Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024

Tabled by Ana Miranda Paz

Added: 7a. Highlights the paramount activities by the Committee on Petitions in 2024 in dealing with petitions submitted by the Fossil Free Politics coalition, calling for the fossil fuel industry to be held to account for its role in the energy and cost of living crisis as well as for an end to the fossil-fuel industry’s influence in EU decision-making, in view of the substantial irrefutable evidence brought to light, showing that for many years the fossil fuel industry had full awareness about the dangers for the climate posed by its products and, rather than supporting a transition to a future based on renewable energy, chose to spread climate denialism and disinformation; underlines that, in a new report to the UN General Assembly in May 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change called for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation about the climate crisis and a total ban on fossil fuel industry lobbying and advertising, in order to start adequately safeguarding human rights and the planet from the catastrophic consequences of climate change;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE776.240v01-00