The report, endorsed by over 200 civil society organisations and social movements, focusses on the now urgently needed phase out of fossil fuels, especially of fossil fuel extraction, and raises critical equity questions that arise in the context of this phaseout.

To this end, the report features thirteen country profiles to demonstrate the diversity of challenges and opportunities in addressing fossil fuel production at the national as well as international level, and highlights real-world problems playing out in key countries and suggests an introductory framework for addressing “supply-side equity” issues relating to the phaseout of fossil fuel extraction, as well as a number of possible solutions including both national and international interventions.

The report also applies the long-established “equity analysis” to countries’ climate pledges (Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs) to assess how each country is delivering on the Paris Agreement’s goal of pursuing best efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. The results show that the actions proposed by countries, at home and abroad, especially from wealthy countries like the UK and the US, are far from what’s required. But it is also clear that all countries have to do more, though less wealthy countries that are already pledging their fair share are entitled to international climate finance and support to do so.

Each of the report’s country profiles details the specific political, social and economic challenges and opportunities for selected fossil-fuel extracting countries. Click below to read any of the available country profiles.