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Media Advisory: Community Leaders Urge USA to End Fossil Fuels, Deliver Environmental Justice

As the U.S. government arrives in Dubai for the UNFCCC COP28 climate summit, frontline communities, youth, and civil society are planning to confront the Biden-Harris administration’s oil and gas expansion and urging a rapid fossil fuel phaseout. 

Oil Change International response to IEA and COP28 Presidency call to immediate action on fossil fuels

Today, COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and Dr. Faith Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) published the summary of the high-level dialogues that they have co-hosted in the lead up to COP28.

New Data Reveals Canada is Second Largest Public Funder of CCS to Date – A Lifeline for Fossil Fuels, Not Climate Action

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins today, Oil Change International revealed the failure of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Carbon Capture's Publicly Funded Failure. CCS has a 50 year track record of over-promising and under-delivering, and every investment in CCS provides a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry.

In response to the World Meteorological Society Report

Record heat. Deadly floods. Toxic air. It has never been clearer that the world must stop burning fossil fuels if we want a safe, livable planet. And yet, the fossil fuel industry is pumping more and more gas and oil, expanding its business, lying to us, and raking in deadly profits, as millions of people are displaced, harmed, and killed. Governments at the COP28 Climate Talks must take real action for a full, fair, funded, and fast phaseout of fossil fuels. 

Oil Change International Reaction to the Establishment of the UN Loss and Damage Fund

Unprecedented, countries finalized the creation of a fund to compensate countries for loss and damage caused by the climate crisis on the first day of the UN Climate Change Conference. 

COP28 Media Advisory

As we head towards UN Climate Talks in Dubai starting next week, this media advisory outlines our expectations, themes we'll be covering, upcoming data and briefings, and more.

Fossil Fuel Production Rises Under the Inflation Reduction Act, Exacerbating Environmental Injustice

The Inflation Reduction Act and U.S. President Joe Biden's policies fail to reduce fossil fuel production or alleviate impact on environmental justice communities, according to a new briefing by Oil Change International.