THE LOFOTEN DECLARATION
Climate Leadership Requires a Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Production
THE LOFOTEN DECLARATION
Climate Leadership Requires a Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Production
Global climate change is a crisis of unprecedented scale, and it will take unprecedented action to avoid the worst consequences of our dependence on oil, coal, and gas. Equally as critical as reducing demand and emissions is the need for immediate and ambitious action to stop exploration and expansion of fossil fuel projects and manage the decline of existing production in line with what is necessary to achieve the Paris climate goals.
Clean, safe, and renewable fuels are already redefining how we see energy and it is time for nations to fully embrace 21st century energy and phase out fossil fuels.
The Lofoten Declaration affirms that it is the urgent responsibility and moral obligation of wealthy fossil fuel producers to lead in putting an end to fossil fuel development and to manage the decline of existing production.
We stand in solidarity with, and offer our full support for, the growing wave of impacted communities around the world who are taking action to defend and protect their lives and livelihoods in the face of fossil fuel extraction and climate change. It is a priority to elevate these efforts. Frontline communities are the leaders we must look to as we all work together for a safer future.
A global transition to a low carbon future is already well underway. Continued expansion of oil, coal, and gas is only serving to hinder the inevitable transition while at the same time exacerbating conflicts, fuelling corruption, threatening biodiversity, clean water and air, and infringing on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and vulnerable communities.
Energy access and demand are and must now be met fully through the clean energies of the 21st century. Assertions that new fossil fuels are needed for this transformation are not only inaccurate; they also undermine the speed and penetration of clean energy.
We recognize that a full transition away from fossil fuels will take decades, but also, that this shift is an opportunity more than a burden. We are in a deep hole with climate. We must begin by not digging ourselves any deeper.
Research shows that the carbon embedded in existing fossil fuel production will take us far beyond safe climate limits. Thus, not only are new exploration and new production incompatible with limiting global warming to well below 2ºC (and as close to 1.5ºC as possible), but many existing projects will need to be phased-out faster than their natural decline.
This task should be first addressed by countries, regions, and corporate actors who are best positioned in terms of wealth and capacity to undergo an ambitious just transition away from fossil fuel production. In particular, leadership must come from countries that are high-income, have benefitted from fossil fuel extraction, and that are historically responsible for significant emissions.
We call on these governments and companies to recognize that continued fossil fuel exploration and production without a managed decline and a just transition is irreconcilable with meaningful climate action. We also note that there are tremendous leadership opportunities for these countries to demonstrate that moving beyond oil, coal, and gas – both demand and production – is not only possible, but can be done while protecting workers, communities, and economies.
SIGNATORIES
ABCD Family – United States
Abibiman Foundation – Ghana
Above Ground – Canada
abracaMUNDI – France
Academics Stand Against Poverty – United States
ACT Alliance EU – Europe
Action Paysanne Contre la Faim – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Adaptation Strategies International – United States
Advocates for the Environment – United States
African Coalition For Sustainable Energy and Access – Cameroon
African Conservation Foundation – United Kingdom
Afrihealth Optonet Association – Nigeria
AfriOceans Conservation Alliance – South Africa
Aid Organization – Bangladesh
Algarve Surf & Marine Activities Association
Alianza Mar Blava – Spain
Alliance Sud – Switzerland
Almaa – Sudan
Alofa Tuvalu – France / Tuvalu
Alpine Initiative – Switzerland / Tuvalu
The Alternative – Denmark
Alternative Information and Development Centre – South Africa
