Join the fight against fossil fuels

In September, the World Health Organization, along with hundreds of other health organisations, signed a call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT)—a proposed framework for a legally binding transition away from fossil fuels in line with keeping global warming below 1.5°C. The proposed treaty calls for action along three pillars: non-proliferation of any new fossil fuel projects; a fair phase out of existing production, with responsibility for the greatest work falling to the most on wealthy countries; and the fast tracking of a global just transition for workers, communities, and countries.A rapid phase out of fossil fuels is essential. The world is on track to produce more than twice as much coal, oil, and gas by 2030 than is consistent with limiting the rise in global temperature to below 1.5°C of global warming, both from new fossil fuel extraction and existing projects. Even if we exceed 1.5°C, we must…
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