Oil Change International Media Advisory – COP29 Day 4

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 14, 2024

Contact: 

Nicole Rodel, Oil Change International (in Baku) – [email protected] / +27842570627 

Valentina Stackl, Oil Change International (ET – remote) – [email protected] +17342766260

Oil Change International Media Advisory – COP29 Day 4

As Finance Day begins at what’s being called the ‘Finance COP,’ negotiators face important moments in Baku. Draft text for the new climate finance goal (NCQG) presents a stark choice: deliver public grants at the trillion-dollar scale needed for a just transition away from fossil fuels, or rely on inadequate private sector mechanisms that risk deepening the Global South’s debt crisis. Following COP28’s historic agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, COP29’s success hinges on wealthy nations backing their commitments with real financial support. With global temperatures continuing to break records, the next  decisions could either transform climate action through ambitious public financing of at least $1 trillion annually in public funding, or maintain a status quo that is failing the world’s most vulnerable communities.

This media advisory outlines: 

• Today’s key events and releases:

• • • Press Conference: 17:30 PM – How Fossil Fuel Companies Profit from Genocide
    • Actions – All Day COP29 Climate Justice Coalition Mobilizations (more below)
  • Tomorrow’s key events and publications (November 15): 
    • Press Conference: 11:00 AM – The True Cost of Fossil Fuel Extraction on Lives and Livelihoods in the Global South (Frontline Community Voices) 
    • COP29 Climate Justice Coalition Global Day(s) of Action around the world including call-in day to the White House Climate Policy Office (more below)

• Yesterday’s reactions, in case you missed them: 

• • NCQG – New climate finance goal text holds ingredients for rich countries to pay their fair share for fossil fuel phase out
  • Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter – New Data: Oil & Gas ‘Decarbonization Charter’ masks massive fossil fuel expansion in 2024
  • Brazil NDC – Reactive: Brazil, member of the COP Troika, submits new Nationally Determined Contribution
  • Clean Energy Transition Partnership – Countries follow up cut in international fuel fossil finance with clean energy pledge

Press Conference: How Fossil Fuel Companies Profit from Genocide
As the death toll in Gaza rises and millions face displacement, humanitarian catastrophe, and severe deprivation of basic needs, we must examine how multiple systems of injustice – from climate destruction to corporate profiteering – converge to perpetuate this crisis. This press conference exposes how the fossil fuel industry enables and profits from genocide and global conflicts, with urgent focus on Gaza. Voices from Palestine, climate justice organizations, and industry experts examine how oil is fueling colonialism and mass atrocities.
When Thursday November 14, 17:30 local time
Where COP29 Press Conference – Natavan, Area D or live on the web

• Allie Rosenbluth, Oil Change International (Chair)
• Mohammed Usrof, Climate Alliance for Palestine
• Sadie DeCoste, Tipping Point UK
• Abeer Butmeh, Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network – Friends of the Earth Palestine (PENGON FoE Palestine)

Statement:
Allie Rosenbluth, Oil Change International US Campaign Manager, said:
“The fossil fuel industry is not just destroying our climate – it’s actively profiting from genocide. These companies and the governments enabling them know exactly how their supplies are being used against Palestinian civilians, yet they continue shipping oil even after the International Court of Justice’s genocide ruling. Palestinian groups and their allies around the world have called for an energy and arms embargo demanding governments and companies cease all fuel and arms shipments to Israel until it ends the genocide and its regime of apartheid against the Palestinian people. Despite these strong demands, the U.S. continues to be a key supplier of JP8 Jet Fuel to Israel, which is crucial for its military operations. This isn’t just business – it’s complicity in mass atrocities.”

November 14- COP29 Climate Justice Coalition Mobilizations 

8:00-8:30 Reading of names of victims of genocide (Location 3) 

8:30-9:00 Climate Finance Invoice Action (Location 2)

12:45-1:30 Defund genocide action (Location 4)

1:30-2:00 False Solutions Action (Location 4)

2:30-3:00 End Public Finance for False Solutions Action (Location 4)

November 15, Global Day of Action for Climate Justice at COP

Oil Change International will join the ShiftUS and 5F Fossil Fuel Phaseout campaigns for a call-in day to the White House Climate Policy Office. We will urge the White House to make a strong pledge for the U.S. NDC and NCQG that includes a commitment to phase out fossil fuels at home by 2031 and to provide its fair share of funding for climate action in lower income countries. This factsheet summarizes the coalition’s demands for what should be included in the U.S. NDC.

Spokespeople and areas of focus

At COP29, reach out to us to connect with spokespeople to cover: 

• • Financing a just transition: NCQG, fossil fuel subsidies and finance, financial architecture reform, Clean Energy Transition Partnership, Global Clean Power Alliance, OECD, MDB and G20 finance announcements.
  • Fossil fuel phaseout: Troika fossil fuel expansion, Nationally Determined Contributions, diplomacy and negotiations, abatement, hypocrisy via oil and gas expansion, 1.5ºC scenarios
  • Industry and False Solutions: Industry pledges, Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter, IEA / WEO, CCS, False Solutions Subsidies, Kick Polluters Out
  • United States: U.S. Election, U.S. fair share NDC, LNG, certified gas, U.S. subsidies, U.S. Congress
  • Africa: Resistance to oil and gas in Africa, oil and gas expansion in Africa

OCI has spokespeople available on the ground at COP29 for interviews and press panels, as well as representatives in alternative timezones for those journalists not in attendance in Baku. 

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