Ukrainian civil society calls on world leaders to implement a Fossil Fuel Treaty as a way forward for Ukraine and the world

Ukrainian civil society statement to world leaders: Implement Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to stop fossil fuel addiction behind Putin’s war machine.

Yesterday, as the latest IPCC climate report was being published, Ukrainian civil society called on world leaders to implement a Fossil Fuel Treaty:

“We know that this war has been bankrolled by the coal, oil and gas industries, which account for 40% of Russia’s federal budget and 60% of Russia’s exports. This is why we, members of Ukrainian Climate Network, are endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty as a way forward for Ukraine and the world.”

Scientists have already issued their “bleakest warning yet” on the climate crisis and people’s fundamental rights must be at the core of solutions to the climate emergency. The latest report from the IPCC makes clear that there are a number of institutional barriers that prevent climate solutions from happening at scale.