Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance launches at COP26 - early movers on the production side of fossil fuels addressing climate change

Denmark and Costa Rica launch Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA)

Today saw 12 jurisdictions step up to announce phase out of oil and gas, to address the production side of the emissions gap.

These countries are the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, the early movers and initiators. The initiative is lead by Denmark and Costa Rica.

At the launch they were joined by France, Greenland, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Italy, and New Zealand. Sub-state jurisdictions included Quebec, Wales and California.

Danish Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen opens the press conference for the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA), "Our goal is not small, our ambition is not modest. We hope that today will mark the beginning of the end of oil and gas,"

We don't answer this call for the thrill of the challenge. We do it because we truly believe that we need to. We are unwilling to accept the consequences if we don't," Jørgensen added.

"There's no future for oil and gas in a 1.5-degree world." Jørgensen said.

Costa Rica's Minister of Environment and Energy, Andrea Meza, highlighted that while addressing the demand side of fossil fuels is important, the supply side cannot be ignored. "If we want to address the climate crisis, we need a managed but decisive phase-out of oil and gas production," she said, adding that "every dollar that we invest in fossil fuel projects is one less dollar for renewables or for the conservation of nature." >

Watch the video of the speeches by Danish Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen and Costa Rica's Minister of Environment and Energy, Andrea Meza.

"The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) represents a rare supply-side initiative to cut hydrocarbon production." https://t.co/lFY1VGNw6a pic.twitter.com/ByKZS7RDRv

— Akshat Rathi (@AkshatRathi) November 11, 2021

Many from media and observers couldn’t even get into the BOGA press conference. Not often seen here. This is what happens when countries actually deliver genuine action pic.twitter.com/YQrnHP5o52

— alex thomson (@alextomo) November 11, 2021

Statement from Uplift on what it means for the UK not to be a member of BOGA #COP26 pic.twitter.com/5vb2dR4Oos

— Rhiannon Williams (@_rhiannonw) November 11, 2021

“As the only member country of #COP26 host UK here today, Wales is joining #BOGA to push others to do more — we can’t be fracking in the midst of climate emergency.”

– Wales at @beyondoilgas launch in Glasgow, w/ a powerful call to Scotland + rest of the United Kingdom pic.twitter.com/5a8UfYHZOS

— Collin Rees (@collinrees) November 11, 2021

We have a letter to you, @jonasgahrstore.

Outside the press conference at #COP26 we are standing with a message from a broad coalition of Nordic youth: STOP THE FOSSIL NIGHTMARE - JOIN BOGA🔥 #NorwayBeyondOil pic.twitter.com/r1UdCJ1qIS

— Den Grønne Studenterbevægelse (@DenGroenneStud) November 11, 2021

The creation of #BOGA puts to shame claims of climate leadership among countries like the United Kingdom, Norway, the United States, and Canada, all of which have yet to answer this simple question:

Where is your plan to stop the fossil fuels that are driving the climate crisis? pic.twitter.com/Dg8eEluW6c

— Oil Change International (@PriceofOil) November 11, 2021

🎊Founding members of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance redefining climate leadership at #COP26 👏🏽👏🏽

Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Greenland, Ireland, Quebec, Sweden and Wales as core members; California, New Zealand, and Portugal as associate members; Italy as a friend of #BOGA pic.twitter.com/LmTvhxjEQJ

— Catherine Abreu (@catabreu_) November 11, 2021

Who is leading the way in phasing out oil & gas?

🇩🇰Denmark
🇨🇷Costa Rica
Quebec (🇨🇦)
🇸🇪Sweden
🇮🇪Ireland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales
🇬🇱Greenland
California (🇺🇸)
🇵🇹Portugal
🇳🇿New Zealand
🇮🇹Italy #BOGA #COP26

Who is looking terrible right now?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland
🇬🇧UK
🇺🇸USA
🇳🇴Norway
🇦🇺Australia#StopCambo https://t.co/8sJiPOQD4v

— StopCambo (@StopCambo) November 11, 2021