Laurie van der Burg
@laurievdburg.bsky.social
@oilchange.bsky.social campaigner working to support a just transition off of fossil fuels. Previously #KlimaatzaakShell @milieudefensie & research @ODIclimate.
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1/ As Nepal’s PM @shahbalen.bsky.social speaks at the UN General Assembly, 160+ organisations support his calls for a rapid, well-financed response to the glacial flood disaster in Nepal. Here’s why 🧵👇
@gcdcj.bsky.social @asianpeoplesmvt, Desis Rising Up & Moving
📸 @canclimateaction.bsky.social
@gcdcj.bsky.social @asianpeoplesmvt, Desis Rising Up & Moving
📸 @canclimateaction.bsky.social
September 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
1/ As Nepal’s PM @shahbalen.bsky.social speaks at the UN General Assembly, 160+ organisations support his calls for a rapid, well-financed response to the glacial flood disaster in Nepal. Here’s why 🧵👇
@gcdcj.bsky.social @asianpeoplesmvt, Desis Rising Up & Moving
📸 @canclimateaction.bsky.social
@gcdcj.bsky.social @asianpeoplesmvt, Desis Rising Up & Moving
📸 @canclimateaction.bsky.social
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🚨 NY’s Nepali community + representatives of frontline communities around the world rallied outside the UN headquarters for Climate Week.
Our demand: Global North countries must pay reparations for the Global South countries at highest risk from climate disasters.
Our demand: Global North countries must pay reparations for the Global South countries at highest risk from climate disasters.
September 23, 2026 at 1:58 PM
🚨 NY’s Nepali community + representatives of frontline communities around the world rallied outside the UN headquarters for Climate Week.
Our demand: Global North countries must pay reparations for the Global South countries at highest risk from climate disasters.
Our demand: Global North countries must pay reparations for the Global South countries at highest risk from climate disasters.
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NEW REPORT: TotalEnergies’ LNG into Europe risks European security, affordability, and climate goals.
September 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM
NEW REPORT: TotalEnergies’ LNG into Europe risks European security, affordability, and climate goals.
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New DATA 🚨
"Behind the Barrel: The Oil Traders Fueling Israel’s Genocide", reveals how two little-known private companies – Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO – have risen as important traders of crude oil to Israel since it began its genocide against Palestinians. oilchange.org/publications...
"Behind the Barrel: The Oil Traders Fueling Israel’s Genocide", reveals how two little-known private companies – Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO – have risen as important traders of crude oil to Israel since it began its genocide against Palestinians. oilchange.org/publications...
September 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
New DATA 🚨
"Behind the Barrel: The Oil Traders Fueling Israel’s Genocide", reveals how two little-known private companies – Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO – have risen as important traders of crude oil to Israel since it began its genocide against Palestinians. oilchange.org/publications...
"Behind the Barrel: The Oil Traders Fueling Israel’s Genocide", reveals how two little-known private companies – Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO – have risen as important traders of crude oil to Israel since it began its genocide against Palestinians. oilchange.org/publications...
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Breaking: two companies are helping supply the oil that fuels Israel’s ongoing military aggression against Palestine.🚨
This is happening despite mounting legal findings of violations of international law by Israel.
⛔ Stop oil shipment to Israel now!
Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/behind-the-b...
This is happening despite mounting legal findings of violations of international law by Israel.
⛔ Stop oil shipment to Israel now!
Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/behind-the-b...
September 3, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Breaking: two companies are helping supply the oil that fuels Israel’s ongoing military aggression against Palestine.🚨
This is happening despite mounting legal findings of violations of international law by Israel.
⛔ Stop oil shipment to Israel now!
Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/behind-the-b...
This is happening despite mounting legal findings of violations of international law by Israel.
⛔ Stop oil shipment to Israel now!
Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/behind-the-b...
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Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.
Report: German taxpayers’ money backed new gas drilling in the Amazon, despite pledging to stop funding fossil fuels abroad
Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.
euobserver.com
August 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.
