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← UNFCCC Official Side Events, Friday 13 November
Day 5 of COP31 · Finance and Trade day

Countering corporate power and making polluters pay for a fair, fast & full fossil fuel phaseout

When
Friday 13 November, 11:30 to 13:00Antalya time
Where
UNFCCC Official Side EventsBlue Zone
Organised by
Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), SustainUS, U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN)
Topics
Fossil fuel phase-outGovernance and multilateralism

Powerful governments and corporations are actively blocking a funded, fair, fast, and full fossil fuel phaseout. To avert climate catastrophe, we must overcome obstacles to a phaseout from fossil fuel, utility, finance, and technology companies cashing in on the rapid growth of AI data centers. Speakers: Speakers will include grassroots leaders from across the Global North and South. This interactive session will advance strategies to address harms of fossil fuel infrastructure and AI data centers, make polluters pay, and ensure a to a clean, renewable, and democratic energy economy.