The fossil fuel industry is not going to design its own demise. Instead, they seem to have no problem enabling the production of the biggest driver of our climate crisis.

Why @antonioguterres speech to #UNGA this morning is so important. A thread 🧵
Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon & Shell all reported record profits for 2022, a year in which Russia's war on Ukraine collided with the post-pandemic economic recovery to drive oil prices to their highest levels in history.
cbsnews.com/news/exxon-che…
Together, the four companies saw $1 TRILLION in sales last year. TotalEnergies and BP are still due to report their 2022 financial results next week. These obscene profits of the fossil fuel industry are jarring when set two broader contexts...
First, many are struggling to afford basic heating, cooling and food needs. High energy prices are one of the leading factors driving inflation, and those prices are getting embedded into every facet of daily life, not least at the gas pump
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Second, fossil fuels are the biggest driver of the climate crisis. Coal, oil and gas are responsible for 86% of CO2 emissions in the past decade alone...but the industry would love for us to think otherwise.
The lies run deep + long. Last month new research showed that #ExxonKnew. Their scientists predicted global warming with shocking accuracy yet repeatedly exaggerated climate science uncertainties. Read an important thread from report author @GeoffreySupran
While oil and gas companies (not just Exxon) have a long track record of denying climate change, the industry’s messaging has shifted into high gear and is now operating with a sophistication that we’ve never seen before in ways more effective than outright climate science denial
By downplaying the urgency of the climate crisis, the industry has new tools to delay efforts to curb fossil fuel emissions. This also allows the industry to tout false solutions such as CCS and offsets
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Even the very notion of a personal carbon footprint was first popularized by BP as part of a $100 million per year marketing campaign between 2004 and 2006. It misdirects attention to personal responsibility rather than the industry at large
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Meanwhile, even the @IEA says there must be no new oil and gas fields or coal mines, and global clean energy investment needs to triple by 2030 plus immediate and rapid transition away from fossil fuel production
iea.org/news/world-ene…
With their backs against the wall, the fossil fuel industry is scrambling, sending more lobbyists to the climate summit each year & now planting themselves to dictate these negotiations. Even officials for #COP28 this year feature more & more oil execs theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…
We cannot meet Paris Agreement goals without int'l cooperation to explicitly tackle all fossil fuels (& the industry) head on via mechanisms like #FossilFuelTreaty to apply pressure to include laggards in a common framework or #BOGA to unite progressive countries
#JustTransition

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Nov 3, 2022
A 🧵on a new tool we are launching today with @SussexUni that is mapping & tracking forward looking supply-side policies worldwide. So far it has:

❌ 180 moratoria, bans & limits
⬇️ 32 subsidy reduction policies
💰 1,539 divestment pledges
🙋‍♀️ 71 #FossilFuelTreaty endorsements
@SussexUni For decades, we have been encouraging governments to address fossil fuels directly, knowing that they are the biggest driver of climate change. But what is actually happening in the world and who is in the lead? This new Fossil Fuel Tracker helps answer that.
@SussexUni All major scientific reports show new fossil fuel projects are incompatible with a livable planet yet self-proclaimed climate leaders keep approving new poisonous projects to the detriment of public health, biodiversity & security.
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Nov 3, 2022
A big 🧵of 8 events at #COP27 that you won't want to miss.

View all #FossilFuelTreaty events that are happening over the coming weeks at fossilfueltreaty.org/events
1. First off, this Tuesday, join our event on how to manage a global just transition in the @ilo pavilion.

Speakers include:
@Tzeporah Berman
Fleur Ramsay of @EDOLawyers
@disharavii of @fridays_india
+ more to be announced soon
2. Then on Thursday hear a #tedx talk from @Fridays4future leaders sharing stories from around the world of young people taking on the fossil fuel industry.

You won't want to miss:
🇺🇬 @NakabuyeHildaF of @Fridays4FutureU
🇵🇭 @mitzijonelle of @YACAPhilippines

4pm @ the @CYPavilion
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Nov 2, 2022
Today we see faith institutions representing 1.5B+ persons call for a #FossilFuelTreaty in response to govt action being "painstakingly slow & catered too much to the reckless & deceptive fossil fuel corporations"🧵

Read their letter: fossilfueltreaty.org/faith-letter
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Religious institutions have led the way on divesting from fossil fuels, playing a vital role in major climate mobilization. They now join this #FossilFuelTreaty call "to remedy the decades of negligence" & "heal the planet & people alike" as stated in their letter.
Faith leaders are part of a growing movement that recognizes fossil fuels are the greatest contributor to climate change. That list includes the likes of @WHO, European Parliament, Vanuatu, 101 Nobel Laureates and leading academics. See the full list: fossilfueltreaty.org
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Nov 2, 2022
🌍As #COP27 is about to begin, @Luisamneubauer @FoEint @CANEurope @Global_Witness @Germanwatch @ciel_tweets @amisdelaterre @AlbaGlezVilla & +100 signatories urge European govts to grasp this historic moment & act as true climate leaders.

#DontGasAfrica

dont-gas-africa.org/open-letter-eu…
New fossil #gas in Africa would:

🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏿Destroy livelihoods, public health & biodiversity
💰 Undermine African development, saddling countries with more debt & stranded assets
☀️Prevent finance going to energy access & a transition to clean energy in Africa

dont-gas-africa.org/open-letter-eu…
.@EU_Commission 🇪🇺 needs to stop jeopardizing Africa’s development & access to electricity. Instead, as @marietouss1 says, EU leaders must support a #JustTransition in the continent & accelerate a renewable based energy system globally.

#DontGasAfrica

dont-gas-africa.org/open-letter-eu…
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Nov 2, 2022
Going to #COP27?

You'll want to go see @mitzijonelle & @NakabuyeHildaF give this #TEDx talk on the ways young people around the world are standing up to the fossil fuel industry.

📆 Thurs 10th Nov
📌 @CYPavilion

See 🧵for more details. Image
The event will be hosted by @Fridays4future in the new Children and Youth Pavilion @CYPavilion in the Blue Zone at @COP27P.

Be there on Thursday 10th November, kicking off just after 4pm. Image
You won't want to miss these two:

🔥 @mitzijonelle, with @FFFMAPA & founder of @YACAPhilippines (who we're also honored to have on our International Steering Committee)

🔥 @NakabuyeHildaF founder of @Fridays4FutureU and #StopEACOP activist. Image
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Oct 20, 2022
🚨 Breaking 🚨 The European Parliament just called for nation-states to “work on developing a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty” in its formal #COP27 resolution.

This is a major development in the global push for a #FossilFuelTreaty.

More at fossilfueltreaty.org/eu or in 🧵
Just 3 weeks ago, H.E. President Nikenike Vurobaravu, President of Vanuatu, invited governments to join them in developing a #FossilFuelTreaty at #UNGA – sparking a wave of diplomatic support for the proposal, including now in the European Parliament. fossilfueltreaty.org/vanuatu
In recent weeks we have seen displays of public support for a #FossilFuelTreaty from the:
🇻🇺 President of Vanuatu
🇹🇱 President of Timor-Leste @JoseRamosHorta1
🇹🇻 Tuvalu Foreign Minister @Simon_Kofe
🇳🇿 NZ Climate Minister @jamespeshaw
🇻🇦 Vatican
@WHO fossilfueltreaty.org/endorsements
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