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Report: German taxpayers’ money backed new gas drilling in the Amazon, despite pledging to stop funding fossil fuels abroad
Report: German taxpayers’ money backed new gas drilling in the Amazon, despite pledging to stop funding fossil fuels abroad
Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.
euobserver.com
August 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Report: German taxpayers’ money backed new gas drilling in the Amazon, despite pledging to stop funding fossil fuels abroad
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📢 1/ New research released today by Oil Change Intl., ‘Broken Promises, Dirty Deals: Germany’s Fossil Fuel Finance Abroad and its Destructive Consequences’, uncovers how Germany is breaking its promise to stop using public money to fund fossil fuel projects overseas.
➡️ oilchange.org/news/uncover...
➡️ oilchange.org/news/uncover...
Uncovered: German finance backs Amazon gas expansion, defying its own policy - Oil Change International
New research, ‘Broken Promises, Dirty Deals: Germany’s Fossil Fuel Finance Abroad and its Destructive Consequences’ (in Englisgh and German), conducted by Oil
oilchange.org
August 5, 2026 at 7:28 AM
📢 1/ New research released today by Oil Change Intl., ‘Broken Promises, Dirty Deals: Germany’s Fossil Fuel Finance Abroad and its Destructive Consequences’, uncovers how Germany is breaking its promise to stop using public money to fund fossil fuel projects overseas.
➡️ oilchange.org/news/uncover...
➡️ oilchange.org/news/uncover...
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📣 Our new report finds that the Trump admin’s energy + AI “dominance” policies + hostility to renewables will make it even harder for working families to afford their energy bills.
Thanks to Trump, the wholesale price of fossil gas could DOUBLE over the next decade, outpacing inflation every year.
Thanks to Trump, the wholesale price of fossil gas could DOUBLE over the next decade, outpacing inflation every year.
July 28, 2026 at 1:54 PM
📣 Our new report finds that the Trump admin’s energy + AI “dominance” policies + hostility to renewables will make it even harder for working families to afford their energy bills.
Thanks to Trump, the wholesale price of fossil gas could DOUBLE over the next decade, outpacing inflation every year.
Thanks to Trump, the wholesale price of fossil gas could DOUBLE over the next decade, outpacing inflation every year.
NEW: Our first-ever dataset shows national development banks (NDBs) could unlock at least $28 billion/year for renewable energy by shifting finance away from fossil fuels. Why does this matter you say? 🧵⬇️
July 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
NEW: Our first-ever dataset shows national development banks (NDBs) could unlock at least $28 billion/year for renewable energy by shifting finance away from fossil fuels. Why does this matter you say? 🧵⬇️
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🚨ICYMI: The UK and Dutch govts will no longer finance the controversial Mozambique LNG project, which is a huge win for people and planet!
Read @reuters.com story: www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Read @reuters.com story: www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Britain, Netherlands withdraw $2.2 billion backing for Total-led Mozambique LNG
Britain and the Netherlands are withdrawing a combined $2.2 billion in support for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project, they said separately on Monday, after both hired firms to probe human r...
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🚨ICYMI: The UK and Dutch govts will no longer finance the controversial Mozambique LNG project, which is a huge win for people and planet!
Read @reuters.com story: www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Read @reuters.com story: www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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HUGE WIN: UK Government pulls $1.15bn in support for the controversial Mozambique LNG project - putting pressure on the Dutch Govt to pull out too.
@financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
@financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
UK to withdraw financing for Total’s Mozambique LNG project
Energy chief has warned he is ready to ‘exercise all my contractual rights’ if governments do not stand by contracts
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
HUGE WIN: UK Government pulls $1.15bn in support for the controversial Mozambique LNG project - putting pressure on the Dutch Govt to pull out too.
@financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
@financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
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#COP30 Rich countries are derailing the transition away from fossil fuels by clinging to failed private finance schemes.
