Fossil fuel production to soar over next decade, warns UN climate report

  • Date: 20-Oct-2021
  • Source: Energy Voice
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Gulf
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Fossil fuel production to soar over next decade, warns UN climate report

Countries are planning production of oil, coal and gas over the next decade at levels that is “dangerously” out of sync with targets to curb climate change, the UN has warned.

A report by the UN Environment Programme (Unep) and research institutions found that planned production by fossil fuel-producing countries, including the UK, is 110% above – more than double – the levels that will allow the world to curb temperature rises to 1.5C.

Despite increased climate action and pledges, the fossil fuel production “gap” between countries’ plans and what scientists say is needed to curb dangerous warming has hardly changed since a first report on the issue by the UN in 2019.