Investors in fossil fuel firms given CO2 warning
The majority of fossil fuel reserves cannot be burned if we are to limit global temperature rises to 2°C, warns a new report from Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
According to the analysis, only a fraction of the 2,860Gt of carbon embedded in fossil fuel reserves already identified can be burned if we are to avoid a rise in global temperatures of more than 2°CContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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The changing landscape
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