About BOGA
BOGA is a growing international alliance of first mover governments working together to facilitate the managed phase-out of oil and gas production.
Our Solution
BOGA’s core members are committing to end new concessions, licensing, or leasing rounds and to set a Paris-aligned date for ending oil and gas production.
Alongside this, BOGA is working to establish the enabling conditions for an orderly, just transition away from oil and gas, including enhanced finance and support for oil and gas dependent economies in their transitions, and credible, country-led pathways for the Paris Alignment of oil and gas production in line with 1.5°C.
Action to reduce both demand for and supply of oil and gas is crucial to reduce emissions, avoid significant stranded assets and benefit from the opportunities associated with the net-zero transition.
How is oil and gas production defined?
Oil and gas production is defined as the upstream exploration, development, and production of oil and gas up to, but not including midstream and downstream activities.
How BOGA makes a difference
BOGA is designed to raise climate ambition among governments through high-level political dialogue alongside policy and technical support related to oil and gas production phase-out and just transition. Through a cumulative, tiered membership structure, BOGA provides the means and motivation to increase ambition over time. Through its dialogues and its Fund, BOGA provides practical support for the implementation steps towards a just, orderly and equitable transition.
Establishing the enabling conditions
2024 – 2025
Following the historic COP28 agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, BOGA’s focus turns to supporting implementation and showing that the transition is possible.
BOGA announces new initiatives and partnerships to establish the enabling conditions to support implementation of Paragraph 28 of the Global Stocktake (GST). The BOGA Fund doubles to $20 million, with five country programmes established, and a collaboration with the NDC Partnership to help governments incorporate measures to advance phase-out into the third round of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) announced at COP29.
The Alliance announces a partnership with the European Commission to strengthen producer-consumer coordination and advance technical approaches to support an orderly and just transition. Alongside this, it expands dialogues with finance ministries and international financial institutions on the economic implications of the transition.
A historic global agreement
2022 – 2023
The Alliance doubles in size to 24 members, driving the issue of fossil fuel phase-out to the forefront of international negotiations on how to tackle climate change. BOGA establishes closed-door dialogues between major oil and gas producers and consumers to enhance coordination and advance planning for a managed and orderly phase-out of fossil fuels. It also sets up a $10 million BOGA Fund, to support Global South countries to start planning for and working towards an orderly, just transition away from oil and gas, and initiates dialogues with international financial institutions on partnerships to support a just transition.
The Alliance begins convening the progressive parties that called for the phase-out of fossil fuels at COP27, with the aim of delivering an ambitious COP outcome. One year later, at COP28, the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake include the first-ever global commitment to transition away from fossil fuels.
Raising the issue
2021
BOGA is launched at COP26 in Glasgow by Denmark and Costa Rica, with 12 founding members and friends. It becomes the first government-led Alliance to raise the issue of a managed phase-out of oil and gas production within the UNFCCC process.
In the outcomes of COP26, coal and fossil fuel subsidies are referenced for the first time. The launch builds on years of diplomatic and civil society work and is widely supported, kick-starting a process to establish the phase-out of fossil fuels as critical to tackling climate change and meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.
How we work
Co-Chairs, Members and Friends
BOGA co-chairs, members, and partners advocate for BOGA in international fora and bilateral meetings, represent BOGA at High-Level events, and inform the alliance’s strategic priorities.
BOGA’s co-chairs provide strategic and working-level direction, and lead the alliance’s activities, dialogues, and engagement, alongside BOGA’s members and partners.
Strategic decisions are taken at the Ministerial level, in BOGA’s Annual Ministerial Meeting and in ad hoc Ministerial Meetings, as necessary.
Secretariat
BOGA’s secretariat provides strategic advice and practical support and manages the day-to-day coordination and administration of the Alliance, including regular members and friends’ meetings, funders and partners’ meetings, and civil society engagement.
Supporters
Supporters include the Danish Government, the Swedish Government, the Sequoia Climate Foundation, the Global Methane Hub, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the KR Foundation, among others.
Work with us
The BOGA Secretariat is growing. Please check back regularly for updates and get in touch with any enquiries.