They are fuelling extreme weather, destroying ecosystems and wrecking homes and livelihoods worldwide. Yet Big Oil keeps extracting by lobbying governments, securing new licenses and expanding fossil fuel infrastructure. Coal mines, pipelines, oil fields, fracking sites and other fossil fuel projects have no place in a liveable future.
We campaign to change the rules, policies and financial incentives that keep fossil fuels alive. That means pressuring governments to end subsidies, block new projects and phase out coal, oil and gas for good.
Frequently Asked Questions
Burning fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas - releases carbon dioxide and other harmful gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, driving up global temperatures. Fossil fuels currently account for 68% of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90% of all carbon emissions, making them the largest driver of global heating. Every fraction of a degree of heating leads to severe climate impacts like intense heatwaves, heavier floods, deeper droughts, faster sea level rise and more, destabilizing human and environmental systems we all live in and depend on.
Apart from being the dominant driver of the climate crisis, fossil fuels are also a public health crisis: air pollution from fossil fuel combustion causes an estimated 5.1 million premature deaths every year worldwide. Beyond emissions, coal, oil and gas extraction like mining, drilling, fracking and pipeline construction destroys ecosystems, pollutes the air, land and water communities depend on. It displaces communities and violates Indigenous land rights, often in the same regions least responsible for the climate crisis, while leaving households to absorb the cost through volatile fuel prices, higher bills and mounting climate damages.
Yes, they pour a shocking amount of our taxpayer money into fossil fuels. Fossil fuel handouts amounted to US$725 billion globally in 2024 and governments are on track to spend US $1.1 trillion on them in 2026. When we include costs like climate and health damage, the total government spend on propping up the fossil fuel industry is even higher.
Research by 350.org shows that fossil fuels cost households an additional $12 trillion a year in taxpayer handouts, health impacts and extreme weather damage. This is like giving US$23 million a minute to Big Oil, costing each person on Earth $1,400 per year.
We must resist fossil fuel projects including the people and institutions that enable them by:
Explore the impact of amazon oil exploration on local communities and ecosystems in Guanabara Bay, Brazil.
Explore the critical chokepoints affecting global oil and goods supply, from the Strait of Hormuz to the Panama Canal.
Most of what we call “inflation” is actually fossilflation, driven by oil and gas, war‑fuelled energy shocks and political choices. This blog unpacks the numbers and the way out through decentralised renewables.
This is Fracking: the untold story of fracking's impact on communities in Patagonia, Argentina.
Do the Math: the film that launched 350's fossil fuel divestment movement, laying out the math of the carbon budget.
Indigenous Voices from Latin America: how Indigenous people across Latin America view climate change and its consequences.
Disobedience: stories of frontline climate action against the fossil fuel industry, on every continent.
Disruption: behind the scenes of the 2017 People's Climate March and the case for bold action.
Out of Pocket: How Fossil Fuels are Draining Households and Economies: shows fossil fuels cost the world US$12 trillion a year — around $1,400 per person — while just 8 cents of every dollar reaches the poorest.
Extraction Extinction: teveals the human cost of fossil fuel production, with 2 billion people worldwide living within 5km of fossil fuel infrastructure.
Unextractable fossil fuels in a 1.5 °C world: this scientific study shows that 60% of oil and fossil methane gas, and 90% of coal must remain unextracted to keep within a 1.5 °C heating
World in Data: Fossil Fuels extraction numbers, our energy mix and renewable energy generation all around the world
Carbon Tracker resources: infographics, videos and insights
Emissions Gap Report: a tool by Climate Tracker that assesses the expected absolute emissions in 2030 and compares these with emissions consistent with benchmark pathways in line with the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal.
Introduction to Campaigning: develop a good sense of what makes a grassroots campaign, learn from success "Keep it in the Ground" campaigns and think through key questions to run your own campaign
1.5°C Action Toolkit: the impacts from climate change are significantly worse at 2°C than at 1.5°C for all of the Earth’s systems. In this toolkit you ill find resources to communicating why every fraction of a degree matters in our fight to stop the impacts of climate change
From mass actions and grassroots organizing to digital pressure, the fight is happening now and we need you.
