As oil and gas companies claim to be part of the solution of the climate crisis, the reality couldn’t be more different. Our new discussion paper analyzes the current climate commitments of eight of the largest integrated oil and fossil gas companies, and reveals that none come close to aligning their actions with the urgent 1.5°C global warming limit as outlined by the Paris Agreement.
This discussion paper measures oil and gas company climate plans against ten minimum criteria, focusing on the ambition, integrity, and ability necessary to implement a just transition and achieve a 1.5°C aligned managed decline of oil and fossil gas. Focusing on the oil majors, BP, Chevron, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, and Total, we find that only one company has committed to cutting oil and gas production over the next decade, and even that pledge (BP’s stated commitment to cut production by 40% by 2030) excludes around a third of the oil and gas it invests in extracting via its major share in oil giant Rosneft. Below is a summary table of these criteria included in the discussion paper.
http://priceofoil.org/2020/09/23/big-oil-reality-check/
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Muhammad Fahd Khan
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The governments are not willing to play their parts.
Michael Kimball
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Thank you - I’ve shared this on Twitter
Muhammad Fahd Khan
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Good!
ItIsHighTime
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Thank you for this link! We need more of this visual and very clear way to display the worse of the bad. Need to keep moving them all along into the new reality that they need to grasp.
Big oil is like it’s ships: big tanks with too much inertia that can’t stop before they crash into our collective shore.
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Muhammad Fahd Khan
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You are right. The reference you have drawn of ships, inertia & collective shore is great.
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205 w
The governments are not willing to play their parts.
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206 w
Thank you - I’ve shared this on Twitter
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205 w
Good!
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206 w
Thank you for this link! We need more of this visual and very clear way to display the worse of the bad. Need to keep moving them all along into the new reality that they need to grasp. Big oil is like it’s ships: big tanks with too much inertia that can’t stop before they crash into our collective shore.
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205 w
You are right. The reference you have drawn of ships, inertia & collective shore is great.