BOGA (Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance)

The Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance (BOGA) is a diplomatic initiative co-launched by Denmark and Costa Rica at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November 2021. Its purpose is to facilitate the managed phase-out of oil and gas production by aligning national policy with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, particularly the 1.5°C pathway outlined by the IPCC.

BOGA operates on a tiered membership structure:

• Core members commit to ending new concessions, licensing, and leasing rounds for oil and gas exploration and production, and to setting a Paris-aligned end date for existing production.
• Associate members take significant concrete steps that contribute to supply-side phase-out but have not adopted the full core commitment.
• Friends endorse the alliance's objectives and support its work without binding production commitments.

Founding core members announced in Glasgow included Denmark, Costa Rica, France, Ireland, Sweden, Greenland, Wales, and the Canadian province of Quebec. California joined later as a subnational member.

BOGA is notable because most climate diplomacy has focused on demand-side measures — emissions targets, carbon pricing, and consumption — whereas BOGA addresses the supply side of fossil fuels, an area long considered politically sensitive at UNFCCC negotiations. It complements parallel initiatives such as the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) and the Glasgow Statement on International Public Finance for the Clean Energy Transition.

Critics note that founding members are mostly small producers or jurisdictions with already-declining hydrocarbon sectors, limiting the alliance's direct impact on global supply. Supporters argue BOGA's value lies in establishing a normative precedent — that voluntary, treaty-aligned production phase-outs are politically feasible — and in building diplomatic momentum toward a possible Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a concept endorsed by Vanuatu, Tuvalu, and several other Pacific states.

The alliance's secretariat functions have been supported by the governments of Denmark and Costa Rica.