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26 May 2020
Coal Bailout Infects Weakened State Budgets
The sudden economic downturn brought on by the Coronavirus threatens to cripple the finances of U.S state...
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The road ahead after COVID
20 May 2020The COVID-19 pandemic shut economies, disrupted established global production chains and...
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Was 2019 the peak of the fossil fuel era?
The IEA on Thursday[1] released some eye-watering projections for energy demand declines in 2020 in the light...
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The A-Z of the Energy Transition: Knowns and Unknowns
The 2019 report on the Speed of the Energy Transition by the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on...
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COVID-19 and the energy transition: crisis as midwife to the new
At this time of crisis, the immediate issue is to solve the health and economic emergencies, and we salute...
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The A-Z of the Energy Transition: Knowns and Unknowns
24 April 2020The 2019 report on the Speed of the Energy Transition by the World Economic Forum Global...
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Carbon Tracker Annual Review 2018-2019
Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We...
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The Speed of the Energy Transition
Gradual or Rapid Energy Transition: What path are we on? The energy industry is complex, and understanding...
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A New World: the geopolitics of the energy transformation
Our New Energy Strategist co-authored this report for the International Renewable Energy Agency...
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The Trillion Dollar Energy Windfall
05 September 2019Falling renewable costs and intermittency solutions drive a tipping point for the...
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The Decline Rate Delusion
The argument is often made that oil reserves have high natural decline rates which necessitate the continuous...
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The political tipping point: Why the politics of energy will follow the economics
The political tipping point is coming. The falling costs of renewables are driving a political tipping...
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Lessons from European electricity for global oil & gas
What can the global oil and gas sector learn from the decline of the European electricity sector after...
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The road ahead after COVID
20 May 2020The COVID-19 pandemic shut economies, disrupted established global production chains and...
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Was 2019 the peak of the fossil fuel era?
The IEA on Thursday[1] released some eye-watering projections for energy demand declines in 2020 in the light...
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COVID-19 and the energy transition: crisis as midwife to the new
At this time of crisis, the immediate issue is to solve the health and economic emergencies, and we salute...
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Carbon Tax – an idea whose time has come
I was sitting in a hot tub in Leningrad in the summer of 1990 when I realised the Soviet Union would...
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At the end of February, Italian oil major Eni announced new carbon emissions reduction...
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Total’s extended emissions ambition: more of the same
In ancient Greek theatre, deus ex machina (“god from the machine”) is when a seemingly...
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Carbon budgets: Where are we now?
This blog updates our 2018 note Carbon Budgets Explained. Carbon budgets – the amount of carbon dioxide...
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You get what you pay for – O&G executive incentives destroy value, ignore climate
The Covid-19 crisis is showing up the oil and gas industry’s exposure to the threat of falling demand, a...
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Whack-A-Mole: Will South Korea’s coal power transition be undermined by overcompensated gas?
21 April 2020Korea needs to phase-out unabated gas by 2050 in a Paris-aligned scenario or potentially...
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Balancing the Budget: Why deflating the carbon bubble requires oil & gas companies to shrink
To deflate the carbon bubble and protect investors, oil & gas companies must shrink The world’s listed...
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Carbon Tracker Annual Review 2018-2019
Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We...
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Breaking the Habit – Why none of the large oil companies are “Paris-aligned”, and what they need to do to get there
This report provides an update to our 2017 and 2018 "2 Degrees of Separation" reports, along with an updated...
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Fanning the Flames: How executives continue to be rewarded to produce more oil and gas at odds with the energy transition
13 March 2020Company pay practice doesn’t yet live up to climate ambition, with the gap between...
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The Flip Side: Stranded Assets and Stranded Liabilities
Carbon Tracker’s fundamental insight is that the oil and gas industry’s growth plans do not fit in a low...
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Handbrake Turn
The cost of failing to anticipate an Inevitable Policy Response to climate change In this report, we...
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Scope for Improvement
Why carbon intensity ambitions are welcome, but strict limits on future project sanction remain the route to...
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At the end of February, Italian oil major Eni announced new carbon emissions reduction...
