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.

Funding Failure: The True Cost of Carbon Capture in the UK

Prime Minister Keir Stamer paints a bleak picture of the economic situation in the UK, announcing worsening economic and social pressures. The thing is, there is money. It is just being spent on the wrong things. The UK has already spent or committed nearly £500 million on CCS projects since 2010. £168 million of this was spent between 2012 and 2016 on two projects (Peterhead and White Rose) that failed to get off the ground. Policies announced since 2020 have made available £25.26 billion for CCS and hydrogen projects. Only a fraction of this has been committed to date. This is enough to fund the total 2023 winter fuel allowance payout 12 times over.

Report: Countries could shift almost USD 28 billion/year from fossil fuels to jump-start the energy transition—if they follow through on their pledges

The Glasgow Statement on public finance requires signatories to end new direct overseas support for fossil fuels by the end of 2022 and fully prioritize finance for a clean and just energy transition. But only a handful of signatories have begun to turn these pledges into action.

Using international public finance to unlock a just transition: key trends and opportunities

This briefing explains why financial flows to fossil fuels matter and how to use the data provided by the Public Finance for Energy Database to help secure a just energy transition.

Statement: CSOs call on world leaders to end public finance for fossil fuels in 2021

One day before world leaders meet to discuss the energy transition at the United Nations High Level Dialogue on Energy, more than 200 civil society organizations (CSOs) from over 40 countries have released a statement calling on world leaders to end international public finance for coal, oil and gas. 

Doubling Back and Doubling Down: G20 Scorecard on Fossil Fuel Funding

In this new report we consider recovery commitments and pre-pandemic policies to rank G20 countries' progress in phasing out support to fossil fuels. We find at least USD 584 billion per year between 2017 and 2019 in public support for fossil fuels from G20 governments. 

G20 Coal Subsidies: Tracking Government Support to a Fading Industry

G20 governments continue to provide billions of dollars for the production and consumption of fossil fuels. This report finds that they provide at least USD $63.9 billion per year in government support to the production and consumption of coal alone, with almost three-quarters of the support identified being directed to coal-fired power production.

Risking It All: How Export Development Canada’s Support for Fossil Fuels Drives Climate Change

This report reveals the disconnect between Canada’s promises on climate change and the actions of its official export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), in propping up the oil and gas industry.

Sign-on Letter: Oppose Expanding the 45Q Tax Credit for Oil, Gas and Coal Companies

Organizations from frontline communities - where Americans that are most impacted by climate change and the fossil fuel industry live - and organizations working in solidarity with them, are urging lawmakers to reject the FUTURE Act (S.1535) and the Carbon Capture Act (H.R.1379) - and to oppose its inclusion in a tax policy package.

Sign-on Letter: No Subsidies for Enhanced Oil Production

More than 30 environmental, public health, consumer, and climate groups delivered a letter to members of Congress in opposition to the FUTURE Act (S.1535) and Carbon Capture Act (H.R.3761) - and any attempts in a tax policy package to extend or expand subsidies for enhanced oil production.

Financing Climate Disaster: How Export Credit Agencies Are a Boon for Oil and Gas

The U.S. Export-Import Bank (USEXIM) is the third-largest supporter of fossil fuels among all G20 countries, according to a new report out today from Oil Change International, Friends of the Earth U.S., and WWF's European Policy Office.