What we do
Coal Action Network works for a just transition towards the end of:
- coal extraction within the UK, and coal imports into the UK
- coal use in UK industries
- UK support for coal mining and use around the world
Within this work, we always centre justice for workers communities affected by the UK's current and historical involvement with coal. We do this by working in solidarity with communities on the front-lines of coal-extraction in the UK, in countries where coal is mined for export to the UK, and where it is supported by the UK's financial institutions. We offer campaign strategy support, communications, networking, fundraising, research, organising events, mobilising grassroots campaigns, and supporting legal challenges to coal companies.
More broadly, we seek to amplify and strengthen the networks and capacity of front-line communities against extractivism and environmental racism, towards a just transition for impacted communities and workers.
Vision
CAN's Vision is for a world without resource extraction where it is in conflict with people and ecosystems: a world without extractive-driven models of growth and consumption.
We envision decolonised global energy systems, guided by decision-making at a local level with a global conscience, where communities have been able to determine their own future beyond mining.
We believe that interconnected grassroots movements are able to build power together to transform the way we share this planet and its resources.
Purpose
CAN exists for a just end to all large-scale coal extraction and an end to the use of coal in the UK including for industry. We support struggles against coal extraction internationally where mining is enabled by either the UK's imports or its institutions, such as the city of London.
We work to support communities which are seeking reparations for the impacts of UK enabled coal mining, in an attempt to address a small part of the legacy of ongoing colonial and capitalist exploitation left by large-scale coal extraction.
We work to build power with local & global communities on the front lines of coal extraction and to centre them in our work.
