Oil Change International COP30 Media Advisory – November 20

Belém, Brazil – With just hours remaining until the scheduled close of COP30, the pressure is mounting. Yesterday the summit entered a decisive phase, with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva joining the talks to advance the draft “Mutirão Decision” text in a bid to swing the package through.

Meanwhile, negotiators await the next iteration of draft texts for the Mutirão as well as other key tracks which could drop at any moment. Civil society is urging that the final deal not sacrifice ambition for speed. In the wake of Tuesday’s draft which drew harsh critique for failing to include a robust fossil fuel phaseout roadmap and for floating unworkable private finance options for vulnerable countries, more than 80 nations publicly rallied in support of a fossil fuel phaseout roadmap. Yet for that momentum to translate into a meaningful outcome, developed countries must move beyond rhetoric and deliver what justice demands: public grant-based finance, real support for a just transition and adaptation, and concrete tools like the Belem Action Mechanism to make it possible.

Romain Ioualalen, Global Policy lead at Oil Change International, said: 

“If we’re serious about a fossil fuel roadmap that actually delivers for people and the planet, it has to be rooted in equity and provide clarity that public finance will be provided to developing countries on fair terms. That means answering the hard question of who phases out fossil fuels, and when, and tackling the real barriers that make it hard for countries to transition. Without public grant-based finance, without support for a just transition, and without tools like the Belém Action Mechanism, it’s just words. Fossil fuel phaseout can’t stand alone. It has to be part of a full justice based package.”

Today’s key events:

Press:

• 15:00 Oil Change International Press Conference on current state of play on a COP30 political package (roadmap, finance, just transition etc.) with energy and finance experts and frontline activists | Press Conference 2, Area D | Online

Events and Actions: 

• 15:00-16:30  The People’s Plenary. Stories, struggles, and demands across constituencies | Plenary Tocantins

In case you missed it:

• Our response to COP30 Presidency claims we don’t need public money for the energy transition
• Will Africa Choose Clean Energy Over Fossil Fuels at COP30?

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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