Hi John,

 

The government says it wants to lead the world in tackling climate change - but they are still giving climate-wrecking oil and gas projects the go-ahead in the North Sea.

 

This has to stop. If we're going to get out of the climate crisis this government must stop issuing new oil and gas licences, but they also have a responsibility to protect oil and gas workers who have helped power the UK for over two generations. They can do this by investing in renewable energy and retraining workers in the coastal communities which have long relied on the oil industry.

 

We know that the government is making decisions about the future of North Sea oil and gas over the next month, so today we delivered a message to Energy Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan: stop granting new oil and gas licences and kickstart a green jobs revolution.

 

If we can also make this a huge issue for the Energy Minister on social media – we can pressure the government to stop issuing new oil and gas licences once and for all.

 

Can you tell the government to end the UK's reliance on fossil fuels, kickstart a green revolution and protect the future of our workers?

This year the UK is hosting major climate talks and inviting leaders from around the world to ramp up action to tackle the climate crisis. [1] However, the UK already has more oil and gas than we can afford to burn to stay within climate limits. [2] So allowing new climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects just doesn't make sense - the government needs to get serious and put an end to new oil and gas licences.

 

But they need to do more than that. The government must support oil and gas workers and their communities as part of a just transition away from fossil fuels. That means:

 

1. No new oil and gas licences
2. Retrain workers in the oil and gas industry
3. Invest in renewable energy to create new, secure jobs

 

Can you tweet at the government and demand that they stop granting new oil licences and invest in renewables?

In late 2020 Denmark announced that it would stop issuing new oil and gas licences and phase out production by 2050 - with a support package for workers. [3] Ireland has also taken legislative steps to ban oil and gas licences [4] - so the UK is surrounded by countries that are starting to overtake it on climate action. The UK government must now stop issuing new oil and gas licences and start to plan for a just energy transition.

 

Let’s take to Twitter and push the government to stop granting new oil and gas licences and support a just transition for workers.

Thanks for your support on this. 

 

James

Oil and Gas team, Greenpeace UK

1. The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 1 – 12 November 2021
2. Sea Change: Climate Emergency, Jobs and Managing the Phase-Out of UK Oil and Gas Extraction
3. BBC: Denmark set to end all new oil and gas exploration
4. Irish Times: Ban on licences for new oil and gas comes into force following Cabinet decision

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