Submissions
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
The Global Parliamentarians’ Inquiry into the Progress of Fossil Fuels Phase Out found that careful planning and international coordination are essential to meet the twin challenges of phasing out fossil fuels rapidly enough to avoid catastrophic climate change, while ensuring the transition is equitable and just.
In this context, momentum is building behind the proposal to complement the Paris Agreement with a new international mechanism explicitly focussed on managing a just transition away from coal, oil and gas – a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The Fossil Fuel Treaty proposal is now spearheaded by a growing bloc of 11 nation-states across 4 continents. The proposal has also been endorsed by the European Parliament, the World Health Organisation, 100 cities and subnational governments and hundreds of parliamentarians globally.
World Commission on Fossil Fuels, Climate & Development
Efforts are growing to fill the governance gap surrounding fossil fuel phaseout. In addition to your important initiative, efforts such as the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance, and the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, clearly show the demand to fill this gap in international, national and even subnational level governance.
A World Commission on Fossil Fuels, Climate, and Development is a promising next step towards building the greater collaboration and knowledge base needed to organize a phaseout of fossil fuels.
The Commission can help inform, elevate, harmonize and amplify these efforts and more still to come.