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Total’s extended emissions ambition: more of the same
In ancient Greek theatre, deus ex machina (“god from the machine”) is when a seemingly...
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Carbon budgets: Where are we now?
This blog updates our 2018 note Carbon Budgets Explained. Carbon budgets – the amount of carbon dioxide...
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You get what you pay for – O&G executive incentives destroy value, ignore climate
The Covid-19 crisis is showing up the oil and gas industry’s exposure to the threat of falling demand, a...
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At the end of February, Italian oil major Eni announced new carbon emissions reduction...
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Total’s extended emissions ambition: more of the same
In ancient Greek theatre, deus ex machina (“god from the machine”) is when a seemingly...
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Carbon budgets: Where are we now?
This blog updates our 2018 note Carbon Budgets Explained. Carbon budgets – the amount of carbon dioxide...
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You get what you pay for – O&G executive incentives destroy value, ignore climate
The Covid-19 crisis is showing up the oil and gas industry’s exposure to the threat of falling demand, a...
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Balancing the Budget: Why deflating the carbon bubble requires oil & gas companies to shrink
01 November 2019To deflate the carbon bubble and protect investors, oil & gas companies must...
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Carbon Tracker Annual Review 2018-2019
Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We...
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Breaking the Habit – Why none of the large oil companies are “Paris-aligned”, and what they need to do to get there
This report provides an update to our 2017 and 2018 "2 Degrees of Separation" reports, along with an updated...
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Paying With Fire: How oil and gas executives are rewarded for chasing growth and why shareholders could get burned
In this study we review the remuneration practice used in the oil and gas industry and look at alignment with...
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Fanning the Flames: How executives continue to be rewarded to produce more oil and gas at odds with the energy transition
13 March 2020Company pay practice doesn’t yet live up to climate ambition, with the gap between...
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The Flip Side: Stranded Assets and Stranded Liabilities
Carbon Tracker’s fundamental insight is that the oil and gas industry’s growth plans do not fit in a low...
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Handbrake Turn
The cost of failing to anticipate an Inevitable Policy Response to climate change In this report, we...
Read More
Scope for Improvement
Why carbon intensity ambitions are welcome, but strict limits on future project sanction remain the route to...
Read More
At the end of February, Italian oil major Eni announced new carbon emissions reduction...
Read More
Total’s extended emissions ambition: more of the same
In ancient Greek theatre, deus ex machina (“god from the machine”) is when a seemingly...
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Carbon budgets: Where are we now?
This blog updates our 2018 note Carbon Budgets Explained. Carbon budgets – the amount of carbon dioxide...
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You get what you pay for – O&G executive incentives destroy value, ignore climate
The Covid-19 crisis is showing up the oil and gas industry’s exposure to the threat of falling demand, a...
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California Gives New Meaning to Stripper Wells
20 April 2020Written by: Greg Rogers, Theron Horton, Rob Schuwerk Is the goal to get out all of...
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The Flip Side: Stranded Assets and Stranded Liabilities
Carbon Tracker’s fundamental insight is that the oil and gas industry’s growth plans do not fit in a low...
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Carbon Tracker Annual Review 2018-2019
Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We...
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Submission to Treasury Committee on Green Finance & Decarbonisation of UK Economy
Carbon Tracker's Mike Knight submitted evidence to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into the...
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Carbon Tracker Annual Review 2018-2019
23 October 2019Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change...
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Reporting for a Secure Climate: A model disclosure for upstream oil and gas
There is growing attention on the potential impacts of climate-related risks on the upstream oil and gas...
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Mobilising IOSCO to take action on the TCFD recommendations
This report was produced by Client Earth, WWF and Carbon Tracker The International Organization of...
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Under The Microscope: Are companies’ scenario analyses meeting investors’ requirements?
This paper provides in-depth analysis of the company disclosure of the largest oil and gas companies: BP,...
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The Flip Side: Stranded Assets and Stranded Liabilities
19 February 2020Carbon Tracker’s fundamental insight is that the oil and gas industry’s growth plans...
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PPL’s climate disclosure – misguided at best
Our analysts Matt Gray and Laurence Watson respond to PPL's recent Climate Assessment Report. Summary ...
