Carbon Tracker

Financial specialists making climate risk visible to financial markets. #EnergyTransition #Renewables #FossilFuels #StrandedAssets #COP27

Website: https://carbontracker.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carbon-tracker/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarbonBubble

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2024-09-18 20:17:01

Let's be clear, House Speaker Johnson might be for saving some of the Inflation Reduction Act's green energy tax credits but he is set on taking down regulatory efforts to combat #climatechange. https://buff.ly/4datjID

2024-09-17 17:59:01

Mike Coffin: Investor pressure combined with national policies will help reduce burning of #FossilFuels. The risk for investors in oil & gas co's will be that capital & assets — leases, rigs, pipelines — will be stranded as society cuts back on fossil use https://buff.ly/3XspTv6

2024-09-17 12:05:00

Poland 🇵🇱 declares state of natural disaster in areas affected by severe flooding https://buff.ly/3XKz0IQ #StormBoris

2024-09-17 10:31:00

The Hague 🇳🇱 will become the world’s 1st city to write into law a ban 🚫 on advertising that promotes #FossilFuels, petrol cars, air travel and cruise ships, in the latest in a wave of crackdowns by cities around the world https://buff.ly/3B7NGcf

2024-09-16 14:00:06

Large scale flooding & multiple fatalities reported as parts of Central Europe receive more rainfall in 4 days than in the entire 3 months of Autumn https://buff.ly/4e2wh3q #StormBoris #ClimateCrisis

2024-09-16 11:05:00

Scientists warn 70% of the world’s population to see rapid increase in ‘unprecedented’ extreme weather within the next 20 years https://buff.ly/3Tr87r6

2024-09-16 09:05:25

India 🇮🇳 has received a commitment of $386 billion from banks and financial institutions to expand the country's #renewable capacity by 2030, Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi has said https://buff.ly/3ZpF8HG

2024-09-13 12:50:02

Planned UK 🇬🇧 Whitehaven #Coal Mine approval decision quashed by High Court over "legally flawed" assumptions presented in planning documents which failed to adequately consider #emissions impacts https://buff.ly/3B1oTqt

2024-09-12 22:32:01

It is good to see #Pennsylvania is starting to close & clean up #oilandgas wells but the real long term solution is for the state to raise bonding requirements. https://buff.ly/3TumvyO

2024-09-12 11:55:00

According to Carbon Tracker, switching to 🔋battery-powered vehicles could save over $100 billion annually in Africa, Latin America, & S.E Asia by favouring domestic electricity instead of paying for imported #FossilFuels https://buff.ly/3MJtdgC

2024-09-12 10:55:46

Home to the world’s first #coal-fired power station, opened in London in 1882, the UK 🇬🇧 is set to be the first G7 country to stop using coal to generate electricity, one year earlier than first set out by the previous Conservative government in 2015 https://buff.ly/3TgNuxu

2024-09-11 15:05:01

Kamala Harris twice invoked the surge in US #oil & #gas production in TV coverage — a striking embrace of the nation’s #FossilFuel output for a candidate who more often touts her green credentials & history taking on #BigOil as California’s top prosecutor https://buff.ly/3AXt5Y6

2024-09-11 09:15:01

Promise to ‘transition away from #FossilFuels’ made at #COP28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions https://buff.ly/3TnkRik

2024-09-09 20:27:00

Another reminder that the #energytransition is not confined by state boundaries or the political dynamics of a state. https://buff.ly/4cZ92FO

2024-09-09 13:35:00

Concern about #FossilFuel & #plastics industries’ alleged deception about recycling is growing, with new polling showing a majority of American voters, including 54% of Republicans, support legal efforts to hold the sectors accountable https://buff.ly/3TiuRt6

2024-09-08 20:55:46

Austria's 🇦🇹 second largest insurer Uniqa might have to stop insuring certain regions, CEO Andreas Brandstetter has told Reuters, as it faces rising pay outs thanks to extreme weather events https://buff.ly/3AWjBMO #ClimateCrisis

