Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance

?? Upcoming webinar: join BOGA and NDC Partnership on Thursday 6 March,?8am-9am EST | 10am-11am BRT | 2pm-3pm CET | 4pm-5pm EAT. The outcomes of the first Global Stocktake (GST) highlighted the urgency of transitioning away from fossil fuels to align with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal. This decade is critical for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the COP29 outcomes reinforced the call for strengthened NDCs that deliver on the global transition towards clean energy systems and away from fossil fuels. ? Meeting the Paris Agreement goals while avoiding an unnecessarily disruptive transition away requires that governments plan for a managed phase-out of fossil fuel supply and demand. With NDCs 3.0 due to be submitted this year, governments have an opportunity to set ambitious targets across all sectors and mobilize public and private finance for a just transition away from fossil fuels. ? This is the first of two webinars in partnership with the NDC Partnership, which will convene partner governments and institutions to explore how NDCs 3.0 can incorporate ambitious and actionable pathways for fossil fuel phase out. This first webinar will highlight the importance of global leadership on the transition away from fossil fuels and introduce the BOGA Fund’s NDC window. Speakers: - Ali Mohamed, Special Envoy for Climate Change, Office of the President, Kenya - Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas, Head of COP30 Office, National Secretariat for Climate Change, Brazil? - Christian Stenberg, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Climate, Energy and Public Utilities, Denmark - Alison Campbell,?Director of the Climate Action Team, UN Secretary General’s Office Learn more and register ???: https://lnkd.in/ep9xndYP Sian Bradley Pablo Abba Vieira Samper

Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance urges governments at #COP29 to agree an ambitious finance outcome that helps accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels ?? On the penultimate day of negotiations at #COP29, the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance (BOGA) released a COP29 Statement and convened a press conference, supported by the European Commission and the #UK ????. Speakers highlighted the importance of delivering an ambitious negotiated agreement to accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels. BOGA members emphasised the need for an #NCQG outcome that helps facilitate implementation of the Global Stocktake #GST including the global energy goals, and for #NDCs that reflect the steps that Parties are taking to deliver an orderly, just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. Speakers included Lars Aagaard, Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Denmark; Susana Muhamad, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia; Tony Agotha, Special Envoy for Climate and Environment Diplomacy, EU; Rachel Kyte, Special Representative for Climate, UK; Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ireland; Kevin Magron, Climate Ambassador, France; Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister of Environment, Sweden; Serge Wilmes, Minister of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, Luxembourg. Moderator: Sian Bradley, Head of Secretariat, Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA). ? Alongside the Statement, BOGA announced a forthcoming NDC window under the $20M BOGA Fund and guidance on reflecting Paragraph 28 of the GST in NDCs, in collaboration with the NDC Partnership. ? BOGA also welcomed #Brazil ???? as a BOGA Fund country, with an initial $400k grant to advance analysis and policy dialogue on transition risk, in line with Brazil’s NDC commitment to advance on the transition away from fossil fuels. ? ?? Read BOGA’s COP29 Statement: https://lnkd.in/g442AWwn? ? ??? Read the Press Release: https://lnkd.in/gGpjZ68u

?? #COP29: Day 10 At the midpoint of week two, the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance convened Ministers to discuss how to make progress on an ambitious outcome at #COP29. Hosted by France ????, the discussion focused on delivering an #NCQG outcome that supports implementation of the #GST, including just transitions from fossil fuels, and that helps facilitate #NDCs that reflect the measures Parties are taking to deliver on Paragraph 28. Members also approved BOGA’s COP29 Statement and discussed their priorities for the following day’s press conference, and for the final days of negotiations. ?? Kevin Magron Eamon Ryan Tina Stege Susana Muhamad Lenora Qereqeretabua Cedric Schuster Romina Pourmokhtari Serge Wilmes Mattias Frumerie Juan Pedro Searle Solar Christian Stenberg Sian Bradley

