Fossil Free is a global campaign led by local groups demanding our local communities and institutions commit to:
● A fast + just transition to 100% renewable energy for all.
● No new fossil fuel projects anywhere.
● Not a penny more for dirty energy.
We are a powerful movement of citizens around the world working to build a future that’s free from the destructive impacts of climate change, and free from the massive, out-of-control corporations that caused it. Fossil Free is about leveraging our power where it’s most effective — in our local communities. Small groups of people coming together are transforming their communities and the world. We join that power together in a connected global movement, that shares tools, tactics and an exciting vision for our world. We campaign to take away everything the fossil fuel industry needs to grow and survive: their social licence, their political licence, and their money. We organise in our communities to stop or ban new coal, oil and gas infrastructure.
We organise and focus the huge public support for renewable energy into actionable commitments by our local institutions for 100% renewable energy. Those commitments are not only transforming our energy system, but also support and retrain workers affected by the changes, and put the ownership of energy back with the people.
Contact: General enquiries [email protected] 350.org Australia 350.org.au
History: Fossil Free started in 2012 as a campaign to push institutions to divest from fossil fuels, building on the work of student-led university divestment campaigns. The campaign quickly spread to many parts of the world, and by 2015 thousands of divestment campaigns were underway, helping shift public opinion in favour of keeping fossil fuels in the ground and highlighting the moral urgency of climate action.