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Italian fossil fuel giant Eni has pressed charges against Antonio Tricarico of ReCommon in relation to statements he made on the RAI program Report on May 5^th, 2024. He is now under investigation by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office on charges of alleged defamation of the company in the press. 

More than 70 associations, citizens' initiatives and companies from Germany, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, DR Congo, Ghana, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, UK,  and the USA have signed an open letter to warn against Germany's misguided approach to CCS. The legislation is poised to be fast-tracked amid the current government crisis.

Today, Urgewald and 34 NGO partners published the 2024 update of the Global Oil & Gas Exit List (GOGEL). GOGEL is the most comprehensive public database of companies in the oil and gas industry. It covers 1,769 companies active in the upstream, midstream and power sectors. Companies on GOGEL are responsible for 95% of global oil and gas production. 

Two weeks before the world’s governments meet for COP29 in Baku, Urgewald and 51 NGO partners released the 2024 “Global Coal Exit List” (GCEL), a public database of 1,579 companies operating along the thermal coal value chain.

As Azerbaijan prepares to host the UN's 29th Climate Conference (COP29) in November, environmental and human rights organizations Urgewald and CEE Bankwatch launch a special report on the country’s state-owned oil and gas company, SOCAR. 

Today, Urgewald and 17 NGO partners released the 2024 edition of Investing in Climate Chaos, a website that reveals the fossil fuel holdings of over 7,500 institutional investors worldwide. The investment data was retrieved in May 2024 and shows that institutional investors currently hold $4.3 trillion in bonds and shares of fossil fuel companies. These investments are held by pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowment funds and asset management arms of commercial banks.