'Woefully inadequate': Report warns global oil and gas industry set to thwart chances of a 1.5C world

Michael Holder
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World Benchmarking Alliance warns that the global oil and gas industry is on track to smash through the carbon budgets that would prevent global average temperature increases spiralling above 1.5C

The world's chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C in line with the Paris Agreement currently look set to be thwarted by oil and gas companies, with the industry on course to blast through its allotted...

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