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Planned Fossil Fuel Extraction Would Blow Past Warming Limits

Planned Fossil Fuel Extraction Would Blow Past Warming Limits

4 years ago
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/planned-fossil-fuel-extraction-would-blow-past-warming-limits/

The world will consume far more fossil fuels than what’s anticipated under the Paris Agreement, in an oil and gas splurge that threatens to overshoot global goals on climate change, the United Nations and other research groups warned this week.

Production targets for coal, oil and natural gas will put the world on course to release more than double the amount of carbon dioxide that scientists say would result in 1.5 degrees Celsius warming, the organizations conclude in an analysis released this morning. Fossil fuels production by 2030 would be at least 50% above the limits necessary to prevent warming of more than 2 C.