Bending the Arc

Earlier this month at the World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest network of governments, Indigenous peoples, scientists,and environmental organizations agreed to a motion calling on governments and institutions to “address the gap in the international governance of the fossil fuels supply…through a variety of international instruments, including a potential Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.”

This is not just another resolution. It is the strongest ever multilateral agreement on fossil fuels in history. This message must echo across the plant and build momentum heading into COP30 in Belém next month and the First International Conference for the Phase Out of Fossil Fuels in Colombia next April.

Kudos to major cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago and Pittsburgh, who have formally joined the call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty. The Chicago City Council also reaffirmed its commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement, underlining how a new international framework on phasing out coal, oil, and gas production can function as a crucial step towards addressing the climate crisis.

Without a commitment to phase out fossil fuels, countries’ climate plans are empty promises, says Sergio Diaz, legal director at the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. Read his full article here.

Follow the work of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative here: https://fossilfueltreaty.org/