Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Renewable Energy Sea Level 
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
A new dataset released by InfluenceMap provides information on heat-trapping emissions traced to the 122 largest investor and state-owned fossil fuel companies in the world. Fossil fuels are the main driver of climate change and the terrifying effects of it that we see happening across the world.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 26, 2022
While there is enormous potential for UN climate negotiations to transform climate action, meaningful progress has been delayed in part by the fossil fuel industry’s deceptive tactics. Last year’s COP was notable as the first to explicitly mention “fossil fuels” in the final decision document.
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Ocean Conservancy
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action.
Breezometer
JUNE 7, 2022
Warmer temperatures will encourage the melting of glaciers, ice fields, summer Arctic sea ice, and permafrost, some of which may be irreversible. Sea levels will continue to rise throughout the 21st century, contributing to more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-lying areas along coasts around the world. Figure SPM.7
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Fossil fuels alone – coal, oil and gas – account for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Anything short of that is rich countries exploiting the situation even further. While this is no small goal by itself, the hosts will also have to deal with the outcomes of the first-ever global stocktake , which will conclude at COP28.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.
Ocean Conservancy
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
It puts the wildlife and communities that depend on the ocean at risk through impacts like ocean acidification, sea level rise and temperature changes. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, fossil fuel production accounts for 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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