A first-of-its-kind alliance of governments committed to an ambitious and managed phase-out of oil and gas production. Co-chaired by Denmark🇩🇰 and Quebec.
Meet the members of the
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
🌏. We are thrilled to announce the membership of Quebec, France🇫🇷, Sweden🇸🇪, Ireland🇮🇪, Wales🏴 & Greenland🇬🇱 as Core Members and California, Portugal🇵🇹 & New Zealand🇳🇿 as Associate Members and Italy🇮🇹 as Friends of
#BOGA
#COP26
The push for all fossil fuels to be included in the
#COP27
cover text continues.
The science is clear.
#BOGA
is clear. We need action on all fossil fuels.
#PhaseOutFossils
Momentum is growing for the phase out of ALL fossil fuels to be included in the UNFCCC cover text ✍️
#BOGA
's position is clear - we need a managed, just phase out of oil and gas production
#PhaseOutFossils
Tomorrow we officially launch the
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
🌏 Tune in to find out which governments have committed to delivering an ambitious, managed and just transition away from oil and gas production 🚫🛢
#ClimateAction
#COP26
#BOGA
is committed to:
👉 raising 🌏 climate ambitions
👉 aligning oil and gas production with the Paris Agreement
👉 creating an international community of practice around supporting and managing a just and equitable phase-out of oil and gas production
The members of the
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
were thrilled to have had our first meeting yesterday, continuing the momentum from our launch at
#COP26
. We need to keep raising 🌏 climate ambitions and continue transitioning away from oil & gas production 🚫🛢
#BOGA
#ClimateAction
One year ago today, the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) launched at
#COP26
, with 11 founding members
One year on, BOGA’s mission, to deliver a managed, just
#phaseout
of oil and gas production, has never been more important 🚫🛢
Today’s
@IPCC_CH
report shows that we need a managed phase out of oil and gas, now
#BOGA
members are leading the way by:
🛑 Halting new licensing rounds
📉 Setting Paris Aligned end dates for existing production
🌍 Working to establish a just, global phase out
We're excited to announce that Siân Bradley starts as Head of the
#BOGA
Secretariat on Jun 6. Siân has been a leader in BOGA's coalition, chairing our launch event at COP26, & brings extensive experience leading work on climate risk & transition pathways.
We need to transition away from oil and gas🚫🛢️ The
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
is creating an international community of practice for governments who want a just phase-out of oil and gas production.
#BOGA
#ClimateAction
Another year, another full house for
@beyondoilgas
!
Congratulations to our new members Spain 🇪🇸 Samoa 🇼🇸Kenya 🇰🇪, and to Colombia 🇨🇴 and Kenya as the first recipients of BOGA’s Fund 👏
Momentum for a
#FossilFuelPhaseOut
at
#COP28
is growing! Join us.
The science is clear: there is no future for oil and gas in a 1.5º 🌏. The
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
is the first initiative to help governments move beyond oil and gas!
#BOGA
#COP26
BOGA members restated their call this evening, as part of the High Ambition Coalition
“This COP decision must put the world on a path to phasing out all fossil fuels and an urgent, just transition to renewables”
#HAC
press release below ⬇️
“The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance raises the bar for climate action. If we want to address the climate crisis, we need a managed but decisive phase out of oil and gas production." -
@AndreaMeza76
🇨🇷
#BOGA
#ClimateAction
“Costa Rica and Denmark are spearheading efforts to build the world’s first diplomatic alliance to manage the decline of oil and gas production.” - CNBC 🇩🇰🇨🇷
#BOGA
#COP26
#BOGA
applauds Colombia’s announcement at
#WEF
last week 👏👏👏
“This decision is absolutely urgent and needs immediate action”
@IreneVelezT
@petrogustavo
We stand ready to support 🇨🇴
“Acting now saves what will be jarring and devastating consequences later”
🇳🇿 Prime Minister
@jacindaardern
on why New Zealand banned the future permitting of offshore oil and gas exploration, and on how important a
#JustTransition
is.
