LETTER FROM GLOBAL LEADERS & NOBEL LAUREATES

A group of 77 Nobel laureates and former world leaders call on the United Nations to address the threat of fossil fuels in the draft Pact for the Future. They argue that the extraction and burning of oil, gas, and coal are the primary drivers of the climate crisis and undermine all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The signatories advocate for international cooperation to end fossil fuel expansion, negotiate equitable phase-out timelines, and scale transition finance in alignment with the 1.5ºC limit of the Paris Agreement, specifically supporting the negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

• The signatories express grave concern that the draft Pact for the Future fails to mention fossil fuels, despite their role as a primary cause of the climate crisis and a threat to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, including public health, biodiversity, and social equality.
• The authors call for unprecedented international cooperation to end the expansion of coal, oil, and gas, based on consensus from the IEA and IPCC, and to establish equitable phase-out timelines that implement the Paris Agreement.
• The letter specifically endorses the efforts of 13 nations that are currently seeking the negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
• The signatories demand that the United Nations ensure the Pact for the Future includes commitments to manage and finance a global transition away from fossil fuel extraction consistent with the 1.5ºC limit of the Paris Agreement.

APA

Yunus, M., Robinson, M., Löfven, S., Sanchez, O. A., Lama, T. 1. D., Tum, R. M., Corrigan-Maguire, M., Ebadi, S., Mukwege, D. D., Karman, T., Gbowee, L., Satyarthi, K., Williams, J., Cech, T. R., Chalfie, M., Charpentier, E., Ciechanover, A., Deisenhofer, J., Doudna, J. A., ... Wilson, R. W. (n.d.). LETTER FROM GLOBAL LEADERS & NOBEL LAUREATES. Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. https://www.fossilfueltreaty.org/summit-of-the-future-letter

Chicago

Yunus, Muhammad, Mary Robinson, Stefan Löfven, Oscar Arias Sanchez, The 14th Dalai Lama, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, et al. LETTER FROM GLOBAL LEADERS & NOBEL LAUREATES. Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, n.d. https://www.fossilfueltreaty.org/summit-of-the-future-letter.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{yunusndletter, author = {Yunus, Muhammad and Robinson, Mary and Löfven, Stefan and Sanchez, Oscar Arias and Lama, The 14th Dalai and Tum, Rigoberta Menchu and Corrigan-Maguire, Mairead and Ebadi, Shirin and Mukwege, Dr Denis and Karman, Tawakkol and Gbowee, Leymah and Satyarthi, Kailash and Williams, Jody and Cech, Thomas R. and Chalfie, Martin and Charpentier, Emmanuelle and Ciechanover, Aaron and Deisenhofer, Johann and Doudna, Jennifer A. and Dubochet, Jacques and Ertl, Gerhard and Frank, Joachim and Heege, Alan and Henderson, Richard and Hershko, Avram and Hoffmann, Roald and Karplus, Martin and Kobilka, Brian K. and Kornberg, Roger D. and Levitt, Michael and List, Benjamin and Meldal, Morten and Noyori, Ryoji and Sauvage, Jean-Pierre and Diamond, Peter A. and Imbens, Guido W. and Phelps, Edmund S. and Jelinek, Elfriede and Alter, Harvey J. and Arber, Werner and Barre-Sinoussi, Francoise and Capecchi, Mario R. and Greider, Carol W. and Hall, Jeffrey Connor and Hartwell, Leland H. and Horvitz, H. Robert and Houghton, Sir Michael and Hunt, Tim and Ignarro, Louis J. and Kandel, Eric R. and Mell, Craig C. and Moser, Edvard and Moser, May-Britt and Nurse, Sir Paul M. and Rice, Charles M. and Roberts, Sir Richard J. and Rosbash, Michael and Semenza, Gregg L. and Szostak, Jack W. and Wiesel, Torsten N. and Agostini, Pierre and Geim, Andre and Glashow, Sheldon and Hall, John L. and Josephson, Brian D. and Kajita, Takaaki and Ketterle, Wolfgang and Krausz, Ferenc and Mather, John C. and Mayor, Michel and McDonald, Arthur B. and Penrose, Roger and Phillips, William D. and Politzer, H. David and Weiss, Rainer and Wieman, Carl E. and Wilson, Robert Woodrow}, title = {{LETTER FROM GLOBAL LEADERS \& NOBEL LAUREATES}}, publisher = {Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative}, url = {https://www.fossilfueltreaty.org/summit-of-the-future-letter}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }