A United Nations-backed study finds that the major fossil fuel-producing countries still plan to extract more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with the Paris climate accord’s goal for limiting global temperature rise, despite frequent and devastating heat waves

Despite frequent and devastating heat waves, droughts, floods and fire, major fossil fuel-producing countries still plan to extract more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with the Paris climate accord’s goal for limiting global temperature rise, according to a United Nations-backed study released Wednesday.

Coal production needs to ramp sharply down to address climate change, but government plans and projections would lead to increases in global production until 2030, and in global oil and gas production until at least 2050, the Production Gap Report states. This conflicts with government commitments under the climate accord, which seeks to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).

The report examines the disparity between climate goals and fossil fuel extraction plans, a gap that has remained largely unchanged since it was first quantified in 2019.

  • blazera
    2•1 year ago

    Thats not how the climate works. Producing more oil for the rest of the world while using renewables here doesnt mean just the rest of the world will face the effects of climate change.

    • HubertManne
      1•1 year ago

      he saying the rest of the world was using other world sources so we are just lowering what would be used. this is not good for the environment though anyway as russia had stacks just burning because shutdown is hard. unfortunately war behavior will be bad for the environment and will likely increase.