Research

Oil Change International publishes upwards of 20 reports and briefings every year focused on supporting the movement for a just phase-out of fossil fuels.

Holding Course, Missing Speed: Protecting progress on ending fossil fuel finance and unlocking clean energy support

This report finds that CETP members cut fossil fuel finance by up to 78% but need to rapidly scale up finance for renewables and close loopholes that allow continued fossil finance.

Wasting Public Money: Germany’s Financial Support for Fossil Fuels Abroad

Research released today by Oil Change International and ClientEarth, Wasting Public Money, reveals how Germany is at risk of watering down a 2021 pledge to end taxpayer-backed financing of fossil fuel projects overseas. It outlines Germany’s long-term international role as a significant backer of fossil fuel projects overseas, sounds the alarm that the German coalition may soon seek to weaken their guidelines restricting international fossil fuel finance, and reveals that Germany is considering nearly EUR 1.2 billion in support for overseas fossil fuel projects.

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False Promises: Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Are Still Rising

Data from the lEA's Global Methane Tracker suggests that the fossil fuel industry's voluntary initiatives to reduce methane emissions are failing.

Funding Failure: Japan’s $5.2 Billion Carbon Capture Plan to Derail Asia’s Energy Transition

Funding Failure: Japan's  $5.2 Billion Carbon Capture Plan to Derail Asia's Energy Transition

We Can Pay For It

Rich country leaders can unlock $6.6 trillion (USD) per year in public funding to pay their fair share for climate action at home and abroad. By ending fossil fuel handouts, making big polluters pay, and taxing the super rich, governments can raise the public money needed for a global just transition to renewables and other urgent needs from healthcare to housing.

Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production

"Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production.

New report shows that Norwegian Labour and Conservative parties echo the oil industry in their communication

New report prepared with Analyse & Tall, reveals how Norwegian oil policy was discussed on Facebook and Instagram between January 2021 and July 2025 by politicians, parties, government bodies, environmental organizations, and oil companies.

Total Disaster: Will the UK government use taxpayer finance to enable a human rights nightmare abroad?

Keir Starmer has inherited a controversial decision from Boris Johnson’s government. The UK Prime Minister must decide whether USD $1.5 billion of UK taxpayer support should be used to enable one of the most controversial infrastructure projects of modern times: The Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project.

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Failing the “Climate Test”: LNG Projects Awaiting Final Investment Decision Do Not Stand Up to U.S. Government Analysis

“What we found was crystal clear – any further investment in LNG is not compatible with a livable climate,” says Andres Chang, Senior Research Specialist at Greenpeace USA and lead author of the report."

Private Fantasies, Public Realities: Why private finance isn’t delivering an energy transition and the case for public sector leadership

This report details how governments’ dominant “private-sector led” approach to financing a just energy transition is prolonging the fossil fuel era.