2024-09-07 09:58:00

Make sure to check out our new blog which looks at why we need to reform #fossilfuel subsidies and the challenges we will face doing this. Currently, subsidies total over $7 trillion a year globally. https://buff.ly/3z9yPxm

2024-09-06 22:43:01

Unless we decarbonize our economy quickly we are likely to see conditions like this, once considered extreme, become the norm. https://buff.ly/4egWcUJ

2024-09-05 23:58:00

While the Inflation Reduction Act is supposed to be used to fight #climatechange, it actually could provide a boost to the #oil sector by supporting enhanced oil recovery. https://buff.ly/3Zdxccx

2024-09-05 11:59:01

Lego to replace virgin #FossilFuels from plastic brick production & increasingly replace with sustainably sourced & recycled materials 👏 https://buff.ly/3AQJg9L

2024-09-05 09:15:45

Carbon Tracker's Mike Coffin: "The key point to note is there is no reason #oil & #gas companies must transition to anything." Companies need to plan for falling demand & decide what to do with capital that historically would've been reinvested in new projects https://buff.ly/4dOBETr

2024-09-04 16:30:01

In 2023, for the 4th year in a row, global insured catastrophe losses exceeded $100bn. The trend continues this year: In Q1-Q2 2024, losses have reached $62bn & are tracking well above the 10-year average of $37bn, according to recent analysis by Munich Re https://buff.ly/3XssQgv

2024-09-04 11:30:03

Australia 🇦🇺 has recorded its hottest August on record, with the national temperature 3C🌡️ above average, as September kicked off with total fire bans in parts of New South Wales https://buff.ly/3XvlFUU

2024-09-03 11:55:00

"Expect the costs of #carbon to stay uncertain. Yet they are no longer quite the terra incognita William Nordhaus described. Despite their flaws, the methods agree on one thing: #ClimateChange carries far heavier costs than Mr Nordhaus first imagined" https://buff.ly/3R8cndT

2024-09-02 14:05:00

UN 🇺🇳 chief Antonio Guterres: there is no way to keep 1.5C alive without a #FossilFuels phase-out https://buff.ly/3AHj80T

2024-07-10 09:05:00

British energy giant #BP said on Tuesday weak refining margins & #oil trading were likely to dent its second-quarter profit, sending shares down 3% in morning trading. Exxon warned Monday lower #gas prices would hurt Q2 profit https://buff.ly/4cziKPQ

2024-06-20 13:55:56

The Supreme Court has ruled a local council should have considered the full climate impact of burning #oil from new wells - a landmark decision which could put future UK 🇬🇧 oil & #gas projects in question (& rightly so) https://buff.ly/3VA8gIK

2024-06-20 10:05:56

Prof Andrew Boswell said:“UK Ministers promoted & subsidised new #gas development whilst ignoring v severe climate impacts. At #NetZero Teesside, Minister Claire Coutinho agreed upstream #emissions had significant adverse climate impacts when approving it" https://buff.ly/4c7q2KF

2024-06-20 08:55:57

Our new report from Lorenzo Sani finds CO2 emissions from Blue #Hydrogen & Gas-#CCS projects could be 2-3x higher than reported - when considering upstream #emissions from gas extraction, processing & transport https://buff.ly/4c7q2KF

2024-06-19 19:35:56

Our new blog from Amy Owens looks at why transition finance is so critical to combating #ClimateChange & achieving the targets of the #ParisAgreement https://buff.ly/3z9m3P9

2024-06-19 18:15:57

There's a battle going on to manage #ClimateRisks in emerging & developing countries, where levels of insurance cover are much lower. In Africa🌍, just 7% of 'natural disaster' losses are covered https://buff.ly/3RACev0

2024-06-18 10:41:02

Climate graphic of the week: Record rainfall in UK 🇬🇧 & France 🇫🇷 batters wheat crops, driving up prices 📈https://buff.ly/3xeY0xF via @ft #ClimateChange #inflation