#BOGA
@ChathamHouse
Today at
#COP27
France 🇫🇷 hosted the first
#BOGA
Ministerial
Ahead of Wednesday’s side event, Ministers and high level representatives discussed the Alliance’s progress through 2022 and its strategic direction for the year ahead ↗️
#TogetherForImplementation
#ClimateAmbition
“When I talk to scientists, citizens and activists, they all want one thing more than anything else: bold and tangible action. That is what the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance is here to deliver.” -
@DanJoergensen
🇩🇰
#BOGA
The phase out of oil and gas is a matter of survival for the Pacific Islands 🌏
Last week at
#LDC5
, we welcomed Tuvalu as a core member of
#BOGA
👏
This week, we join the 🇻🇺 and 🇹🇻 led Pacific Ministerial Dialogue on a Global
#JustTransition
Thank you for your leadership
🔊Starting now:
#BOGA
’s
#COP27
side event on ‘Moving Beyond Oil and Gas’ with two brilliant panels, and some special announcements! Join us:
➡️ Room 5 (Memphis), UNFCCC Blue Zone
➡️ Live online
Are you passionate about raising global climate ambition? The Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance is looking to hire someone to lead the Secretariat and do just that!
Click here for more information and how to apply 👉
#BOGA
#ClimateAction
“The battle to keep the 1.5-degree goal alive will be won or lost in this decade” —UN Secretary-General
@antonioguterres
#BOGA
aims to raise global climate ambition to ensure this goal will be won in this decade.
#ClimateAction
Thanks to all who joined us at
#COP27
yesterday
The interest and energy shows that
#BOGA
’s mission is more relevant than ever
We need to act NOW to deliver an orderly, just
#phaseout
and avoid another
#fossilfuel
crisis
🧵A quick summary of yesterdays announcements (1/4)
Today we convened a Ministerial Roundtable on
#JustTransitions
for
#oilandgas
producers alongside the 2023 World Bank IMF
#SpringMeetings
Participants highlighted the urgent need for support for producer countries, to help them plan for a future beyond oil and gas (1/2)
The push for the phase out of all fossil fuels at
#COP28
begins
“We’re not saying turn off the taps from one day to another”says
@DanJoergensen
“We’re saying, let’s have a managed transition”
We welcome the ‘Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific’ 👏👏👏
The Call urges countries, including major oil and gas producers, to join
#BOGA
Looking forward to working with you 🇻🇺🇹🇻🇹🇴🇫🇯🇳🇺🇸🇧
Full text here ⬇️
#BOGA
will create an 🌏 community of practice that can support governments in managing a just and equitable phase-out of oil and gas production🚫🛢️ Learn more here:
The
@UNEP_FI
2021 Production Gap Report says that to limit🌏 temperature increase to 1.5º, gas production needs to go ⬇️. The
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
is determined to set an end date for oil and gas exploration and extraction
#ClimateAction
#COP26
The
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
🌏 continues to move forward towards the goal of delivering an ambitious, managed and just transition away from oil and gas production🚫🛢
#ClimateAction
#BOGA
is hiring! Join the Secretariat team and help redefine
#climateleadership
➡️ Senior Policy Advisor, Climate and Energy Diplomacy
➡️ Senior Policy Advisor, Transition Pathways
➡️ Lead, Strategic Communications
Apply by 12 February, details below
‘Pacific nations will continue to spearhead global efforts to achieve an unqualified, equitable end to the world’s dependence on fossil fuels’
@RRegenvanu
🇻🇺
@SPaeniu
🇹🇻
At
#COP28
, BOGA stands united in our commitment to align
#oiland
gas production with the Paris Agreement.
We urge all parties to join us in calling for the global phase out of all fossil fuels and a
#justtransition
away from
#oilandgas
.
#COP27
is officially underway and
#BOGA
’s mission, as a global alliance of governments and stakeholders working together to facilitate the managed phase-out of oil and gas production, is more relevant than ever.
Join us at COP27 and online 👉
#TogetherForImplementation
🔊 ‘Multiple crises have now demonstrated the risks associated with our dependence on oil and gas. Our direction of travel must continue to be away from oil and gas dependency, and it must accelerate.’
Read our statement on the
#EnergyCrisis
⬇️
#BOGA
It was an honour to partner with the Pacific Islands Forum
@ForumSEC
and the Government of Fiji 🇫🇯 on Wednesday’s dialogue
Forum members and BOGA co-chair Denmark 🇩🇰 discussed the urgent need for a
#JustTransition
away from oil and gas, globally and in the Pacific
(1/4)
Welcome support for
#BOGA
from the European Parliament today. Its
#COP27
Resolution:
📣 Welcomes the COP26 launch of the BOGA
📣 Stresses the imperative of BOGA’s objectives
📣 Calls on EU Members & parties to the
#ParisAgreement
to join BOGA
Full text:
Join our team and help us to redefine
#climate
leadership. We are recruiting for three exciting new roles: senior policy officer, communications officer and operations manager.
