Please note: this page will continue to be updated with more info as activities are confirmed.
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Seeing as the fossil fuel industry has partnered with Brussels Climate Week, Fossil Free Politics is hosting its own alternative activities!
We have a whole week of actions and workshops exploring how we can cut the fossil fuel industry out of politics. And we aren’t partnering with any fossil fuel companies while we’re at it.
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Sunday 11 October
The Belgian Climate March!
We will be joining our allies in a bloc during the annual Belgian climate march.
The slogan of this year’s march is “Let’s free ourselves from fossil fuels, together.” So Fossil Free Politics simply has to be there!
More info here. Sunday 11 October 2026, 14:00 Gare du Nord, Brussels.
Let us know if you want to join. Everyone is going.
Wednesday 14/10
Toxic Lobby Tour
A special edition of the famous lobby tours run by Corporate Europe Observatory.
Starting right by the European Parliament, we’ll be taken around the European Quarter by researchers on corporate capture and lobbying. You’ll hear some shocking stats and illuminating insider stories on what goes on in the buildings right outside the supposed heart of European democracy.
Wednesday 14 October 2026, 17:00, The Esplanade outside the European Parliament, Brussels.
Fossil Free Politics Drinks
Take a break from fighting fossil fuel interests to get to know the team behind Fossil Free Politics and network with our allies. We have some international visitors over, and we’d love to introduce everyone and jointly scheme for the struggles ahead of us.
Wednesday 14 October 2026, 19:00 til late, Zonneklop bar. Rue de la Paix 33, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels.
No need to register, just show up!
Thursday 15/10
“Managing Conflicts of Interest in Climate Policymaking” workshop
How do conflicts of interest shape climate policy, and what can realistically be done about them? Join us for a special workshop with our academic partners at the University of Bath’s Centre for 21st Century Public Health for an interactive workshop on fossil fuel lobbying and conflicts of interest based on decades of research on the fight for a firewall around the tobacco lobby.
We’ll cover what conflicts of interests actually are, why they pose a problem for policymaking in the public interest, and what new research says about how different policy actors understand and conceptualise them. We’ll then look at how those diverging views shape approaches to managing conflicts, and the implications for political and framing strategies, including exploring what’s feasible versus desirable.
Thursday 15 October 2026, 09:30 – 12:00, Mundo Matonge, Brussels.
Civil Society Pledge workshop
It’s been a year since the launch of our Civil Society Pledge at COP30. It was a collective call to end fossil fuel influence in policymaking, but what has it actually meant in practice?
Join the Fossil Free Politics coalition and CAN Europe for a workshop where we take this pledge and turn it into practical guidance together. We’ll share experiences of lobbying and suggest concrete actions we can all take to protect policymaking from fossil fuel capture and work towards a fossil free politics.
We’ll discuss what those commitments could look like in day-to-day life and where we would need more concrete guidelines. The session is the first of a series of workshops aiming to eventually come up with a practical checklist that helps us limit our interactions with the fossil fuel industry and make the Pledge a working tool rather than just a joint statement of intent. There will be online workshops later in the year where we bring in experiences from organisations across Europe.
All civil society organisations are welcome, whether you have signed the pledge yet or not.
Thursday 15 October 2026, 13:00 – 15:00, Mundo Matonge, Brussels.
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Please fill in this form stating which events you would be interested in attending and we will confirm the details with you in the coming days.
For those of you outside of Brussels, we have some budget for travel and accommodation but you will need to contact us to arrange it. If you’re coming to Brussels anyway, be sure to say hi!
Please email nathan@fossilfreepolitics.org if you have any questions.