Blended finance isn’t working. Public funding is the only path forward.
Must-read via @devex: www.devex.com/news/opinion...
Blended finance isn’t working. Public funding is the only path forward.
Must-read via @devex: www.devex.com/news/opinion...
Devex Dish: The world has a plan to stop land degradation
The view from the U.N. desertification summit on land degradation and how to build a career in agrifood systems.
www.devex.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#COP30 Rich countries are derailing the transition away from fossil fuels by clinging to failed private finance schemes.
Blended finance isn’t working. Public funding is the only path forward.
Must-read via @devex: www.devex.com/news/opinion...
Blended finance isn’t working. Public funding is the only path forward.
Must-read via @devex: www.devex.com/news/opinion...
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At #COP30 the EU poses as champion of a #fossilfuel fuel phase-out.
But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South.
That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery.
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But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South.
That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery.
👇Thread👇
two men are sitting on a couch and one of them is saying " and by demagoguery you mean "
ALT: two men are sitting on a couch and one of them is saying " and by demagoguery you mean "
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
At #COP30 the EU poses as champion of a #fossilfuel fuel phase-out.
But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South.
That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery.
👇Thread👇
But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South.
That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery.
👇Thread👇
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8/ 📢 New op-ed from the Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development's Lidy Nacpil & @esbast.bsky.social: At #COP30, public finance is the key to a fair fossil fuel phaseout. No more excuses. Rich countries must pay their fair share.
🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/cop3...
🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/cop3...
At COP30, Progress on Public Finance Is Critical for a Fair Fossil Fuel Phaseout | Common Dreams
As ministers arrive in Belém for the final COP30 sprint, the world must move from words to action: That means ending fossil fuel expansion and unlocking the public finance needed to build a fair, fast...
www.commondreams.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
8/ 📢 New op-ed from the Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development's Lidy Nacpil & @esbast.bsky.social: At #COP30, public finance is the key to a fair fossil fuel phaseout. No more excuses. Rich countries must pay their fair share.
🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/cop3...
🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/cop3...
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It's crunch time at #COP30 and we want to remind Global North governments of the obligations they keep trying to escape.
🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It's crunch time at #COP30 and we want to remind Global North governments of the obligations they keep trying to escape.
🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
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🚨BREAKING: International Finance Corporation @ifcorg.bsky.social, Asia Development Bank & International Bank for Reconstruction and Development put on notice over fossil fuel finance even as govts at #COP30 discuss a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap.
Details ➡️ www.globalcapital.com/article/2flx...
Details ➡️ www.globalcapital.com/article/2flx...
Law scholars shine spotlight on MDBs’ climate loopholes
First-of-its-kind opinion lays out World Bank, ADB and shareholders’ obligations under international law
www.globalcapital.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚨BREAKING: International Finance Corporation @ifcorg.bsky.social, Asia Development Bank & International Bank for Reconstruction and Development put on notice over fossil fuel finance even as govts at #COP30 discuss a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap.
Details ➡️ www.globalcapital.com/article/2flx...
Details ➡️ www.globalcapital.com/article/2flx...
@cop30brazil.bsky.social President do Lago was just quoted @theguardian.com: for a fossil fuel phaseout "you don’t need public money from developed countries".
This is false & risks fuelling tensions in the talks where developing countries facing debt crises underline that public finance is key.
This is false & risks fuelling tensions in the talks where developing countries facing debt crises underline that public finance is key.
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@cop30brazil.bsky.social President do Lago was just quoted @theguardian.com: for a fossil fuel phaseout "you don’t need public money from developed countries".
This is false & risks fuelling tensions in the talks where developing countries facing debt crises underline that public finance is key.
This is false & risks fuelling tensions in the talks where developing countries facing debt crises underline that public finance is key.
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🚨 In the final days of #COP30, we need to be very clear:
📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣
The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise.
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣
The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise.
