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Author: Kelly Trout

Spoiler alert: Big oil companies are still failing on climate

September 23, 2020By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, News

Being a “leader” among laggards doesn’t cut it when we’re in a climate emergency – a crisis that the oil and gas industry has done the most to cause.

IEA report misses the mark on ‘Sustainable Recovery’ by sidelining 1.5°C

July 1, 2020By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, News

If the IEA is serious about helping governments sustainably tackle interlocking economic and climate crises, they have one more chance to prove it with their data: by making a 1.5-aligned energy pathway central to the 2020 World Energy Outlook.

May 2020 OilWire bulletin: The USD 77 billion per year edition

May 29, 2020By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, News

As governments begin to unveil trillions of dollars in recovery support and stimulus, now is the time to break old habits – such as the USD 77 Billion in public money that the G20 is still spending annually to finance oil, gas, and coal projects.

Deep Dive: 5 reasons governments must act now to phase out oil and gas production

May 20, 2020By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Deep Dive, Energy Transitions & Futures, Featured, News, Resources 1 Comment

The current crisis is a clear warning sign that, if governments leave the “when” and “how” of the end of oil and gas up to tumultuous markets, the outcome will not be good for either people or the planet.

Oil and gas news & insights: Week of April 20

April 24, 2020By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, News 1 Comment

OCI is producing weekly news and resources updates for allies as part of our response to the COVID-19 crisis.

To advise on green stimulus, the IEA needs to upgrade its own climate toolbox

April 9, 2020By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, News

A toolbox isn’t very helpful if even the best tool in it only gets you halfway to the repair you need to make. As the IEA prepares a special report on economic recovery, it must close its own climate credibility gap.

The Loopholes Lurking in BP’s New Climate Aims

March 11, 2020By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, News

It’s time for BP and all oil companies to stop hiding behind net-zero rhetoric and commit to immediate action on the scale of the crisis we’re in.

The IEA and WEO 2019: Still working for fossil fuels, not global climate goals

November 13, 2019By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, Featured, News 1 Comment

In its 2019 World Energy Outlook, used by governments and investors all over the world to guide energy decisions, the International Energy Agency is still centering a trajectory heading towards climate breakdown.

Decoding the IEA’s Scenario Spin: Real reform or more of the same?

November 1, 2019By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, Featured, News

When it comes to the urgent need for a robust, central, 1.5°C-aligned energy scenario that doesn’t gamble our future on unproven technologies, the IEA unfortunately presents far more spin than substance.

The IEA’s Hidden Negative Emissions Gamble

September 24, 2019By Kelly TroutBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, Featured

For the IEA, real scenario reform will require more than risky emissions accounting tricks that punt the burden and costs of reducing emissions to future generations.

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