Achieving a just fossil fuel phase-out

In this podcast, Seán Ó Conláin and Caroline Whyte spoke with Harjeet Singh. Harjeet is the Global Engagement Director at the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative (FFNPT). He is currently also a member of the United Nations' Technical Expert Group on Comprehensive Risk Management. Topics covered in our interview included the history of the FFNPT initiative, its current status, and the next steps that are being planned. We discussed the limitations of the UNFCCC COP climate negotiations process and the need for a complementary global fossil fuel phase-out framework, and to ensure that those who are most responsible for the climate crisis are obliged to respect this framework. We identified strong alignment between the Treaty initiative and the “Cap and Share” fossil-fuel-phase-out campaign that Feasta is working on with a group of partners, and we discussed possible next steps for the Treaty initiative.