Wondering how a Fossil Fuel Treaty would work and what the legal mechanisms could be to compliment the Paris Agreement and support cooperation between countries to phase out fossil fuels? New briefs just published!

Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative@fossiltreaty.bsky.social · yesterday

How could a global, equitable transition away from fossil fuels look like through a binding global Treaty? 🌎 🤔 We’ve just released a new series of briefing papers exploring the essential architecture of a potential Fossil Fuel Treaty. Read more at FossilFuelTreaty.org/optionspapers

Excellent investigative reporting from @propublica @WeDrilled exposing how the fossil fuel industry helped shape decades of climate research around carbon capture. Carbon capture was never a license to expand oil, gas and coal. projects.propublica.org/carbon-captu...

Carbon Captured

How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself

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Wow!! Thank you Brian Eno @janefonda.com Susan Sarandon, Jameela Jamil and over 200 artists who have added their names in support of @fossiltreaty.bsky.social today!!!

Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative@fossiltreaty.bsky.social · last mo.

🎨🎭🖌️ More than 200 artists, from globally acclaimed names like Brian Eno, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Jameela Jamil and Robert Smith, to regionally celebrated voices such as Mundano in 🇧🇷, La Linterna in 🇨🇴 and Misan Harriman in 🇬🇧, have added their names to the global call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty.

International support for a Fossil Fuel Treaty to manage a just transition is stronger than ever before. ⚡️

So sad that this is what it has come to - citizens suing our Federal government because they have gutted climate policy and now in violation of Canada's climate accountability act.

Ecojustice@ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 2mo ago

See you in court, Prime Minister Carney. LEARN MORE >> ecojustice.ca/news/youth-u... @environmentaldefence.ca @cape-acme.bsky.social

The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly. Don’t miss this epic article by Jonathon Watts of the Guardian where he explores “fossil fuel fascism” and the role of China as a rising electrostate. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts

China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock

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Really enjoyed this frank discussion about the First International Conference on Fossil Fuel Phase Out in Santa Marta and the growing support for @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Climate Emergency Forum@climateeforum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Santa Marta made history: 60 nations met in Colombia to plan the first ever global fossil fuel phase‑out, not just “net zero” emissions. Watch Tzeporah Berman on why we need a Fossil Fuel Non‑Proliferation Treaty now. @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social @tzeporah.bsky.social youtu.be/Y822TASaJHk

Don’t miss this incredibly important piece by @harjeet11.bsky.social An important perspective on how to move forward from Santa Marta on the transition away from fossil fuels.

Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative@fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🖋️ Santa Marta was a turning point for the climate—but to make sure the process succeeds, developing countries must hold the pen, writes Harjeet Singh, Strategic Advisor to the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, in Climate Home News.

The 30-Year Blockade is Over. The Santa Marta Shift has Begun.🌍✊ But who "holds the pen"? 🖋️ Check out the essential DOs & DON’Ts for nations in this new era of climate diplomacy. @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @ciel.org @350.org @canclimateaction.bsky.social @tzeporah.bsky.social @alexraf.bsky.social

👏 Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban public advertisements for both meat and fossil fuel products. Since 1 May, adverts for burgers, petrol cars and airlines have been stripped from billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations. bbc.com/news/article...

Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels

Local politicians say the move is in line with the Dutch capital's environmental targets.

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Lesson 1 from Santa Marta? Hope is Contagious. And nine other takeaways from a week of landmark climate talks. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Santa Marta represents a historic breakthrough: it is the first time we bring together a group of nations willing to act,” said Tzeporah Berman, founder and chair of the Fossil Fuel Non‑Proliferation Treaty Initiative. @tzeporah.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Colombia summit marks ‘historic’ step toward phase-out of fossil fuels

Representatives from nearly 60 countries met in Colombia to discuss a global shift away from fossil fuels, a move Switzerland’s environment ambassador described as a positive step forward.

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What we accomplished in Santa Marta is, simply put, historic. We are building a coalition of ambitious countries willing to lead and break the consensus deadlock that has paralysed concrete action on fossil fuels in the UN negotiations. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout

Nearly 60 countries back voluntary roadmaps to wean world off coal, oil and gas, at conference prompted by frustration with UN climate summits

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I thought I would share some of the strongest statements I heard at the opening plenary on Tuesday. We have come so far. 🇨🇴 Colombia Irene Vélez-Torres “We need a multilateralism without de facto vetoes” www.fossilfueltreaty.org/santa-marta-...

Santa Marta Opening Plenary — Fossil Fuel Treaty

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Santa Marta is undoubtedly a historic moment and you can follow the 1st conference transitioning away from fossil fuels here! LIVE NOW: www.youtube.com/live/Va1IBpK...

