Shift Our Subsidies

Campaigning to shift UK subsidies from fossil fuels to the zero-carbon economy

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

Please support our petition to the UK Government : Shift Our Subsidies from fossil fuels to the zero-carbon economy. https://t.co/OlemLWLaIp

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

@PeterG4NES2019 Maybe 'Scientists' by Tony Black and the Collectors https://t.co/5uAVgjdQIL

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@PeterG4NES2019 @neels_roy Three cheers for Jarvis Cocker

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@PeterG4NES2019 'Read all about it' by Emeli Sande https://t.co/EuMNvtgmDj

[#StopRosebank @StopCambo]

"@BorisJohnson we are calling on you to #StopCambo & create a credible plan to wind down production & deliver a just transition which benefits ALL communities & ensures we are moving towards an environmentally sustainable economy w/o leaving the people behind!"
- @aarutura

[Laurie vdB @LaurievdBurg]

Did you know that public finance for #FossilFuels 🏭 still outweighs #ClimateFinance 🌿?

That rich countries won’t deliver their promised & insufficient $100 bn/yr in #ClimateFinance until 2023, 3 years late?

Shift fossil finance to climate action now!
https://t.co/bK9txG9Gvf

[#StopRosebank @StopCambo]

What does @theCCCuk, the UK gov's own advisers on the climate crisis, think about the proposed Cambo oil field?

Hint: They're not that into it #StopCambo

[ClientEarth @ClientEarth]

While £30bn on green innovation in the #budget is positive, we need the right legislation and accountability if we are going to achieve #netzero by 2050. Our CEO @JamesThorntonCE comments on domestic flight duties ahead of #COP26 in @Independent - https://t.co/mcqfd7TM3w

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

PM talks about not going in advance of *what is economically practical* on climate action

Nothing is more practical & essential than urgent & ambitious action to protect our only home 🌍

#PMQs

[Doug Parr @doug_parr]

Aviation industry talk about going to zero climate emissions depends heavily on stuff that barely exists, and currently isn't scalable to large quantities

https://t.co/miGwasNIWs

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

https://t.co/fu3L2UBFLx

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

UK Government's budget analysis
£21 billion per year needed to fund Zero Carbon Strategy.... only half of this provided
£21 billion for news roads and freeze on fuel duty.... only £1.5 billion provided for public transport.
Govt cuts domestic air passenger duty

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

Recommendations include that the Government “End all financial support for fossil fuels, including tax breaks, in the UK and abroad.”

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

Looks like Cambo is just the start: sobering and important report from @friends_earth and @NEF showing that 40 new coal, oil and gas are in the pipeline for approval within the next few years.
https://t.co/5i4fPBWlnX

[Frankie The Dino @frankiethedino]

The world spends $423 billion annually to subsidize fossil fuels. We're paying for our own extinction! Imagine using that money to fight poverty, and REBUILD our future with clean energy instead. #DontChooseExtinction

Join @UNDP and @FrankieTheDino: https://t.co/dxDycGuE1F

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

According to the 'Don't Choose Extinction' campaign launched this week by @UNDP $423 billion is spent globally each year to subsidise fossil fuels- which could fund a C19 vaccination for the every person in the world. https://t.co/WclD2qrJ3T

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

And our leaflet takes a look behind the UK Government's fossil fuel smokescreen.....

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

This week our 'Shift Our Subsidies' handbooks and leaflets arrived - with great quality printing by @FootprintLeeds We'll be distributing these in Glasgow on Nov 6th - and we have electronic copies here https://t.co/tpRPKdRMDC

[Shift Our Subsidies @our_shift]

Good discussion of Government's net-zero strategy on @BBCr4today (2 hours 45 mins). Good to hear @CarolineLucas and @tomcarnac advocating #carbontax (with dividend) and highlighting the way fossil fuel subsidies (including UK's) undermine climate efforts.

[Paid to Pollute @PaidToPollute]

Governments have a primary role to play in closing the #ProductionGap & ensuring #JustTransition for workers, their unions, & affected communities.

📣 Stop public handouts for oil & gas #PaidToPollute
📣 #StopCambo & new fossil developments

Read more: https://t.co/DJzApVkqzC

[IISD Energy @IISD_Energy]

🗣️ “Early efforts to cut intl support for fossil fuel production are encouraging, but these changes need to be followed by concrete & ambitious fossil fuel exclusion policies to limit global warming to 1.5°C” @lucildfr on the 2021 #ProductionGap report ➡️ https://t.co/vGVohzSMMM