Alternative Technology Association – Australia
Alternatives – Canada
Amazon Watch – United States
Les Amis de la Terre (Friends of the Earth France) – France
Amigos de la Tierra (Friends of the Earth Spain) – Spain
Amnesty International – International
Ande Bunbury Architects – Australia
Anti-Atom-Bündnis Schaumburg / AK Erneuerbare Energie Region – Germany
An Taisce Climate Committee – Ireland
Aotearoa New Zealand Human Rights Foundation – New Zealand
Apremavi – Association for the Preservation of the Upper Itajaí Valley – Brazil
ARAYARA Instituto – Brazil
Arndt Soret – Switzerland
Arab Youth Climate Muster – Lebanon
Arbeitskreis Fracking Braunschweiger Land – Germany
Architectopia AS – Norway
ARHIV architecture & urbanism – Croatia
Art Not Oil – United Kingdom
Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) – Latin America
As You Sow – United States
Ashden – United Kingdom
The Ashden Trust – United Kingdom
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development – Asia-Pacific
Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development – Asia
Asociación ANDES – Peru
Asociación Centaurea – Spain
Asociación Mushuk Yuyay – Ecuador
Association Climat Genève – Switzerland
Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad – Chad
Association Nigérienne des Scouts de l’Environnement – Niger
Association for Protection Nature and Environment of Kairouan – Tunisia
Association Québécoise de Lutte contre la Pollution Atmosphérique – Canada
Association Transports et Environnement – Switzerland
Association for Women’s Rights in Development – International
Athens County Fracking Action Network – United States
ATO-ClimatEducate Project Africa – Nigeria
The Australia Institute – Australia
Australian Marine Conservation Society – Australia
Australian Religious Response to Climate Change – Australia
Austrian Association of Scientists for the Environment – Forum Wissenschaft & Umwelt – Austria
Azure Circle, Inc. – Canada
Bank Information Center – United States
BankTrack – International
Bäume am Landwehrkanal e.V. – Germany
Be the Change Earth Alliance – Canada
The Bellona Foundation – Norway
Berks Gas Truth – United States
Berliner Wassertisch, Grüne Liga Berlin e.V. – Germany
Besteforeldrenes Klimaaksjon – Norway
Bicitekas – Mexico
Biodiversity Conservation Center – Russia
Bioroot Energy, Inc. – United States
Biowatch South Africa – South Africa
Bob Brown Foundation – Australia
Bold Alliance – United States
Both ENDS – The Netherlands
British Columbia Council for International Cooperation – Canada
BSF – Canada
Bund AG Wir Gegen Fracking, Lüneburg – Germany
Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschlands (Friends of the Earth Germany) – Germany
Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Sachsen (Friends of the Earth Saxony) – Germany
Bündnis90 / Die Grünen – Germany
BürgerInneninitiative – Landkreis Oldenburg – Germany
BürgerInneninitiative Umweltschutz Uelzen – Germany
Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion – Canada
Business Council on Climate Change – United States
BVRio Institute – Brazil
Campaign for a Just Energy Future – South Africa
Campax – Switzerland
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment – Canada
Canadian Engaged Buddhism Association – Canada
Canadian Interfaith Fast for the Climate – Canada
Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice – Canada
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace – Canada
The Canary Project – United States
Caravan of Non-violence – Côte d’Ivoire
Carbon Cutters – Australia
CarbonLab – Russia
Cascadia Rural Fuels – United States
Catholic Earthcare Australia – Australia
Catholic Network US – United States
Centar za životnu sredinu (Friends of the Earth Bosnia & Herzegovina) – Bosnia & Herzegovina
Center for Biological Diversity – United States
Center for Citizens Conserving (CECIC) – Uganda
Center for International Environmental Law – United States
Center for Justice, Governance, and Environmental Action – Kenya
Centre for Climate Safety – Australia
Centre for Environmental Justice – Zambia
Centre for Environmental Rights – South Africa
Centre for Human Rights & Climate Change Research – Nigeria
Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development – Kyrgyzstan
Centre for Alternative Technology – United Kingdom
Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts – Canada
Change Partnership – International
Changemaker – Norway
