CIVICUS discusses the campaign for a global fossil fuel treaty with human rights advocate Kumi Naidoo, president of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, co-founder of the Global Artivism Initiative and Global Ambassador of Africans Rising.
A decade after the Paris Agreement, fossil fuel production continues to rise. Many governments are still approving new coal, gas and oil projects, threatening the prospects of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC above preindustrial levels. Civil society and a growing number of states are seeking a global Fossil Fuel Treaty to provide a binding roadmap to halt expansion, manage an equitable phase-out and lay the foundations for a just energy transition. The First International Conference for the Phase Out of Fossil Fuels will take place in Colombia in April.
