Oil Change International response to the UN synthesis report
“Today’s national climate plans (NDCs) synthesis report makes it crystal clear: without trillions in climate finance, most countries cannot deliver on their climate plans."
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G20 Ministers Signal Need for Scaled Public Climate Finance, Must Deliver at Baku Climate Talks
Today G20 Foreign Affairs, Finance, and Environment Ministers released a communique following their final meeting as the Task Force on a Global Mobilization against Climate Change (TF-CLIMA)
New Briefing: Why Norway’s Blue Hydrogen Fantasy is Over Before It Started
For the first time, this comprehensive briefing brings together evidence to demonstrate that Norway's plans for blue hydrogen are unrealistic and economically unsound.
New Website: Oil and gas companies threaten three iconic African deltas
Today, Oil Change International is launching an innovative data visualization website that highlights the threat of oil drilling to three iconic African Deltas: the Niger Delta in Nigeria, Saloum in Senegal, and Okavango in Botswana.
World Energy Outlook Exposes Governments’ Climate Action Shortfall
The International Energy Agency’s flagship annual report, the World Energy Outlook (WEO), is a widely recognized energy analysis that explores key trends in energy supply and demand. One year since governments around the world pledged to transition away from fossil fuels at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, the WEO lays bare how much work is left to do for governments to follow through with the policies and funding needed for a livable planet.
Ahead of critical OECD talks, international civil society organizations demand an end to $41 billion a year in fossil fuel financing
As crucial negotiations loom on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) rules for export financing for energy, over 40 environmental, climate, human rights, and development organizations from around the world demand that OECD governments conclude negotiations to end export finance support for fossil fuels..
Ahead of high-level ministerial, rich countries urged to support adoption of a global, debt-free climate finance target of at least $1 trillion annually
Ahead of the high-level ministerial dialogue on the new global climate finance target (NCQG) this week in Baku, climate experts urge rich countries to stop dragging their feet and support an agreement on at least $1 trillion annually in grants and grant-equivalent finance at COP29.
New Analysis: Over 3 Billion Euro of EU Taxpayer Money Wasted on Failing Carbon Capture Projects
Despite over 50 years of failure and billions in wasted investments, governments continue to push carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at upcoming international forums, including in the EU and Asia.
Oil Change International response to G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial meeting outcome
“Barely one year after the unprecedented COP28 decision to transition away from fossil fuels, the G20 seems to be suffering from collective amnesia. Producing a communiqué on the energy transition in 2024 that fails to even mention fossil fuels is absurd and deeply concerning. It raises questions about whether countries are serious about their international climate commitments."
Norwegian company contributes to disastrous oil drilling near a vulnerable Unesco area
The Oslo-based oil and gas company BW Energy seems ready to contribute to an environmental disaster and human rights violations in the form of oil drilling near the Unesco-certified Okavango Delta in Namibia and Botswana. Today, Oil Change International sent a letter to the CEO of BW Energy, Carl Krogh Arnet. We ask him to provide information about human rights violations and environmental damage associated with the project. The project may conflict with Norwegian law.