Chesapeake Climate Action Network – United States
Christian Aid – United Kingdom
Citizen Gas & Oil Advisory Lobby – United States
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Australia – Australia
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada – Canada
Citizens’ Climate Lobby New Zealand – New Zealand
Citizens United for a Sustainable Planet – Canada
Citizenship Academy – Portugal
Clarity Environment – Australia
Clean Air Action Group – Hungary
Clean Energy Association of Newcastle and Surrounds (CLEANaS) – Australia
Cleanweb Ltd. – United Kingdom
ClientEarth – United Kingdom
Climate Accountability Institute – United States
Climate Action Darwin – Australia
Climate Action Hobart – Australia
Climate Action Moreland – Australia
Climate Action Network International – International
Climate Action Now – Canada
Climate Action Services– Canada
Climate Alliance Switzerland – Switzerland
Climate & Capital Media – United States
Climate & Health Alliance – Australia
Climate Change Coalition of Door County, Wisconsin – United States
Climate Change Network Nigeria – Nigeria
Climate Coalition – Poland
ClimateFast – Canada
Climate First! – United States
Climate for Change – Australia
Climate Hawks Vote – United States
Climate Justice Alliance – United States
Climate Justice Edmonton – Canada
Climate Justice Montreal – Justice Climatique Montréal – Canada
Climate Justice Programme – Australia
Climate Justice Project – United States
Climate Justice Saskatoon – Canada
Climate Justice Taranaki – New Zealand
The Climate Mobilization, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter – United States
The Climate Museum– United States
Climate Observatory – Brazil
Climate Policy Program, Institute for Policy Studies – United States
The Climate Reality Project Canada – Canada
Climate Save Portugal – Portugal
Climate Scorecard – United States
Climate Stewards – United Kingdom
A Climate to Thrive – United States
Climate Youth Japan – Japan
CliMates – France
Climaxi – Belgium
Climáximo – Portugal
Clintonville Energy Collaborative – United States
Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice – Canada
CoalSwarm – United States
Coffs Coast Climate Action Group – Australia
El Colegio de Morelos – Mexico
Coletivo Clima – Portugal
Collectif Causse Méjean – Gaz de Schiste NON! – France
Columbus Community Bill of Rights – United States
Community Action for Nature Conservation – Kenya
Community Environmental Council – United States
The Conflict and Environmenta Observatory– United Kingdom
Confronting the Climate Crisis – United States
Conscire AB – Sweden
Conseil Régional des Organisations Non Gouvernementales de Développement – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Conservation Action Trust – India
Cool Effect – United States
Cool Planet – United States
Corporate Accountability – United States
Corporate Ethics International – United States
Costa Rica Limpia – Costa Rica
Coswecount Inc. – Australia
Corporate Europe Observatory – Europe
Council of Canadians – Canada
Crane Institute for Sustainability – Canada
Creative Carbon Scotland – United Kingdom
Creative Roustabouts – United States Developpement sans Frontieres – Cameroon
Croft Design Collective – United Kingdom
Crude Accountability – United States
Culture Unstained – United Kingdom
Daccude – Italy
Dandenong Ranges Renewable Energy Association Inc – Australia
Dangerous Song – Australia
Dare Music, Inc. – United States
DC Divest – United States
Debris Free Oceans – United States
deCOALonize Coalition – Kenya
Delhi Greens – India
The Democracy Collaborative – United States
Den Haag Fossielvrij – The Netherlands
DH Environmental Consulting – South Africa
Diverse Voices and Action for Equality – Fiji
DivestInvest Individual – United States
Divest Brent – United Kingdom
Doctors for the Environment Australia – Australia
Docs on the Spot – Australia
Downstream Knitting Nannas Against Greed & Fossil Fuels – Australia
Dr. Uzo Adirieje Foundation – Nigeria
Dunas de Ritoque – Chile
DutchHive BVBA – Belgium
EACAD Centre – Nigeria
Earth Action, Inc. – United States
Earthlife Africa Johannesburg – South Africa
Earthsave Canada – Canada
EARTHwise Centre – Mauritius
Earthworks – United States
Easter Planet Environmental – Canada
Ecoaction – Ukraine
EcoActors – Nigeria
Ecoenviro – Australia
EcoEquity – United States
Ecological Society of the Philippines – Philippines
Ecologistas en Acción – Spain
