Breaking Big Oil's grip: With the founder of the Fossil Fuel Treaty

We’re in the midst of a climate emergency, but also the biggest energy transition in human history. Every year the amount of renewable energy capacity coming on stream around the world sets new records, and grew by a staggering fifty per cent in 2023 (1). But at the same time there’s been a surge in new oil and gas exploration, particularly from some of the world’s wealthiest countries (2). We’re at a critical moment, but how do we break the grip of Big Oil?

We’re delighted to welcome Canadian environmental activist and campaigner Tzeporah Berman, founder of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, a global plan to halt the expansion of fossil fuels, manage an equitable phase-out, and lay the foundations for a true just energy transition across the world in which no worker, community or country is left behind.

Come and hear Tzeporah speak about how the idea for this global treaty came about, how the campaign for the treaty has grown over its five years of life, where she expects things to go from here – and what we can do in London.

Tzeporah has been designing and winning campaigns in Canada and internationally for 30 years. She is the co-founder and International Program Director at Stand.earth and the former co-director of Greenpeace International’s Climate Energy Programme. She publishes and speaks widely on fossil fuels and climate change, and is the author of This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge. In 2019, Tzeporah was awarded the Climate Breakthrough Award to develop a bold new global climate strategy and in 2024 she was named among TIME’s 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders.

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(1) Renewables 2023: Analysis and forecast to 2028 published by the International Energy Agency https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/96d66a8b-d502-476b-ba94-54ffda84cf72/Renewables_2023.pdf

(2) 'Revealed: wealthy Western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion' in the Guardian 24 July 2024  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/new-oil-gas-emission-data-us-uk