaseout roadmaps, Global North countries’ fossil fuel expansion, Nationally Determined Contributions, diplomacy and negotiations 
  • Financing a just transition: Baku to Belém roadmap, NCQG, Article 2.1(c), fossil fuel subsidies and finance, financial architecture reform, just transition 
  • Industry and False Solutions: Industry pledges, Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter, IEA / WEO, CCS, False Solutions Subsidies, Kick Polluters Out, International Energy Agency and World Energy Outlook, 1.5ºC scenarios
  • United States: Trump, U.S. Congress, U.S. finance and subsidies, false solutions and CCS, LNG, certified gas, Methane
  • Africa: Resistance to oil and gas in Africa, oil and gas expansion in Africa
  • Asia: Japan’s energy strategy, Japan’s gas and fossil fuel-based technologies (ammonia/hydrogen co-firing, CCS) expansion in Asia

OCI has spokespeople available on the ground at COP30 for interviews and press panels, as well as remote spokespeople available in alternative timezones for those journalists not in attendance in Belém

We will deliver daily media advisories with the most important updates from COP30 on fossil fuel phaseout, fair finance for a just transition, and expert insight on the negotiations. 

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