Climate disruption is a global issue - the transition to get off of the fossil fuel that is largely responsible is a world wide issue. Second and third world countries are using more and more energy to develop their economies. First world nations looking green and taking broad steps at home with innovative clean energy development, cap and trade and signing agreements like the Kyoto Protocol are playing lip service to the problem - if they allow their economies to rely on and grow from exports of coal, oil and gas.
Canada exports tar sands oil and looks to new pipelines and rail expansion. Australia has tripled its coal exports to China. Russia is looking to its Arctic reserves. The USA is fracking away. Multinationals owe their allegiance to no one - except the bottom line and their stockholders. The longer the big three are readily available for export/import the more likely they are to encourage reliance on an old out-dated energy economy. An international agreement to discourage all fossil fuel use should be just around the corner as the world experiences more and more climate disruption.
Divest from coal, gas and oil: http://www.350.org
See also: InClimate 70, 63, 23; (Divest then reinvest) Mar. 12 (Divest Part II) Mar. 5 (Divest) Jan. 23