Outcome from the Global Assembly of Parliamentarians for a Fossil Fuel Free Future at COP27

A convening on November 12, 2022 of elected officials from every continent to discuss domestic and international policy efforts to manage a global just transition away from coal, oil and gas.

Resolution adopted at the Global Assembly of Parliamentarians on 12 November 2022, during COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt:

We, members of parliament, gathered here at Sharm El-Sheikh on November 12 as a Global Assembly of Parliamentarians, reiterate our commitment to a fossil fuel free future, which necessitates an immediate stop to the expansion of all fossil fuel production to ensure the 1.5C temperature rise limit is not breached.

In this regard, we call upon all Parties assembled at COP27 to:

  • Commit to stop expansion of new oil, gas and coal projects and align a fossil fuel phase-out with the 1.5ºC temperature goal in the Sharm El-Sheikh outcome document. 

  • Make a clear and unequivocal commitment to a global, rapid, just and equitable transition out of fossil fuels

  • Work towards the negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, with a particular focus on climate justice

Hon. Saber H Chowdhury, Member of Parliament of Bangladesh and one of the initiators of the Parliamentarians’ Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Future

“Staying within 1.5ºC limit is an absolute imperative and expansion of fossil fuel is totally incompatible with this limit.

That is why, today a Global Assembly of Parliamentarians met during COP27 to discuss how we can build a future free of coal, oil and gas.

This movement is only just beginning and we look forward to hundreds of elected officials around the world working together to address the primary cause of the climate crisis: fossil fuels.”