Ecologistas en Acción Sierra Bermeja – Spain
Ecology Action Centre – Canada
ECOMUNIDADES, Red Ecologista de la Cuenca de México – Mexico
Econciencia – Mexico
EcoNexus – United Kingdom
Eco-Sanctify Consultants – Kenya
Education, Economics, Environmental and Climate Organization – United States
El Puente: Latino Climate Action Network – Puerto Rico
EKOenergy – Finland
Elders Climate Action – United States
Elkton Reserve – United States
Empowered African Youths Foundation – Nigeria
End Ecocide Sweden – Sweden
ENERGIES 2050 – France
Energiewende ER(H)langen e.V. – Germany
Energy and Climate Policy Institute for Just Transition – South Korea
Energy Mix Productions –
Canada
Engajamundo Youth Association – Brazil
EnviroCreate Australia – Australia
EnviroNews Nigeria – Nigeria
Environics Trust – India
EnvironmentAide.org – Canada
Environmental and Climate Justice Hub, University of California-Santa Barbara – United States
Environmental Association “Za Zemiata” – Bulgaria
Environment Centre NT – Australia
Environnement JEUnesse – Canada
Environmental Defence – Canada
Environmental Investment Center – Russia
Environmental Justice Foundation – United Kingdom
Environmental Rights Action (Friends of the Earth Nigeria) – Nigeria
Environmentalists Against War – United States
Equiterre – Canada
Estonian Green Movement – Estonia
Euronat Global – Germany
European Climate Foundation – Europe
Extinction Rebellion U.S. – United States
Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island – Canada
Fabricants de Futur – Spain
Faculty & Staff Divestment Network – United States
Faith & the Common Good – Canada
Far North Knitting Nannas Against Gas & Greed – Australia
Fastenopfer – Switzerland
Fiji Medical & Dental Secretariat – Fiji
Finance & Trade Watch – Austria
FOCSIV – Volontari nel Mondo – Italy
Food & Water Europe – Europe
Food & Water Watch – United States
Föräldravrålet – Sweden
Foreldreløftet – Norway
Fossielvrij NL – The Netherlands
Fossielvrij Onderwijs – The Netherlands
Fossil Free Berlin – Germany
Fossil Free California – United States
Fossil Free Education – The Netherlands
Fossil Free South Africa – South Africa
Fossil Free Switzerland – Switzerland
Fossil Free Tompkins – United States
Foundation for Environment and Agriculture – Bulgaria
Frack Free Exmoor Quantocks Sedgemoor – United Kingdom
Frack Free Lancashire – United Kingdom
Frack Free Manawatu / Whanganui – New Zealand
Frack Free Pickering – United Kingdom
Frack Free Ryedale – United Kingdom
Fracking Freies Hessen n.e.V. – Germany
FracTracker Alliance – United States
Framtiden i våre hender – Norway
Franciscan Action Network – United States
Frederick Mulder Foundation – United Kingdom
FreshWater Accountability Project – United States
Fridays for Future Toronto – Canada
Friends For Environmental Justice – United States
Friends of the Century – Liberia
Friends of the Earth Australia – Australia
Friends of the Earth Canada – Canada
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland – United Kingdom
Friends of the Earth Ghana – Ghana
Friends of the Earth Ireland – Ireland
Friends of the Earth Malaysia – Malaysia
Friends of the Earth Malta – Malta
Friends of the Earth Scotland – Scotland
Friends of the Earth U.S. – United States
Friends with Environment in Development – Uganda
Fundación Avina – Brazil
Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales – Argentina
Fundacion Chile Sustentable – Chile
Fundacja Rozwój TAK / Odkrywki NIE – Poland
Futerra – United Kingdom
The Future We Need – India
Futurepump – United Kingdom
The Town of Gawler– Australia
Gaz de schiste Non merci! Garrigue Vaunage – France
Gegen Bohrungen Nach Erdgas / Erdöl im Süd / Brookmerland – Germany
Gegen Fracking AG, ATTAC Nienburg – Germany
Gegen Gasbohren – Germany
Gegen Gasbohren im Oberspreewald – Germany
Gegen Gasbohren Zehdenick-Templin – Germany
Generation Zero – New Zealand
GENUK e.V. – Germany
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication – United States
Geotourism Stewardship Council – Dominica
Gesundheit Söhlingen / Hemslingen – Germany
Girls Paint Africa Green Kenya – Kenya
Globaïa – New Zealand
GLOBAL 2000 (Friends of the Earth Austria) – Austria
Global Aktion – Denmark
Global Call for Climate Action – International
Global Catholic Climate Movement – International
Global Climate and Health Alliance – International
Global Climate Finance Campaign – South Africa
Global Greengrants Fund – United States
Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – International
Global Witness – International
Gloucester Knitting Nannas Against Gas & Greed – Australia
The Goa Foundation – India
Grandmother Taskforce – Australia
Graphics 360 – United States
Green Buddy Initiative – Sweden
Green Budget Europe – Belgium
Green Delaware – United States
Green Development Advocates – Cameroon
The Green Institute – Australia
Green Pages – Yemen
Greenhouse PR – United Kingdom
Greenpeace – International
Green Planet NGO – Russia
Greenspiration – Canada
The Green Team – United States
Green 13 – Canada
GroundWork (Friends of the Earth South Africa) – South Africa
Groupe d’Action et de Recherche en Environnement et Développement – Togo
Guernsey County Citizens Support on Drilling Issues – United States
Hands Off Schwedeneck – Germany
Hawaii Sustainable Lifestyle Network – United States
Health and Environment Alliance – Europe
Health of Mother Earth Foundation – Nigeria
Healthy Futures – Australia
HealthyPlanet – United States
HEDA Resource Centre – Nigeria
Heinrich Böll Foundation – Germany
High Tide Foundation – United States
His Excellency President Anote Tong, President, Kiribati
Hodestorm Produksjoner – Norway
Honor the Earth – United States
The House of Fairy Tales – United Kingdom
Hubado Better Health Channel – Nigeria
Humanium – Switzerland
Hunter Knitting Nannas Against Greed & Fossil Fuels – Australia
Hydrobee SPC – United States
IBON International – Philippines
Iceland Nature Conservation Association – Iceland
IDF Line – Guinea
Idle No More SF Bay – United States
IG Fracking-Freies Artland e.V. – Germany
Impact Human – United States
Impact Projects – Belgium
The Independent AIR – Denmark
Inerjys Ventures –Canada
Indigenous Environmental Network – United States / Canada
Iniciativa Verde – Brazil
Innoventi – Norway
Institute for Climate & Sustainable Cities – Philippines
Institute of Sustainable Development – Ukraine
Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente – Spain
Instituto de Pesquisa e Formação Indígena – Brazil
Instytut Spraw Obywatelskich – Poland
Intelli-Products – United States
International Environment Forum – International (Switzerland)
International Institute for Sustainable Development – International
International Institute of Education of Brazil – Brazil
International Network for Sustainable Energy Europe – Europe
International Oil Working Group – Canada
InterSpiritual Centre of Vancouver Society – Canada
INTLawyers – Switzerland
Islamic Relief Worldwide – United Kingdom
Isle Martin Trust – Scotland
It’s Our Future Manawatu – New Zealand
Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement – Togo
Jordens Vänner (Friends of the Earth Sweden) – Sweden
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – United Kingdom
Junxion Strategy – Canada
Justica Ambiental – Mozambique
Justice Institute Guyana – Guyana
Justice & Witness Ministries, United Church of Christ – United States
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives – Canada
Kalpavriksh – India
Keeton Corporation – United States
Kein CO2 – Endlager e.V. – Germany
KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz – Switzerland
Klimaatzaak NGO – Belgium
Klimataktion – Sweden
Knitting Nannas Against Gas & Greed – Australia
Knitting Nannas Against Gas – Western Downs – Australia
KUBE Bergen – Norway
Kulima – Mozambique
Land Art Generator – United States
Landscape Studio and Tropical Nursery CC – South Africa
Landvernd, Icelandic Environmental Association – Iceland
Las Vegas Climate Action – United States
Les Amis de la Terre Togo (Friends of the Earth Togo) – Togo
Leave It in the Ground Initiative – Germany
Lebenswertes Korbach – Germany
Legambiente – Italy
Less Meat Less Heat – Australia
Liberate Tate – United Kingdom
Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution – United States
The Licking County Green Party – United States
Life Support International – Australia
Linear City Concepts – United States
Lismore & Casino Environment Centres – Australia
Liveable Arlington – United States
Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network – United States
Lofoten International Art Festival – Norway
London Environmental Network – Canada
Lund University Fossil Free – Sweden
Main Line Unitarian Church Climate Justice Action Team – United States
Management & Construction Services – Australia
Mara Lehmann Consulting – Norway
