Last week, a new scientific report was published looking at climate tipping points. As one of the authors notes: âThe world is heading towards 2-3C of global warming. This sets Earth on course to cross multiple dangerous tipping points that will be disastrous for people across the world”.
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Big Oilâs global climate scenarios will âbustâ the 1.5 degree warming of Paris Agreement
A peer reviewed paper, published today in Nature Communications, examines the global decarbonisation scenarios produced by BP, Shell and Equinor and finds they are incompatible with the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement.
Scientists warn that natural gas âcannot be a solution towards a zero-emission future.â
A new academic paper outlines why gas is not a so-called bridge fuel to a zero emission future. The scientists conclude that âa fossil fuel with a high climate impact, often hidden under a misleading narrative, which hinders decarbonization via infrastructure expansion, and so creates carbon lock-in effects and bears high economic risk, cannot be a solution towards a zero-emission future.â
Ukraine War: Amid fossil fuel âgold rush,â Canadaâs dirty tar sands back âin hot demandâ
We are now one hundred and ten days since the start of Vladimir Putinâs bloody brutal war on Ukraine. Since the invasion the global energy market has been largely turned on its head, as old certainties of supply have been ripped up.
Tell the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) to stop funding the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
If completed, EACOP will pose significant risks to millions of people; jeopardize vital, internationally recognized ecosystems; and, at peak production, generate annual carbon emissions roughly equivalent to the carbon footprint of nine coal-fired power plants.
Climate Hope: Will Australiaâs new Prime Minister go from climate laggard to leader?
Yesterday, Australia’s liberal Labor Party secured enough seats to hold an outright majority in the House, as the counting of votes continued ten days on from the historic election.
Shell AGM: Company accused of âhot airâ and âcausing extreme harmsâ on climate
Today is Shellâs AGM, where the company will try and spin to its shareholders and the wider public that it is leading the climate fight and race to net zero. But its all a climate charade. Its all a lie.
Oil Change International submits evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee
The UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee have launched a inquiry into Accelerating the transition from fossil fuels and securing energy supplies, which is scrutinising the UK Governmentâs Energy Security Strategy and its North Sea Transition Deal (for oil and gas production in the UKâs Continental Shelf). Oil Change International submitted the following evidence for the committee.
Updated analysis reveals oil industry climate plans are grossly insufficient to achieve Paris Climate Goals
The report finds the oil and gas majors are involved in over 200 expansion projects on track for approval from 2022 through 2025. If they go forward, these companiesâ investments could create an additional 8.6 billion tonnes (Gt) of carbon pollution â equivalent to the lifetime emissions of 77 new coal power plants.
Big Oil Reality Check â Updated Assessment of Oil and Gas Company Climate Plans
Despite an array of new ânet zeroâ pledges released in the past two years, the climate promises of major U.S. and European oil and gas companies still fail to meet the bare minimum for alignment with the Paris Agreement, according to a new study.