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
Oil Change International response to COP30 Presidency claims we don’t need public money for the energy transition - Oil Change International
Bronwen Tucker, Public Finance lead at Oil Change International, said: “It’s distressing to hear the COP30 Presidency say we don’t need more public funding for the energy transition.
oilchange.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🚨 In the final days of #COP30, we need to be very clear:
📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣
The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise.
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣
The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise.
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
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#COP30 ends 3yrs of talks to align 💸 flows with climate goals (Article 2.1c). But 💰 is still going to fossil fuels. Will COP30 be the turning point?
➡️State of play by @oilchange.bsky.social @re-course.org @eurodadnews.bsky.social @boellus.bsky.social @caneurope.org:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/aligni...
➡️State of play by @oilchange.bsky.social @re-course.org @eurodadnews.bsky.social @boellus.bsky.social @caneurope.org:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/aligni...
Aligning financial flows - all talk, little action?
COP30 concludes three years of dialogue on one of the Paris Agreement’s core goals: aligning financial flows with climate and development goals (Article 2.1(c)).
www.linkedin.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#COP30 ends 3yrs of talks to align 💸 flows with climate goals (Article 2.1c). But 💰 is still going to fossil fuels. Will COP30 be the turning point?
➡️State of play by @oilchange.bsky.social @re-course.org @eurodadnews.bsky.social @boellus.bsky.social @caneurope.org:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/aligni...
➡️State of play by @oilchange.bsky.social @re-course.org @eurodadnews.bsky.social @boellus.bsky.social @caneurope.org:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/aligni...
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BREAKING: While the UK Government grandstands about climate change at #COP30, a fossil fuel megaproject it is considering taxpayer support for is hit by a new crisis:
www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...
www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...
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Here you find ECCHR’s press contact and current press releases.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
BREAKING: While the UK Government grandstands about climate change at #COP30, a fossil fuel megaproject it is considering taxpayer support for is hit by a new crisis:
www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...
www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...
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🚨Korea has just joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance at #COP30 - a late but welcome step. However, Korea is yet to take any serious action on oil and gas and continues to provide huge taxpayer-backed finance for international fossil fuel projects.
Read our reactive: oilchange.org/news/korea-j...
Read our reactive: oilchange.org/news/korea-j...
Korea Joins Powering Past Coal Alliance at COP30 - Oil Change International
17 November, Belém – Today, the Powering Past Coal Alliance announced that the Republic of Korea is joining the initiative as a new member, with Kim Sung-hwan, Minister of Climate…
oilchange.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🚨Korea has just joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance at #COP30 - a late but welcome step. However, Korea is yet to take any serious action on oil and gas and continues to provide huge taxpayer-backed finance for international fossil fuel projects.
Read our reactive: oilchange.org/news/korea-j...
Read our reactive: oilchange.org/news/korea-j...
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📣 BREAKING
At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks.
Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu...
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At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks.
Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
📣 BREAKING
At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks.
Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu...
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At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks.
Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu...
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5/ Read our policymakers briefing, with @350.org and @ciel.org @obsclima.bsky.social, to find out about the concrete opportunities to advance a fast, fair and funded fossil fuel phase-out @COP30 & learn what we mean when we say this COP must close with a BAM 💥: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...
oilchange.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
5/ Read our policymakers briefing, with @350.org and @ciel.org @obsclima.bsky.social, to find out about the concrete opportunities to advance a fast, fair and funded fossil fuel phase-out @COP30 & learn what we mean when we say this COP must close with a BAM 💥: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...
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1/ At COP28 governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. Two years later, fossil fuel production is rising & energy transition finance is falling short. Leaders at @COP30 must now turn promises into action.
This is how: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...
This is how: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
1/ At COP28 governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. Two years later, fossil fuel production is rising & energy transition finance is falling short. Leaders at @COP30 must now turn promises into action.
This is how: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...
This is how: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...