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Oil companies attending climate talks have minimal green energy transition plans, AP analysis finds
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to earthscience@mander.xyz
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soot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
soot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
SOYJAK.PARTY WON
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autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 11 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
And Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. opened 68 new gas stations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, noting in its 2022 annual report that there were now more than 500 across the UAE.
Many will likely be at the upcoming conference, COP28, being hosted in the UAE, which appointed Sultan al-Jaber, chairman of the nation’s oil company, as president of the summit.
But an Associated Press review of how much these companies invest in green energies, along with the priorities laid out in their annual reports, cast doubts on genuine commitments to transition.
One question was how much of their spending was aimed at helping with the global goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times, which scientists warn is necessary to stave off the worst impacts of climate change, like increasing extreme weather events.
But Uganda National was among companies whose plans for renewable energy were aimed primarily at using the clean power to decarbonize its fossil fuel projects, not replace them with cleaner pursuits.
In its 2022 annual report, Chevron noted that while the future was uncertain, many outlooks conclude that fossil fuels will remain a significant energy source while lower-carbon alternatives are incorporated.
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Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I imagine that analysis took at least 5 seconds, maybe more if they made a cup of coffee first
oo1@kbin.social 11 months ago
I dunno, "minimal" implies more than nothing, so they may had to track down a very rare combination of sizes of camel and eye-of-needle to prove that.