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We are recruiting for new trustees at Platform!
Platform is a research and advocacy organisation with a focus on energy system change. Our current campaigns focus on the social, economic and environmental impacts of the global oil industry. The organisation is led by the staff in a distributed leadership model where the direction and strategy are decided collectively. We self-manage issues through a…
16 Jun 2021 Platform -
Petition for a Just Transition in the North Sea
Platform’s Just Transition campaign seeks a well-managed phase out of oil and gas production in the North Sea. This includes preventing future oil and gas licensing rounds, halting fossil fuel subsidies, and most importantly, ensuring that Just Transition measures are implemented during the phase out (i.e. large-scale job creation, re-training and re-skilling, safeguarding worker rights…
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Taking Control: Building oil and gas workers’ power in the energy transition
Do you work in the offshore oil and gas industry? Have you worked in the industry in the past? Join our workshops to determine what a just energy transition looks like and learn how we can fight for our demands. First workshop: Saturday 13 March 2021 10:00am – 1:00pm over Zoom. Our report, OFFSHORE: Oil…
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Quote: UKEF End Fossil Fuel Funding
Platform has spent years analysing the impacts of UKEF fossil fuel financing. We said this in response to the news that UKEF is ending their support for fossil fuel projects: At last the UK government is stopping finance for the most polluting and harmful projects around the world. But we know that the UK Government…
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Press Release: Councils suffer £2bn hit to pension funds due to oil investments
New analysis reveals that £1.75 billion was wiped off UK council pension funds due to their oil investments crashing over the past three years. Platform London commissioned Transition Economics to conduct the analysis [1], which showed that * The combined investments by 56 local government pension funds into nine leading oil companies, including BP and…
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Healing Separation, Mobilising Desire
Live event marking 25 years since the murder of Ken-Saro Wiwa.
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PRESS RELEASE: 81% of Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Consider Leaving the Industry: Campaigners Urge Government to Consult Workforce on Shift in Renewable Energy
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28.09.2020 81% OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS WORKERS CONSIDER LEAVING THE INDUSTRY: CAMPAIGNERS URGE GOVERNMENT TO CONSULT WORKFORCE ON SHIFT TO RENEWABLE ENERGY Major survey of offshore oil and gas workers reveals that four in five would consider moving to work in another industry. Workers’ biggest concern for their future career…
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Lloyds of London Laggard on Climate Action
This piece is a guest post by the brilliant by Suzanne Dhaliwal, Director of No Tar Sands. If any other outlet would like to host this piece on their website as well, we’d be delighted to share it with your audience. Please contact us at [email protected], for original photos, graphics, and text. —————————- Reopening of…
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Crises, North Sea Oil and Covid-19
Last month I spoke on behalf of Platform at an online event on the theme of ‘People Over Profit and Covid-19’ organised by our collaborators Kate and Ryan at Friends of the Earth Scotland. It was a really engaging event with two other speakers followed by breakout groups and a wider discussion afterwards. I looked…
17 Jun 2020 admin
