Moving beyond fossil fuels
- - Beyond Fossil Fuels
    - - Clean and fair energy
        Access to low cost, dependable, clean energy is the foundation of fair and safe societies. To make this a reality for all, we need to replace all fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.
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      - Re Energising society
        Every politician, business, financial institution and energy company has a responsibility to make a fully fossil-free European economy a reality.
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      - Finance and Corporates
        Now is the time for those who have financed climate breakdown and engage in unsustainable business practices to take responsibility for the multiple crises they have helped get us into.
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  - Solving the energy crisis
    - - Decoding Europe’s Energy Crisis
        Energy demand reduction, solar and wind energy have so far shielded Europe from the very worst of the energy crisis. There is no doubt: Europe’s energy crisis is a fossil fuel crisis at heart.
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      - Higher ambition target
        We need higher targets to reduce our use of fossil fuels in order to solve three critical problems at once: cutting energy bills, securing our energy supply, and acting on climate change.
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- - Coal
    - Once governments announce a coal phase out they then need to set about implementing it which means confirming closure dates at plant level, and producing plans for a managed just transition away from coal.
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  - Fossil gas
    - Europe’s continued reliance on fossil gas comes at a staggering cost. The extraction, transportation and burning of this fuel not only contribute to climate change and thousands of premature deaths each year, but also drive energy poverty, and make us vulnerable because of our heavy dependence on imports.
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  - Renewables
    - 87 percent of Europeans want massive investments in renewable energy.
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  - Russian fossil fuels tracker
    - See how many billions of euros EU countries have spent on Russian coal, oil, and gas since the war on Ukraine began.
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About us
- - Who we are
    - The Beyond Fossil Fuels campaign consists of over sixty partner organisations from across European civil society. It is coordinated and supported by the campaign secretariat based in Berlin, and is overseen by a Campaign Steering Committee.
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  - Become a partner
    - If you are representing a group or organisation that is working on the impacts of coal, or phasing out fossil fuels in a just and equitable way, or promoting renewable energy sources, please fill in the questionnaire below, and we’ll send you some details about becoming a partner.
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  - Work with us
    - We’re looking for committed, enthusiastic professionals to join our team. If you think you have what it takes, then we’d love to hear from you! Selection is based on merit, skills, relevant experience, qualifications, culture fit, and alignment to our values.
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  - Contact us
    - Our team is working remotely from all over Europe, but we do have an office in Berlin, Germany, where we often meet to work face to face, and spend some time together.
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17 March 2021

Just Transition Fund Open Letter

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17 August 2020

Just transition in the context of the European power utilities and financial institutions

We are calling on financial institutions to demand that utilities develop socially responsible plans for phasing out coal by 2030, the latest.

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11 April 2019

The bank UniCredit is one of the last ones in the EU that is still involved in providing loans to many European energy companies that mine or burn coal.

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17 March 2021

Just Transition Fund Open Letter

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26 February 2019

How financial institutions are phasing-out support to European coal utilities. The key power utilities in Europe that need an urgent transformation.

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Beyond Fossil Fuels, an expansion of the Europe Beyond Coal campaign, is a coalition of civil society organisations striving for a just transition to a fossil-free, fully renewables-based European power sector by 2035.

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