28 de abril | Plenaria de la Primera Conferencia para la Transición #MásAlláDeLosCombustiblesFósiles

YouTube video by Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible

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The Santa Marta conference "is not trying to replace the COP process. It is trying to do what the COP process has so far been structurally unable to do: create a dedicated political space for the managed decline of fossil fuels."

Tzeporah Berman@tzeporah.bsky.social · 3mo ago

History is made by those who show up, and that is exactly what's happening in Santa Marta. There are 60 countries here, academics from all over the world, Indigenous people, civil society, all here to do one thing: figure out how to phase out fossil fuels. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

History is made by those who show up, and that is exactly what's happening in Santa Marta. There are 60 countries here, academics from all over the world, Indigenous people, civil society, all here to do one thing: figure out how to phase out fossil fuels. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

Fossil Fuel Phaseout Talks Begin With Half The Global Economy

The world’s first fossil fuel phaseout conference gathers 57 countries representing over 50% of global GDP, signaling a major shift in climate policy, energy security and global markets.

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“Historic” and a “coalition of the ambitious.” That’s how @tzeporah.bsky.social describes the conference.

“The path we choose will have real effects. Every increase in fossil fuel production locks in more air pollution, more warming, more fires, more floods and more extreme weather." – @tzeporah.bsky.social, founder & chair of @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social Initiative and co-founder of Stand.earth.

Opinion: Canada is drifting toward petrostate politics, even in B.C.

A province long seen as a climate leader is expanding fossil fuel production and subsidies, a sign of the influence oil and gas interests have in shaping policy

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Will the First Conference on Transitioning from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta be a success? It already is. A quick thread as we kick off the conference in Santa Marta 🧵👇

1/ The era of empty promises is over. 🇨🇴 We’re in Santa Marta for the first-ever global talks on a just, managed, funded exit from dangerous fossil fuels. This is history in motion. @350.org @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @canclimateaction.bsky.social

The climate emergency may be the biggest problem humanity has ever faced. On this podcast episode with @energyintel we talked climate ambition, electrification, international cooperation, and what success in Santa Marta will look like. Listen now 🎧:

In Conversation With: Tzeporah Berman

Tzeporah Berman, founder and chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, discusses what to expect from a landmark diplomatic summit later this month -- the First Conference on…

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New by the chair of the Fossil Fuel Treaty @tzeporah.bsky.social via my desk at @mongabay.com today “The end of fossil fuels is no longer a distant goal; it is an unfolding reality. The task now is to govern it,” she argues ahead of meetings hosted by Colombia & the Netherlands in a couple days:

New treaty to end the fossil fuel era is needed more than ever (commentary)

The fog of war is pervasive, but one thing is clear as “Gulf War 3” escalates: governments around the world are counting the cost of their dependency on oil and gas. “The largest supply disruption in ...

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"The end of fossil fuels is no longer a distant goal; it is an unfolding reality. The task now is to govern it — […] to make the transition fast, fair and orderly — rather than leaving it to be driven by crisis." — @tzeporah.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social in @mongabay.com #FossilTreaty 🙏

New treaty to end the fossil fuel era is needed more than ever (commentary)

The fog of war is pervasive, but one thing is clear as “Gulf War 3” escalates: governments around the world are counting the cost of their dependency on oil and gas. “The largest supply disruption in ...

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“the coalition of courageous, committed countries supporting a Fossil Fuel Treaty represent a pragmatic strategy to overcome inertia in consensus-based negotiations. In 2026, of all years, when wars in fossil fuel heartlands are crippling the planet, it’s time to say enough is enough.”

Through war and the climate emergency, dependence on fossil fuels is an addiction we can't afford. But an inflection point is approaching. The falling cost of renewables, diplomatic processes, and cooperation are converging to expose fossil fuel system's fragility news.mongabay.com/2026/04/new-...

New treaty to end the fossil fuel era is needed more than ever (commentary)

The fog of war is pervasive, but one thing is clear as “Gulf War 3” escalates: governments around the world are counting the cost of their dependency on oil and gas. “The largest supply disruption in ...

news.mongabay.com

Congratulations to Yuvelis Morales, your fearless defence of your lands from fracking is a shining light that so deserves this highest honour-- the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBXk...

Yuvelis Morales Blanco awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize 2026

YouTube video by The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative

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Despite Donald Trump’s best efforts, the US got more electricity from renewables than from fossil gas last month. nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

Building a coalition of the willing, breaking deadlock, planning the transition without blockers at the table: it hit me that no matter what happens, Santa Marta is already a success. This conversation was unthinkable a few years ago. Overton window? Wide open www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock

Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major polluters

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🚨BREAKING NEWS! Pacific nations just made history with a landmark declaration for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific! ✊🌊 Read the Tassiriki Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific 👉 fossilfueltreaty.org/tassiriki-call