Market Forces – Australia
The Mark Leonard Trust – United Kingdom
Marmot Charitable Trust – United Kingdom
Martella Art & Stories – United States
Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health – United States
Michael H. Drucker Consulting – United States
Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) – The Netherlands
Millennium Sunline Design – United States
Mindful Money – New Zealand
Mississauga Climate Action – Canada
MobilizeTO – Canada
Moment Norway AS – Norway
Mom Loves Taiwan Association – Taiwan
Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance – United States
Movement Options – United States
Movimiento Ciudadano frente al Cambio Climatico – Peru
Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik
Mujeres de Zona de Sacrificio en Resistencia Puchuncaví – Chile
Mur de Femmes contre les Oléoducs et les Sables Bitumineux / Wall of Women against Tar Sands and Pipeline – Canada
Muslim Youth Network – Nigeria
National Society of Conservationists (Friends of the Earth Hungary) – Hungary
National Youth Coalition for Democracy – Nigeria
NativesRule – Australia
Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway) – Norway
Natural Resources Alliance of Kenya – Kenya
Natural Resources Defense Council – International
Natural Resources Defense Council – USA
Nature Trust Malta – Malta
Naturskyddsföreningen – Sweden
Naturvernforbundet (Friends of the Earth Norway) – Norway
Não Fracking Brasil – Brazil
Neighborhood Tree Health – United States
Net Zero Foundation – United States
Newcastle Climate Change Response – Australia
New Forest Friends of the Earth – United Kingdom
New Mexico Story Power – United States
NGO Ecoclub – Ukraine
NGO O.ZERO – Ukraine
Nia Impact Advisors – United States
Noisy Nickel Ranch – United States
NON à Une Marée Noire dans le Saint-Laurent – Canada
Nordic Sustainability – Sweden
North Country Veterans for Peace – United States
North Norwegian Art Centre – Norway
Northern Greenhouse – United Kingdom
Northern Rivers Guardians – Australia
The Norwegian Grandparents Climate Campaign – Norway
Norwegian Writer’s Climate Campaign – Norway
A Nossa Terra – Associação Ambiental – Portugal
Not Here Not Anywhere – Ireland
Nsasani Trust – South Africa
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – United States
NYU Divest – United States
Observatório do Carvão Mineral – Brazil
Observatório do Petróleo e Gás – Brazil
Observatorio Petrolero Sur – Argentina
Ocean Geographic – Australia
Ocean. Now! – Germany
Offcut – New Zealand
Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action – United States
Oil Change International – International
Oilwatch Ghana – Ghana
Oilwatch Nigeria– Nigeria
Omställning Nyköping (Transition Town Nyköping) – Sweden
Ontario Clean Air Alliance – Canada
Operation Noah – United Kingdom
OraTaiao: The New Zealand Climate and Health Council – New Zealand
Oregon Conservancy Foundation – United States
Oregon PeaceWorks – United States
Our Seas Our Future – New Zealand
Oysi – Chile / United States
P1 Investment Services Ltd. – United Kingdom
Pacific Center for the Environment and Sustainable Development – Fiji
Pacific Conference of Churches – Fiji
Pacific Islands Development Forum – International
Pacific Partnerships on Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development – Pacific Islands
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum – Pakistan
Pamela Aminou Photography – United Kingdom
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance – Africa
Philippine Movement for Climate Justice – Philippines
Pia i Havet – Norway
PIPE UP Network – Canada
Planet Politics Institute – Australia
Planetary Resilience Council of British Columbia – Canada
Planet Passion – United States
Planet Politics Institute – Australia
Plant Based Treaty – Canada
Plataforma Algarve Livre de Petróleo – Portugal
Plataforma Salvemos Cabana – Spain
Platform London – United Kingdom
PlugN Drive NZ – New Zealand
Polish Ecologocal Club Mazovian Branch – Poland
Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation – United Kingdom
Post-Fossil AG Kassel – Germany
Power Shift Africa – Kenya
Power Shift Network – United States
Preserve Giles County – United States
Preserve Monroe, West Virginia – United States
Preserve Montgomery County Virginia – United States
Pro Grün e.V., Paderborn – Germany
Pro Natura (Friends of the Earth Switzerland) – Switzerland
Progressive Democrats of America – United States