2024-06-14 15:20:56

California looks to seize profits from Big Oil in climate change lawsuit, accusing them of "deceiving the public for decades" on #ClimateChange https://buff.ly/4b0oAbB via FT

2024-06-14 08:55:01

Swiss Re says industry failed to estimate the full impact of extreme weather - warns some areas in Europe now "uninsurable" https://buff.ly/3XoIb2a

2024-06-13 14:55:01

With just five months to go before this year's UN 🇺🇳 #COP29 climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the developing world fight climate change - let alone how to split it https://buff.ly/3Vl4XoH

2024-06-13 12:35:01

#Equinor boss voices frustration that projects ‘take longer in the UK’ | Recent analysis from Carbon Tracker found the UK govt’s #CCUS strategy is based on “outdated & unrealistic” assumptions https://buff.ly/3Vk8qUF

2024-06-13 08:55:53

The BRICS group of emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa - emitted a record 1.98bn metric tons of CO2 from power gen🏭 in Q1 2024 Ember data shows. More than the emissions load generated by the rest of the world combined https://buff.ly/4cfH2xV

2024-06-12 19:29:02

If passed, new legislation in California would force public pension systems to move $15 billion from the #fossilfuel sector within 7 years. https://buff.ly/3L0U1Ip

2024-06-12 10:25:53

Renewable energy group #Orsted will install a Tesla Megapack battery storage system linked to Britain's Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. Energy storage🔋 is becoming increasingly important as production of #renewable energy rises https://buff.ly/4cghl0i

2024-06-11 12:58:53

Giorgia Meloni puts brakes on Italy’s 🇮🇹 #solar energy rollout 🤦‍♀️ https://buff.ly/3VErL4p via @ft

2024-06-10 09:05:52

Lord John Browne, the former CEO of #BP, has called for an end 🚫 to new #oil & #gas drilling licences in the North Sea, in an implicit endorsement of the Labour party’s position on fossil fuels https://buff.ly/4aUdK6L via FT

2024-06-07 09:05:53

Australia's centre-left government is targeting 82% of power supply to come from #renewables by 2030, but remains well short of the target, at 40% now, even after pledging to underwrite new wind, solar & battery projects with more than A$40 billion https://buff.ly/4c6oSP2

2024-06-06 11:05:53

#FossilFuel companies are the “godfathers of climate chaos” & should be banned in every country from advertising akin to restrictions on big tobacco, Antonio Guterres UN secretary general has said https://t.co/pVKUntwVA0

2024-06-06 09:07:53

Global investment in clean energy technology & infrastructure is set to hit $2 trillion this year, twice the amount going into #FossilFuels, an International Energy Agency report shows https://buff.ly/3X7ndoh

2024-06-05 12:55:01

‘Depressing and dystopian’: UAE 🇦🇪 used #COP28 to boost #FossilFuel deals fivefold, Global Witness investigation finds https://buff.ly/3VcudNN

2024-06-04 14:59:16

Vermont becomes the first US 🇺🇸 state to make #BigOil pay for climate damages https://buff.ly/4e3Ivch via FT

2024-06-04 13:01:16

Laurence Tubiana 🗣️:"The richest 1% of people in the world are responsible for more GHG #emissions than the 66% at the other end of the scale, yet experience little of the vulnerability to climate shocks causing suffering & death, mainly among poorer people" https://buff.ly/3X8ijqZ

2024-06-03 17:05:01

"No matter which way you look at it, #FossilFuels are cooking the planet" | The IPCC – the world’s authority on climate science – has very clearly demonstrated the burning of coal, oil & gas is the primary cause of climate change. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/03/are-the-climate-wars-really-over-or-has-a-new-era-of-greenwashing-just-begun

2024-06-03 09:05:01

The uninsurable world: how the market fell behind on #ClimateChange https://buff.ly/3VrFOu1 via FT #ClimateRisk