Supporters

We are grateful to have over 1 million people calling for Rosebank to be stopped.

We have the support of over 300 civil society organisations – representing health care workers, farmers, young people, parents, fuel poverty campaigners – alongisde 700 scientists and experts, 400 faith leaders, 40 MEPs and MPs from every major political party, trade unionists, and celebrities.

This includes:

Naomi Klein
Greta Thunberg
Christiana Figueres
Frankie Boyle
See full list of our court case supporters

Highlights

Some highlights of what our network has achieved.

Rosebank Protests

40 local protests across the country against Rosebank’s approval
Three Equinor and Ithaca AGMs disrupted
Countless protests at DESNZ, Norwegian Embassy, Equinor HQ, Scotland’s UK government building, and industry events including knit-ins at Equinor and Ithaca's Aberdeen offices

Pressure on the Government

Dozens of MPs and MSPs from across political parties pledging to #StopRosebank
Over 250 organisations call on Keir Starmer to stop Rosebank
Over 1 million signatures against new oil and gas handed to the Prime Minister
Rosebank raised over 113 times in the UK Parliament including a dedicated parliamentary debate over the environmental impact of the field
Rosebank raised over 36 times Scottish Parliament
Almost all MPs contacted by constituents about Rosebank
Over 50 face-to-face constituent meetings with MPs and MSPs
Previous UK government admitted that Rosebank won't boost energy security
Current UK government agreed that the previous government’s Rosebank approval was unlawful
Delayed the Rosebank decision 5 times before its approval
Built pressure against the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill until it was dropped

Challenge against decision-makers and owners

Won a landmark legal challenge against the Rosebank approval, supported by dozens of experts and celebrities
Publicly challenged decision-makers including Norway's foreign minister, Equinor's chief economist, Equinor's CEO (twice), Michelle Donelan, Claire Coutinho, Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf
Met with the Norwegian Ambassadors to hand in 100,000 petition signatures
Called on funders of Equinor and Ithaca to urge them to ditch the project
Helped the Science Museum drop Equinor as a sponsor
Successfully got the Advertising Standards Authority to call out Equinor's misleading ads

Media attention

Over 38K mentions of Rosebank in the media
Exposed Equinor's obscene tax breaks for developing Rosebank
Went viral
Legal challenge supported by dozens of experts and celebrities including Naomi Klein, Christiana Figueres and Frankie Boyle
Exposed Ithaca’s IDF link and revealed it’s set to receive around £253 million in revenue from Rosebank
Filed legal complain against Equinor for breaching Norway’s transparency act over its connection to the Delek Group

Stopped Cambo

Made Cambo oil field a lightning rod of controversy during COP26
Forced Shell to pull out of the Cambo oil field, putting the project indefinitely on hold.

We’re united by a belief in climate justice.

This means countries like the UK doing their fair share to combat the climate crisis, recognising the climate debt owed by wealthy nations to the rest of the world after centuries of colonialism and carbon emissions.

While millions of people struggle to afford skyrocketing energy bills, oil and gas companies are making obscene profits and being handed billions in tax breaks. We believe that our reliance on expensive fossil fuels is driving the crisis of energy and fuel poverty. The only solution is to transition to affordable renewable energy.

We believe in a just transition – where oil and gas workers, their unions, and communities are meaningfully involved in the phase out of fossil fuels and the shift to secure jobs in renewables.

#StopRosebank is one of many struggles against fossil fuel extraction in the UK and abroad. We stand in solidarity with those resisting new conflicts and with the communities that have long fought against oil and gas extraction.

Who we are