Project Gaia – United States
Project Off Grid – United Kingdom
Project Survival Pacific – Fiji
Projeto Saúde e Alegria – Brazil
Prosperity For RI – United States
Protect Our Water Heritage Rights – United States
Protect Our Winters Austria – Austria
Protect Our Winters Norway – Norway
Protect Our Winters Sweden – Sweden
Protect Our Winters Switzerland – Switzerland
Proyecto Mirador – Honduras
Public Citizen – United States
Queensland Conservation Council – Australia
Rachel Carson Council – United States
Radical Independence Campaign East Kilbride – Scotland
Rainforest Action Network – United States
Rapid Transition Alliance – United Kingdom
Rapid Decarbonization Group – Canada
Rattray Foundation – Scotland
Reclaim Alberta – Canada
Rede de Cooperação Amazônica – Brazil
Red Line Art Works – United Kingdom
Regroupement Vigilance Hydrocarbures Québec – Canada
Renewable Energy Welfare Society – India
Réseau Associatif de Khnifiss – Morocco
Réseau Français des Etudiants pour le Développement Durable – France
Residents Action on Fylde Fracking – England
ReSource – The Netherlands
Rise Up – Papua New Guinea
Rogue Climate – United States
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand – New Zealand
Rural Arts North Yorkshire – United Kingdom
Russian Social-Ecological Union (Friends of the Earth Russia) – Russia
Salvia – Energía, Derecho y Medio Ambiente – Spain
Sandbag – United Kingdom
Salt Spring Community Energy – India
Sanctuary Nature Foundation – Canada
Sano Sansar Initiative – Nepal
Saubere Umwelt und Energie, Altmark – Germany
Save Lamu – Kenya
Schweizerische Energie-Stiftung – Switzerland
SeaLegacy – Denmark
SeaLegacy Society – Canada
SeaWind Adventures – Netherlands
Sedona Sunday Productions – United States
Seeds for the Sol – United States
Senior Matters – United States
The Shalom Center – United Kingdom
Serve All Trust – United Kingdom
Shakti – Paraguay
ShareAction – United Kingdom
Shema – The Jewish Environment Network – United Kingdom
Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health – Canada
Sierra Club – United States
Sierra Leone Consortium for Climate Change and Sustainable Development – Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone School Green Club – Sierra Leone
Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny Province of United States & Canada – United States
Slemdal Private Jordmortjeneste – Norway
SoCal 350 Climate Action – United States
Social and Environmental Justice Team, Richmond Beach Congregational Church – United States
Social Impact Initiative for Sustainable Growth and Development – Cameroon
Society for Conservation & Sustainability of Energy & Environment in Nigeria – Nigeria
Society for Threatened Peoples Switzerland – Switzerland
Socio-Ecological Union International – Russia
Solar Workers Union #1 – United States
Soular Energy Holistic Health – Canada
South Beach District 6 Democratic Club of San Francisco – United States
South Durban Community Environmental Alliance – South Africa
South East Environmental Association – Canada
South Lakes Action on Climate Change – United Kingdom
Southern California Federation of Scientists – United States
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now – United States
Spire Org – Norway
Stamp Out Poverty – United Kingdom
Stand.earth – Canada / United States
Steady State Manchester – United Kingdom
STEPS Centre – United Kingdom
Stirling Methodist Church – United Kingdom
Stop Adani Gold Coast – Australia
Stop Petróleo Vila do Bispo – Portugal
Stowarzyszenie Ekologiczne EKO-UNIA – Poland
Students for a Just and Stable Future – United States
Sungenix Energy Solutions – United States
Sunrise Movement – United States
The Sunrise Project – Australia
Sunshine Coast Climate Action Now Queensland – Australia
Sustainable Population Australia – Australia
The Sustainable Scale Project – Canada
Sustainable TransEnvironment International Foundation – Nigeria
SustainUS – United States
Sustain CreatiK – The Netherlands
Sustainable Energy & Economy Network – United States
Sustaining the Wild Coast – South Africa
Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment – Uganda
Surfrider Foundation – United States
Sustainable 3000 – United States
Talking Across the Lines – United States
Tapan Eco-Club – Armenia
Tear Netherlands – The Netherlands
Tedhelte – Niger
Tempus Analítica A.C. – Mexico
TerraPredictions – United States
Third World Network – Malaysia
