Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in a Just, Orderly and Equitable Manner

To support the transition from fossil fuels, we identify barriers to managing a fossil fuel transition including:

1. Geopolitical volatility and existing structural advantages to fossil fuel production and use:
2. Limited focus on and insufficiently articulated ‘exit routes’ for a managed decline in supply from producer nations;
3. The limitations faced by fossil-dependent small or low-income producers, including considerations for long-term investment practices, and
4. Constraints – both material and economic – to developing clean-up technologies for residual emissions, such as carbon capture and geological storage.

We suggest that a pathway towards a transition away from fossil fuels requires a multi-lever approach, with a focus on three complementary and context-specific pillars: Managing fossil fuel supply; driving the shift in energy demand, and building enabling conditions for a just transition

We finally highlight that a just, orderly and equitable decline of fossil fuel production and use should include flexible transition pathways for emerging and developing economies, a coordinated decline of both demand and supply and clear responsibilities for the clean up of remaining carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.