Today’s World Energy Outlook from the
@IEA
reaffirms the direction of travel for oil and gas producers🛢
A
#NetZero
world means no need for new oil and gas licensing rounds, and a managed decline of oil and gas production in line with the Paris Agreement 📉
#WEO22
#BOGA
World Energy Outlook 2022 is out!
It shows energy markets & policies are changing profoundly as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Today’s crisis promises to be a historic turning point towards a cleaner & more secure energy system
Read more ⬇️
Join BOGA at
#COP27
to hear more about Alliance’s progress through 2022, it’s plans for the year ahead
Wednesday November
13.15-14.45
In person in the Blue Zone (Room 5 Memphis)
Online on the UNFCCC livestream
Details in the link ⬇️
Final panel of speakers confirmed for
#BOGA
’s
#COP27
side event on ‘Moving Beyond Oil and Gas’ today!
Join us:
➡️ Room 5 (Memphis), UNFCCC Blue Zone
➡️ Live online
The science is clear. We need a dramatic shift in the way that we provide and use energy. The
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
🌏 is here to lead that shift. Learn more about
#BOGA
here:
By popular demand: we’re extending the deadline to join our growing team by 1 week to Wednesday, June 1.
We are
#NowHiring
for three exciting new roles: senior policy advisor, communications officer and operations manager.
#ClimateJobs
#Environment
👇
Alongside the dialogue, we were delighted to confirm Vanuatu as our latest member 👏
Vanuatu 🇻🇺 is the fourth
#PIF
member to join
#BOGA
, alongside New Zealand 🇳🇿, Tuvalu 🇹🇻, and Fiji 🇫🇯
Congratulations
@VMofaicet
@RRegenvanu
(4/4)
Foreign Minister Napat hands over Vanuatu's Declaration to joining the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance (BOGA) to the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Hon. Dan Jørgensen. BOGA is co-chaired by Denmark.
📅 Don't miss our series of
@beyondoilgas
events today at
#COP28
with our Ministerial Meeting and high profile announcements 🚨
Please also join us for a drinks reception at the BOGA Pavilion from 6pm to round off
#EnergyDay
🥂
Danish Development and Global Climate Minister 🇩🇰
@DanJoergensen
said:
“As a significant producer, Colombia’s intention to end oil and gas production demonstrates great international leadership on the journey to a fossil fuel free world” 👏
3/4
🔗
🚨 Join us at 3pm for a
#COP28
@beyondoilgas
call to action on securing an agreement to
#phaseout
all
#fossilfuels
at COP28.
Our members will be at Press Conference Room 1 urging all Parties to raise ambition as we enter the final negotiations.
To keep the goal of 1.5C degrees alive and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, oil and gas production need to ⬇️. The
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
is committed to delivering a just transition away from oil and gas production.
#ClimateAction
.
@antonioguterres
, UN Secretary-General, made his 2022 priorities very clear. One of which is to stop the expansion of oil and gas exploration. The
#BeyondOilAndGasAlliance
🌏 is committed to ending oil and gas exploration. 🚫🛢️
With its decision to join BOGA, Colombia takes a significant step forwards
🌱 Signalling it will work towards a just, equitable phase out of oil production
🌎 Strengthening global calls for the phase out of all fossil fuels
4/4
🔗
New leaders were also announced 👏
Washington is the second 🇺🇸 state to join
#BOGA
, as a core member
Chile 🇨🇱 and Fiji 🇫🇯 were announced as friends
Kenya 🇰🇪 became the first African state to say it will be a friend of BOGA
Tuvalu 🇹🇻 announced its intention to join
(3/4)
#BOGA
is hiring! Join the Secretariat team and help end the fossil fuel era.
➡️ Lead, Strategic Communications
➡️ Senior Policy Advisor, Transition Pathways
➡️ Senior Policy Advisor, Climate and Energy Diplomacy
‼️New closing date, 17 February‼️
BOGA vs OPEC
“We must be realistic. The fossil fuel sector will not unwind itself, nor can it, in isolation. We must plan for an orderly, just transition aligned with 1.5C, rather than risking the abrupt closure of uneconomic oil and gas production.”