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California Gives New Meaning to Stripper Wells
20 April 2020Written by: Greg Rogers, Theron Horton, Rob Schuwerk Is the goal to get out all of...
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Submission to Treasury Committee on Green Finance & Decarbonisation of UK Economy
Carbon Tracker's Mike Knight submitted evidence to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into the...
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Extracts from Mary Robinson’s Vatican Speech
14 June | The Vatican Mary Robinson served as president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and as UN High...
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ConocoPhillips: Concerned on Capex, Cagey on the Dwindling Carbon Budget
ConocoPhillips’ February 2019 climate report lays out a thoughtful approach to governing climate risk. It...
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Coal Bailout Infects Weakened State Budgets
26 May 2020The sudden economic downturn brought on by the Coronavirus threatens to cripple the...
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Political decisions, economic realities: The underlying operating cashflows of coal power during COVID-19
Building and operating coal is becoming a political decision that increasingly conflicts with underlying...
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COVID and coal power: outlook and opportunities
COVID-19 is crippling economies and creating turmoil in financial markets. This note gives our outlook for...
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Here’s why China’s post-COVID-19 stimulus must reject costly coal power
The piece originally was posted to the World Economic Forum website on March 18, 2020. The impact of...
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Political decisions, economic realities: The underlying operating cashflows of coal power during COVID-19
08 April 2020Building and operating coal is becoming a political decision that increasingly conflicts...
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How to waste over half a trillion dollars: The economic implications of deflationary renewable energy for coal power investments
Coal developers risk wasting more than $600 billion because it is already cheaper to generate electricity...
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Carbon Tracker Annual Review 2018-2019
Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We...
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Land of the Rising Sun and Offshore Wind
The economic viability of new and existing coal in Japan could be severely undermined by cheap renewables...
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Apocoalypse Now
24 October 2019The energy complex has EU coal generators in a chokehold. Are policymakers and investors...
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Making it mainstream – CA100+ power utility profiles
Climate Action 100+ power utility profiles for mainstream investors to align with Paris and manage energy...
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Understanding the operating costs of coal power: US example
Summary The operating costs of coal units are complex and depend on many variables. Coal units are...
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PPL’s climate disclosure – misguided at best
Our analysts Matt Gray and Laurence Watson respond to PPL's recent Climate Assessment Report. Summary ...
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Indonesia to replace one fifth of coal fleet with renewable energy
03 February 2020According to Carbon Tracker analysis, Indonesia has 15 coal-fired plants (6.4 GW) aged...
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SSE aligns with Carbon Tracker’s Paris-compliant methodology for coal power
In November, SSE confirmed that its remaining hard coal units at Fiddler’s Ferry power plant in the UK...
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Iberdrola aligns with Carbon Tracker’s Paris-compliant methodology for coal power
Iberdrola announced at the opening of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25)...
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Coal Bailout Infects Weakened State Budgets
26 May 2020The sudden economic downturn brought on by the Coronavirus threatens to cripple the...
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COVID and coal power: outlook and opportunities
COVID-19 is crippling economies and creating turmoil in financial markets. This note gives our outlook for...
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Here’s why China’s post-COVID-19 stimulus must reject costly coal power
The piece originally was posted to the World Economic Forum website on March 18, 2020. The impact of...
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Powering down coal: The economic case for a global coal phase-out is stronger than ever
Coal power is losing its economic footing. As detailed in Figure 1, according to Carbon Tracker analysis,...
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Whack-A-Mole: Will South Korea’s coal power transition be undermined by overcompensated gas?
21 April 2020Korea needs to phase-out unabated gas by 2050 in a Paris-aligned scenario or potentially...
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Political decisions, economic realities: The underlying operating cashflows of coal power during COVID-19
Building and operating coal is becoming a political decision that increasingly conflicts with underlying...
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COVID and coal power: outlook and opportunities
COVID-19 is crippling economies and creating turmoil in financial markets. This note gives our outlook for...
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Here’s why China’s post-COVID-19 stimulus must reject costly coal power
The piece originally was posted to the World Economic Forum website on March 18, 2020. The impact of...
