Just Stop Oil has risen to prominence in the last year or so, protesting at many major events to try and bring Government action on climate change, and has gained both criticism and approval for its methods.
The organisation, founded in February 2022, describes itself as a “coalition of groups working together to demand that the government immediately halt all future licensing and consents for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK”.
It is a successor group to Insulate Britain, whose members spent the autumn of 2021 blocking Britain’s roads to highlight the need for home insulation.
As the group's prominence has continued to grow, some people may wonder if the organisation has a leader and who might be funding it.
Does Just Stop Oil have a leader?
Just Stop Oil has said previously it is “non-hierarchical” and without formal leadership.
Big Issue adds: "It is part of a wider international network of climate activists called the A22 network.
"Describing itself as “a group of connected projects engaged in a mad dash to try and save humanity”, the A22 network includes Letzte Generation in Germany and Declare Emergency in the USA."
Several sites have reported that the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, Roger Hallam, is behind the group but there has not been confirmation of this.
Who funds Just Stop Oil?
On its website, Just Stop Oil says that most of its funding for "recruitment, training, capacity building, and education" comes from the Climate Emergency Fund.
It adds: "We also receive donations from members of the public who support the campaign and from foundations and groups who are as terrified as we are about the unfolding climate crisis."
The Climate Emergency Fund was founded by Alison Getty, who is the granddaughter of Jean Paul Getty who founded Getty Oil.
She said that when her family sold its fossil fuel business she "instead vowed to use my resources to take every means to protect life on Earth.”
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