Our $10 million fund will help Global South governments develop their vision of a ‘beyond’ oil and gas economy, and the analysis, plans and policies required to deliver it
The first call for Expressions of Interest is now open. Read more here ⬇️ (2/2)
The Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance🌏 is looking for a committed & experienced professional to serve as Head of Secretariat.
Interested? Apply here 👉
#BOGA
#GreenJobs
En nombre del gobierno colombiano, en mi calidad de ministro de
@MinEnergiaCo
firmé un importante convenio para convertirnos en un país amigo de la iniciativa mundial BOGA -
“Más Allá del Petróleo y el Gas”.
Una alianza suscrita entre Dan Jørgensen, Ministro de Cooperación,
Yesterday’s
#BOGA
reception at the
#BonnClimateConference
provided an update on the Alliance’s progress since
#COP26
and a space to discuss how to advance action on oil & gas supply within the
@UNFCCC
.
Thanks to 🇩🇰🇫🇷🇸🇪 & Quebec for their opening remarks, and to all who joined!
The dialogue built upon last month’s Port Vila Call for Just Transition to a
#FossilFuelFree
Pacific, which urged countries to join
#BOGA
Forum Members stressed the need for collective action and for partnerships that support a just transition
(3/4)
Leadership from the Co-Chairs of the Climate & Energy Summit
‘The beginning of the end of the
#fossilfuel
era is in sight, but it needs to be accelerated if the 1.5c goal is to be met. A recognition of this from
#COP28
would provide important guidance for an orderly transition’
There are just 2 months left before
#COP28
Today in Madrid, 🇪🇸 Vice-President
@Teresaribera
& I co-chaired a Summit of some 40 countries from across 5 continents to build ambition & action in line with keeping the 1.5C goal in reach
Read our summary ⬇️
We also announced a
#BOGA
fund, with initial support of $10 million
The fund will help developing countries access the support they require for a
#JustTransition
Full press release here ⬇️
#TogetherForImplementation
(4/4)
The EU Parliament Resolution for
#COP28
➡️ Reiterates support for BOGA
➡️ Stresses the imperative of BOGA’s objective to set an end date for oil and gas production
➡️ Calls on all 🇪🇺 Member States and other Parties to the Paris Agreement to join BOGA
Final panel of speakers confirmed for
#BOGA
’s
#COP27
side event on ‘Moving Beyond Oil and Gas’ today!
Join us:
➡️ Room 5 (Memphis), UNFCCC Blue Zone
➡️ Live online
Colombian Minister for Energy and Mines 🇨🇴
@andrescamachom_
, said:
“From today, we will focus our efforts on collaborating with
#BOGA
to work together to advance, not only our energy transition, but also our economic transition”
2/4
🔗
@DanJoergensen
welcomed 🇲🇭 to the Alliance:
“The Republic of the Marshall Islands has always been a first mover, through its commitment to 1.5c and its leadership of the
#HAC
. Now it is becoming a central voice in the global conversation on fossil fuel phase out”
Through 2022
#BOGA
continued implementation:
➡️ Sweden, Quebec and Portugal banning extraction
➡️ California acting to protect communities from drilling
➡️ France banning overseas fossil fuel finance
🇵🇹 Portugal is now a core
#BOGA
member 👏
#TogetherForImplementation
(2/4)
If you're passionate about global
#ClimateAction
, today is the LAST DAY to apply to join our growing team! Apply now to join the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance
#BOGA
Secretariat!
#HiringNow
!
New
#ProductionGap
report warns that fossil fuel production remains out of line with the Paris Agreement 🌎
Planned production by 2030 is double what’s required under a 1.5c pathway 📈
@beyondoilgas
members are committed to the
#phaseout
required 🧵
"Expanding the climate commitment within and beyond the G7" was a key priority for the
#G7
Finance Ministers' meetings last week. We invite you to join
#BOGA
and work with us on a green transition, creating jobs, economic and energy security.
We are here with a clear mandate, to secure an agreement to phase out fossil fuels at
#COP28
Yesterday, we called on all Parties to support the global
#phaseout
of
#fossilfuels
.
Today, we need to see ambitious and equitable language on phase out.
Members carried these messages into the
#ClimateActionSummit
Powerful words from
@GavinNewsom
“this
#climatecrisis
is a fossil fuel crisis… it’s the burning of oil. It’s the burning of gas. It’s the burning of coal. And we need to call that out” 👏
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