Read More
Whack-A-Mole: Will South Korea’s coal power transition be undermined by overcompensated gas?
21 April 2020Korea needs to phase-out unabated gas by 2050 in a Paris-aligned scenario or potentially...
Read More
Political decisions, economic realities: The underlying operating cashflows of coal power during COVID-19
Building and operating coal is becoming a political decision that increasingly conflicts with underlying...
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How to waste over half a trillion dollars: The economic implications of deflationary renewable energy for coal power investments
Coal developers risk wasting more than $600 billion because it is already cheaper to generate electricity...
Read More
Carbon Tracker Annual Review 2018-2019
Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We...
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Apocoalypse Now
24 October 2019The energy complex has EU coal generators in a chokehold. Are policymakers and investors...
Read More
Making it mainstream – CA100+ power utility profiles
Climate Action 100+ power utility profiles for mainstream investors to align with Paris and manage energy...
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Indonesia to replace one fifth of coal fleet with renewable energy
03 February 2020According to Carbon Tracker analysis, Indonesia has 15 coal-fired plants (6.4 GW) aged...
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SSE aligns with Carbon Tracker’s Paris-compliant methodology for coal power
In November, SSE confirmed that its remaining hard coal units at Fiddler’s Ferry power plant in the UK...
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Iberdrola aligns with Carbon Tracker’s Paris-compliant methodology for coal power
Iberdrola announced at the opening of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25)...
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COVID and coal power: outlook and opportunities
01 April 2020COVID-19 is crippling economies and creating turmoil in financial markets. This note...
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Here’s why China’s post-COVID-19 stimulus must reject costly coal power
The piece originally was posted to the World Economic Forum website on March 18, 2020. The impact of...
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After the hedge: The elephant in RWE’s boardroom
The purpose of this note is to: Address RWE’s response to our recent report Apocoalypse Now, by...
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Powering down coal: The economic case for a global coal phase-out is stronger than ever
Coal power is losing its economic footing. As detailed in Figure 1, according to Carbon Tracker analysis,...
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Carbon Countdown: Prices and Politics in the EU-ETS
21 August 2018Market counts down to the MSR The EU carbon market has been the hottest commodity...
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Dispatch dogfight: will the EU ETS put gas in the money in 2018?
Since the start of the year, EU carbon has doubled in value, raising the possibility of coal to gas switching...
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Carbon Clampdown: Closing the Gap to a Paris-compliant EU-ETS
Closing the Gap to a Paris-compliant EU-ETS Carbon pricing, whether via cap-and-trade schemes or taxes, is...
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Carbon Tracker’s Christmas Cracker 2017
If you read just one thing this year…… first, it’s December! What took you so long?......second,...
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Carbon Countdown: Prices and Politics in the EU-ETS
21 August 2018Market counts down to the MSR The EU carbon market has been the hottest commodity...
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Carbon Clampdown: Closing the Gap to a Paris-compliant EU-ETS
Closing the Gap to a Paris-compliant EU-ETS Carbon pricing, whether via cap-and-trade schemes or taxes, is...
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Since the start of the year, EU carbon has doubled in value, raising the possibility of...
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Carbon Tracker’s Christmas Cracker 2017
21 December 2017If you read just one thing this year…… first, it’s December! What took you so...
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EU carbon prices could double by 2021 and quadruple by 2030
Potential future action to align EU emissions targets with Paris...
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27 May -
Webinar: Powering Down Coal & Gas: Carbon Tracker’s Spring 2020 research update
27 May | 14:00 UK Carbon Tracker and Responsible Investor have...
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Coal developers risk $600 billion as renewables outcompete worldwide
New wind or solar already cheaper than 60% of operating coal...
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Video: 2020 Vision – Why you should see the fossil fuel peak coming
Kingsmill Bond explains the findings of his report 2020 Vision: Why you should see the fossil fuel...
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2 degrees of separation at a glance: are the oil and gas majors aligned with a 2˚C / 1.75˚C carbon budget?
These infographic updates the findings of our '2 Degrees of Separation report', produced in...
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