?? #COP29: Day 3 The?Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance and?European Commission?share a commitment: to accelerating an orderly, just transition away from fossil fuels in Europe, and globally??? At a joint event at?#COP29?last week, we announced a partnership to turn ambition into action??? ? BOGA and the European Commission will work together on: ? ?? Promoting global ambition on the phase out oil and gas?#COP29?#COP30. ? ?? Advancing analysis and dialogue to support an orderly, just and equitable transition in Europe and beyond. ? ?? Strengthening producer-consumer coordination and support for just transitions in oil and gas-dependent developing countries. A huge thanks to our speakers: Ditte Juul J?rgensen, Director General, Energy Directorate,?European Commission;?Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport, Ireland; Mark Bowman, Vice President for Policy and Partnerships,?EBRD;?Laura Remmelgas, Director General, Ministry of Climate Change, Estonia;?Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas, Head of the Extraordinary Office for COP30, Brazil;?Marcelo Mena, CEO, Global Methane Hub;?Kevin Magron, Climate Ambassador, France, and;?Sian Bradley, Head of Secretariat, Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance (BOGA). ?? Watch the event:?https://lnkd.in/gedU-XfE ? ?? Full details on the BOGA and European Commission partnership?https://lnkd.in/gde5ze4s ? #FossilFuelPhaseOut?#ClimateAction?#JustTransition?#BeyondOilAndGas

?? #COP29: Day 1 Where to find BOGA in Baku - events schedule ?? The COP28 UAE Consensus delivered an historic commitment to an orderly, just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. Parties are now arriving at COP29 in Baku with a clear mandate, to deliver a transformative finance outcome that will accelerate implementation of the Global Stocktake (GST), and raise ambition on the global transition away from fossil fuels through the next round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs). The Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance (BOGA) is committed to leading on this agenda. Throughout COP29, BOGA will host joint events with partners including the European Commission and the multilateral development banks (MDBs), and high-profile events including the annual BOGA Ministerial and press conference: ?? Wednesday 13 November, 12.45-1.30pm: Raising Ambition on an Orderly, Just and Equitable Transition Away from Fossils, co-hosted with the European Commission at the Portugal Pavilion, Blue Zone. ?? Friday 15 November, 9.00-10.30am, Joint MBD Pavillion: Scaling just transition finance in oil and gas producing countries, co-hosted with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at the Joint MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone. ?? Week 2 schedule, including BOGA’s annual Ministerial and press conference, to follow. Further details to follow here and on the BOGA website: https://lnkd.in/eqFNc57E #FossilFuelPhaseOut #ClimateAction #JustTransition #BeyondOilAndGas

?? Less than two weeks before #COP29 in Baku, and the key question: how to finance the energy and economic transition required to deliver on the Paris Agreement and facilitate a global transition away from fossil fuels? Last week, at the The World Bank International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings, the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance (BOGA) hosted a roundtable discussion which covered: ?? where and how the global financial architecture presents structural barriers to the transition away from fossil fuels; ? the kinds of systemic risks that an unmanaged, disorderly transition away from fossil fuels might present; ?? the options for enhanced international coordination in support of an orderly, just transition at all levels. The roundtable built on earlier dialogues convened by BOGA, at the World Bank IMF Spring Meetings and New York Climate Action Week (#NYCW24), which explored how to support oil and gas-dependent economies in their just transitions, and how to scale finance the global transition away from fossil fuels. Last week’s discussion focused on the global financial architecture, and the extent to which it helps or hinders transitions. Speakers addressed a range of structural issues, including global debt, tax, and ratings regimes, among others. In each case, their impacts on the global transition away from fossil fuels remain underexplored. Speakers agreed on the urgent need for better understanding on the macroeconomic impacts of the transition and how to manage them, and greater coordination across the global financial architecture - and with reform initiatives such as the? #BridgetownInitiative, the Independent Expert Group on Debt, Nature, and Climate, and the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force - to ensure an orderly, just transition away from fossil fuels. Ten months on from #COP28’s landmark agreement in Dubai, the question of how we establish the enabling conditions required to deliver on GST and its commitment to a global transition away from fossil fuels, remains urgent. Last week’s discussions, and those that BOGA will convene at #COP29, bring us closer to the answers. With thanks to Sarah Bloom-Raskin, Kevin Magron, Emmanuel Guerin, Nick Stern, Vera Songwe, Amar Bhattacharya, and Alison Campbell. #JustTransition #ClimateAction #BeyondOilAndGas #FossilFuelPhaseOut