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Media Advisory • COP29

Oil Change International Media Advisory – COP29 November 22

With time running out in Baku, negotiators must secure an agreement that delivers trillions yearly in public grants—not dangerous distractions that deepen inequalities.

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 November 22

 

As COP29 enters its final hours, the latest draft climate finance text presents a critical moment of choice—offering a mix of promising provisions and dangerous loopholes that could make or break global climate action. With unprecedented storms battering the Philippines and 2024 set to be the hottest year on record, the stakes couldn’t be higher. 

While the text includes options for delivering trillions in public finance for a just transition, we have yet to see an actual number on the table. The text also contains troubling options that could let rich countries escape their responsibilities and the climate debt they owe by pushing forward an agreement that labels both Global North and Global South countries contributors to a mobilization goal, without differentiation. See our full response to the latest version of the text released yesterday here.  

The path forward remains clear: wealthy nations can mobilize over $5 trillion annually by ending fossil fuel subsidies, taxing the super-rich, and changing unfair global financial rules. With time running out in Baku, negotiators must secure an agreement that delivers trillions yearly in public grants—not dangerous distractions that deepen inequalities. The world is watching to see if rich countries will step up to fund a fast, fair, and funded fossil fuel phaseout after three years of negotiating the money, or continue pushing inadequate private finance schemes that leave vulnerable communities behind.

This media advisory outlines: 

  • Today’s key events and releases:
    • Press Conferences:
      • 9:00 CIEL Climate Finance Negotiation Update (more below) 
      • 9:30 COP29 state of play commentary and launch of open letter to global leaders (more below)
    • Actions:
      • 10:00 – 11:00 Finance Pressure Action, Action Location 7, Zone D (near entrance / exit)
      • 12:30 – 13:30 Finance Pressure Action, Action Location 7, Zone D (near entrance / exit) 

Press Conference: Climate Finance Negotiations Update (Centre for International Environmental Law – CIEL)

As COP29 nears its conclusion, how will countries reconcile climate finance differences to support adaptation, mitigation, and loss and damage? Developed nations are failing to provide qualitative finance at scale, instead promoting false solutions like carbon markets that delay fossil fuel phaseout and deny climate justice.

WHEN: November 22, 9:00-9:30 a.m. AZT (GMT+4)

WHERE: Press Conference Room Natavan, Zone D

WHO:

  • Nikki Reisch, Climate & Energy Director, CIEL (Moderator)
  • Sindra Sharma, Policy Advisor, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN)
  • ⁠Lidy Nacpil, Coordinator for the Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD)
  • Erika Lennon, Senior Attorney, CIEL

Media Contact:

Maria Frausto, Communications Director

+1 202 569-8107 (Signal/WhatsApp) | [email protected] 

Press Conference: COP29 state of play commentary and launch of open letter to global leaders (Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative)                                           

When: November 22, 9:30-10:00 a.m. AZT (GMT+4)

Where: Navatan Press Conference Room and webcast live from the UNFCCC events page

WHO:

  • Harjeet Singh – Global Engagement Director, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
  • Thato Angeline Gabaitse – Climate justice advocate, We, The World Botswana
  • Joseph Sikulu – 350.org Pacific Managing Director and Pacific Climate Warrior
  • Ayshka Najib – Climate justice activist, Fridays For Future MAPA

Media Contact:

Christine Mbithi, Strategic Communications Specialist

+254725906695 (Signal/WhatsApp) | [email protected] 

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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