A fair share analysis finds current pledges from wealthy countries fall much further below the mark than previously understood, demonstrating the need for international climate action on fossil fuel production.
Building on previous CSO Equity Reviews, the 2021 report includes:
* Thirteen country profiles to demonstrate the diversity of challenges and opportunities in addressing fossil fuel production at the national as well as international level, and highlights real-world problems playing out in key countries; “Fossil fuels are the biggest driver of global heating. The lack of coordinated international action, based on principles of equity and justice, is a huge barrier to addressing the climate crisis. This report outlines how governments if they listen to their people, could begin this historic and necessary shift,” commented Harjeet Singh, of Climate Action Network International and the Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.
• Prioritise international cooperation with fossil fuel-dependent countries that are least able to adjust by providing resources for renewable energy systems, workers’ and communities’ just transitions, as well as broader economic diversification and transformation;
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