The “Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance” coalition (Boga) launched by Costa Rica and Denmark, brings together France, Greenland, Ireland, Wales, Quebec and Sweden.
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For the first time, a COP tackles frontally fossil energies, first climate change managers. At the coal, first, since last week, about twenty countries promised to get out of this most polluting energy in the 2030 and 2040. but also to oil and gas, a step rarely franchy.
Thursday, November 11, at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26), which is held in Glasgow (Scotland), eight countries have committed to no longer award new concessions and licenses for the production and exploration of oil and gas – with immediate effect. The Coalition “Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance” (Boga) launched by Costa Rica and Denmark – the first European oil producer -, also includes France, Greenland, Ireland, Wales, Quebec and Sweden .
They also decided to set a final exploitation and exploration date – for licenses already underway – hydrocarbons on their territory. This date, which is not yet determined, must be “aligned with the Paris Agreement”, which aims to contain climate warming if possible at 1.5 ° C relative to the pre-industrial era. Some of the members of Boga had previously set a date release of hydrocarbons, in 2040 in France or 2050 in Denmark.
“A radical change”
New Zealand and California have also joined the coalition as associate members since they “have taken significant concrete measures that contribute to the reduction of oil and gas production,” the press release indicates the press release . New Zealand has decided in 2018 to ban any new offshore oil exploration permit, while California, a major oil producer, will prohibit hydraulic fracturing (which makes it possible to extract oil and shale gas) in 2024 and will cease any hydrocarbon exploitation by 2045.
This alliance does not include major oil and gas producing countries, such as the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Iraq or Norway. “But it’s a very important coalition because if the end of coal is already in consciences, conversely this is the first time we put the question of the end of oil and gas, which will lead Huge issues, particularly in transport, “Judge Lola Vallejo, Climate Director at the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations. “This is a turning point while climate negotiations have ignored the issue of fossil energies for thirty years,” Roman Ioualan confirms, Campaign Manager at the NGO OIL changes international.
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