Big Oil is Not Part of the Solution

This is the Make or Break Decade for a Safer Climate Future. We’re Short on Time and Institutions like the International Energy Agency (IEA) are Standing in the Way of the Climate Ambition we all know is Needed.

The IEA is being Influenced by the Fossil Fuel Industry and by Governments, like the Trump Administration, that are doing everything possible to Protect Big Oil and Gas.

The Climate Crisis is here and any Institution providing Cover to the Fossil Fuel Industry is on the Wrong Side of History.

At the heart of the Problem is the IEA’s World Energy Outlook (WEO), which is seen as the Go-to Report on the Future of Energy.

It informs Countless Financial and Political Decisions on Energy. But it’s got a Fatal Flaw: it Centers a Scenario that would Lead Us to a Catastrophic 3°C of Warming. Even its more Ambitious Scenario has us hitting Net-Zero Emissions 20 years Too Late.

Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director, continues to Push Fossil Fuel Investment, Despite the Science, and is now Doubling Down on his Industry-Friendly approach. Just last week he wrote an Op-Ed for CNN laying out his Vision for a “Grand Coalition” to Reduce Emissions.

Right now, Fatih’s “Grand Coalition” includes the very Companies that Created this Mess in the First Place.

Having Big Oil help Chart our Path out of this Crisis is like Hiring Big Tobacco to Run an Anti-Smoking Ad Campaign.

Big Oil Companies belong in Court, Not around International Policymaking Tables.

For the First time, the Legitimacy of the WEO was Challenged on Climate Grounds in almost All Mainstream Media thanks to Concerned Citizens of the world.

The IEA has a lot to Prove if it wants to Take Part in an Era of Climate Emergency.

If it can’t Shake the Influence of Big Oil, Gas, and Coal, and enabling Governments, it Cannot be seen as Legitimate and Stay within the Critical 1.5˚C Limit set by the Paris Agreement.

We Demand that Powerful International Institutions, Work For Not Against, Bold Climate Action.

CLICK HERE to take Action today by Sending a Message to IEA Leadership.










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