Climate change is an unprecedented global human rights emergency, caused primarily by burning fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gases.Despite commitments made under international climate agreements and repeated calls by the UN to urgently phase out fossil fuels, government actions to limit them and stem the flow of subsidies to the fossil fuel industry have been wholly inadequate. Meanwhile, the industry is intensifying efforts to lock in profits, disinform, and exert undue influence in climate policy forums. This report maps the global scale of risks to human rights and critical ecosystems from existing and planned fossil fuel infrastructure. Data analysis by Better Planet Laboratory is presented alongside new, in-depth research and snapshots of ongoing campaigns across the Americas and West Africa, showing the devastating effects of fossil fuel exploration, production, transportation and decommissioning on fenceline communities and the ecosystems on which we all rely.
