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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonathan Watts

‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production

There are hopes that the forthcoming Cop 30 can provide an impetus for negotiations on a new treaty to cut out fossil fuels.
There are hopes that the forthcoming Cop 30 can provide an impetus for negotiations on a new treaty to cut out fossil fuels. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images

The fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty initiative aims to sidestep slow-moving UN climate talks by gathering together nations, cities and companies that want to rapidly phase out oil, coal and gas. At the coming Cop30 summit in Belém, it hopes to gather support so it can launch negotiations for a new treaty next year. The group’s founder, Tzeporah Berman, explains why the Amazon rainforest and the global south are an ideal springboard for the movement.

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