Welcome to Beyond Fossil Fuels, an expansion of the Europe Beyond Coal campaign.

Moving beyond fossil fuels
- - Clean and fair energy
    - Access to low cost, dependable, clean energy is the foundation of fair and safe societies.
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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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  - - Urgent action is needed to transform Europe’s power system so that it is based fully on homegrown renewable energy.
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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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  - Government 2035 Commitment Tracker
    - Assessing European government commitments to transform their power sectors.
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  - Local Energy Solutions Map
    - The beauty of the energy transition lies in the variety of solutions it offers.
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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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05 July 2022

How can we assist you?

The transition of entire regions, and striving towards a sustainable, green and climate-neutral economy requires both a systemic approach aimed at providing comprehensive and overarching strategies, but also providing detailed, tailor-made and co-designed support for smaller stakeholders so that it really is a just transition, leaving no one behind.

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04 December 2018

Enel/Endesa utility briefing

The briefing gives an overview of the two utilities’ power mix and existing coal plant fleet; Enel owns a 70.1% majority share in Endesa.

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02 July 2024

Why carbon offsetting undermines climate targets

More than 80 leading civil society organisations, including Beyond Fossil Fuels, have issued a joint statement rejecting the use of carbon offsets to meet corporate climate targets. We call on accounting bodies like the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to continue excluding offsets and stick to scientifically-sound methodologies for tracking corporate climate efforts.

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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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