Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

🛢️ Fossil fuels are fuelling chaos, threatening our communities, nature, health, and peace. We need a bold global response to end the madness. ⏳ The time for empty promises is over. 🤝 Countries must cooperate and negotiate a binding agreement to halt the expansion of oil, gas, and coal, committing to a just and equitable transition to clean, renewable energy for all. 💚 Join us in calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to protect what we love. 💌 Share this post to spread the message! https://lnkd.in/d37teZs

To fulfill the terms of the Paris Agreement, we need a Fossil Fuel Treaty 📢 COP29 has failed to deliver enough climate finance for small island and developing nations to adapt and protect themselves from climate change. The proposed fossil fuel treaty, currently championed by a growing bloc of 14 nations, would bypass the consensus model, allowing it to overcome opposition and deliver real solutions. A treaty framework would also help address the challenges to access finance and to catalyse international financing for a just transition, including through potential debt financial mechanisms. Read the full press release at 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eXyJJdqZ

“Come together to protect what we love from the threat of fossil fuels.” 💌 On the final day of #COP29, we launched an open letter to global leaders, signed by hundreds of climate champions—renowned actors, writers, scientists, youth activists, and civil society leaders. In this powerful reading, ayshka najib delivers their rallying cry: it’s time for governments to step up, #EndFossilFuels, and chart a new course toward a #FossilFreeFuture. The #FossilFuelTreaty is the missing piece we need to manage a fast and fair transition away from fossil fuels. ✍️ Join us and add your voice to this urgent call for action at the link in the comments below!

Don’t miss tomorrow’s press conference at #COP29! 📅 When: Friday, 22 Nov, 9:30 - 10:00 GMT+4 📍 Where: Press Room – Navatan (Livestream available at the link in the comments below!) Hosted by the #FossilFuelTreaty Initiative, this event will spotlight the urgent need for a global plan to phase out fossil fuels. As negotiations stall on key climate finance commitments, speakers will issue a powerful call for bold action and a just transition to a cleaner, fairer future for all. Join us as climate leaders and advocates demand solutions to tackle the root causes of the climate crisis and ensure that developing nations receive the support they need to lead the way. The time to act is now!

⚠️ “This is the most important COP. If we miss it now, we are all going to be doomed.” At #COP29, developed countries have failed to put a climate finance number on the table after 3 years of talks, 14 meetings, and 10+ days of negotiations. Now, they want to squeeze this critical conversation into the last 24 to 36 hours—a shocking display of bad faith that puts millions in vulnerable nations at risk. Harjeet Singh, Global Engagement Director for the #FossilFuelTreaty Initiative called it out: “It is outrageous to see that developed countries have not even put a number on the table yet. While the draft text acknowledges that the needs are already running into trillions of dollars annually, yet developed countries have not mentioned how big the goal is going to be.” This failure is catastrophic: 🌡️ Mitigation ambition is missing from the text. 💧 Adaptation needs are skyrocketing, yet grants remain vague. 🏚️ Loss and damage costs are in the billions annually, but the text offers empty promises. Developed nations must act boldly and urgently by committing trillions of dollars in grant-based finance. Anything less condemns vulnerable communities to further suffering and pushes the world closer to climate catastrophe.

✨ To everyone who joined us at our strategy brunch and network reception this weekend—thank you for your energy, your ideas, and your unwavering commitment to change. ✨ This weekend, we came together to chart the course for the #FossilFuelTreaty Initiative in 2025. We mapped bold steps on every front: 🌍 Amplifying campaigns and communications to rally a global movement. 🏛️ Building political pathways to secure key resolutions at the UN and beyond. 🤝 Expanding networks and partnerships to strengthen our collective power. 📚 Advancing cutting-edge research to guide the transition to a fossil-free future. 💬 Securing new endorsements—from governments to financial institutions—to grow our momentum. As #COP29 enters its final stretch, we honor the relentless advocates holding the line for an outcome that meets the moment— trillions in public finance to fund adaptation, mitigation, loss and damage, and a just transition. This is a pivotal week, and the stakes couldn't be higher. Together, we are building a movement that will rise above the odds and demand nothing less than the future our planet needs. 💚 The work is far from over, but with all of us united, change is inevitable. Let's make it happen. 💪

📣 BREAKING: #Barcelona Province joins the call for a #FossilFuelTreaty at #COP29! 🇪🇸 At the #FinanceCOP in Baku, the Barcelona Provincial Council officially backed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, joining 14 countries, 120 cities, 4,000 organizations, and nearly a million individuals in calling to #EndFossilFuels. 💬 Marc Serra, President of Climate Action and Energy Transition of the Provincial Council of Barcelona, emphasized: “At COP29, we insisted on the urgency of the energy transition and we cannot invest with one hand to curb the climate emergency and with the other continue to extract oil or gas as if nothing happened.” Supported by data from the Universitat de Barcelona, leaders highlighted that meeting the 1.5°C target means stopping new fossil fuel projects and phasing out existing ones. With its 311 municipalities and 5.7 million residents, Barcelona’s endorsement strengthens the call for better local funding and bold climate leadership. 💪 Together, we can drive the shift toward a #FossilFreeFuture. Will you join the movement? Get your city or local council involved today at the link in the comments below! 📸 Bru Aguiló - Barcelona Regional Government

G20 leaders are failing to live up to their climate responsibilities 📢🌏 Despite last year's COP28 commitment to "transition away from fossil fuels," G20 countries are dodging the need to establish specific obligations around fossil fuel phaseout or climate finance. Read our full press release at 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eK6Aq_2c

“Pessimism is a luxury we simply cannot afford. There are people around the world being harmed today by climate change and fossil fuels, particularly in the Global South where countries least responsible for creating the problem are paying the highest price.”  – Kumi Naidoo, President of Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative Read more about our efforts on the WINDWARD FUND blog. 🔗 Link in comments below.

Highlights from COP29 Azerbaijan 16 November - Today at COP29  – Today at COP29, Wrap-up and Discussions Together with experts and high-level guests, we look back on today’s broadcast, reflect on the conversations, and highlight the main topics of tomorrow’s climate negotiations. Speakers: - David Olsson, COO, We Don't Have Time - Christina Carlmark ♦️, Partnership Manager, We Don't Have Time - Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO & Founder, We Don't Have Time - Anita Soina (The Green MP), Environmental Warrior & Founder, SpiceWarriors Climate & Environmental Organization - Tzeporah Berman, Founder & Steering Committee Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative - Tiana J., Pacific Treaty Champion, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative - Thando Lukuko, Coordinator, South African Climate Action Network and more.. Organizers: We Don't Have Time Youth Climate Action Team Inc.– COP29 Watch the full session here: https://lnkd.in/dr27R5x9 or Follow all sessions from COP29 on: https://lnkd.in/d3FncYpG