Thousand Currents – United States
Tier 1 Communications – Philippines
TierrActiva – Colombia
Tom Stiansen AS – Norway
Tonga Leitis Association – Tonga
Tonita Abeyta Design – United States
Tongu Youth Agenda for Development – Ghana
TOO Uniprom – Kazakhstan
Toronto Raging Grannies – Canada
Toronto350 – Canada
Towards Sustainability Association – Hungary
Track 0 – United Kingdom
Transform Scotland – Scotland
Transition Cowichan – Canada
Transition Lymington – United Kingdom
Transition Northwich – United Kingdom
Transition Smiths Falls – Canada
Transport & Environment – Belgium
Trend Asia – Indonesia
True Nature Foundation – The Netherlands
Tyft – Australia
UK Nanas – United Kingdom
UK Youth Climate Coalition – United Kingdom
Unión de Afectados y Afectadas por las Operaciones Petroleras de Texaco – Ecuador
Unitarian Universalist Association – United States
Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth – United States
University of Hawaii Biology Alumni Association – United States
Upper Valley Affinity Group – United States
urgewald – Germany
U.S. Climate and Health Alliance – United States
Utah Moms for Clean Air – United States
Val Judrio – Idrska Dolina – Tonga
Vava’u Leitis Association – Italy
Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta – Canada
Verein Klimaschutz Schweiz – Switzerland
Virginia Citizens Consumer Council – United States
Waco Friends of Peace & Climate – United States
WALHI West Java (Friends of the Earth Indonesia) – Indonesia
Walkin’Sagres – Portugal
Walsrode Gegen Fracking und Verpressen – Germany
We Women Lanka – Sri Lanka
We Don’t Have Time – Sweden
West Coast Environmental Law Association – Canada
West Virginia Environmental Council – United States
The West Virginia Mountain Party – United States
Wild Seas – Norway
Wilderness Committee – Canada
The Wilderness Society – Australia
Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa – South Africa
Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy – United States
Wir Gegen Fracking Lüneburg – Germany
Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network International – United States
Women’s Environment and Development Organization – United States
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Norway – Norway
Women Natural Resource Governance Institute – Uganda
World Distribution Federation – South Korea
World Federation of Public Health Associations – Switzerland
WoMin (African Women Unite against Destructive Resource Extraction) – South Africa
WWF-New Zealand – New Zealand
WWF-Norway – Norway
Yarra Climate Action Now – Australia
Yayasan Srikandi Lestari –Indonesia
Yes to Life No to Mining Global Solidarity Network – International
York Community Energy – United Kingdom
Young Christian in Action for Development – Togo
Young Friends of the Earth Europe – Europe
Young Friends of the Earth Ireland – Ireland
Young Voices on Climate Change – United States
Youth Association for Development – Pakistan
YUVA Association – Turkey
ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável – Portugal
ZeroGrowthNow – United States
Zero Waste Solutions – Canada
Zukunft statt Kohle – Switzerland
198 Methods – United States
2degrees artivism – Portugal
350 Bay Area – United States
350 Climate Movement of Denmark – Denmark
350 DC – United States
350 Fairfax – United States
350 Loudoun – United States
350 Montgomery County – United States
350 NYC – United States
350 PDX – United States
350 Seattle – United States
350 Silicon Valley – United States
350 Tacoma – United States
350Vancouver – Canada
350.org – International
350.org Australia – Australia
350.org Brasil – Brazil
350.org Japan – Japan
About the Declaration
The Lofoten Declaration was written in August 2017 at a gathering in the Lofoten Islands of Norway of academics, analysts, and activists, all of whom recognize that globally we have a window of opportunity to limit the expansion of the oil and gas industry, in order to achieve the Paris climate goals. We invite other organisations worldwide to join the call.
Why is it called the Lofoten Declaration? The oil industry is lobbying hard for the seas around Lofoten to be opened to oil drilling – which would be devastating to the climate, the local community, and to Lofoten’s natural beauty – but activists have successfully managed to block these plans for years. This strategy must be expanded around the world to oppose the oil and gas industry.