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BlogsAs each year goes by, and the climate crisis becomes more urgent, the choices made by policymakers, businesses and other decision-makers will have consequences that shape whether we are able to stave off the worst...
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Loading the DICE: Flawed economics is...
4 December | Online Pension funds are risking retirement savings...
Event DetailsABSOLUTE IMPACT 24 – Who is energy...
17 December | Online Olivia Bisel, Associate Analyst in our Oil,...
Event DetailsOil majors gamble on petchems to shore up demand
05 December 2024Investors at risk as transport fuels set to decline amid 100 countries calling for plastic production cuts LONDON, 5 December...
Read MoreOil & gas industry’s patchy pledges on methane heighten climate...
14 November 2024Commitments to reducing overall greenhouse emissions stall for second year running LONDON, 14 November – Oil and gas...
Read MoreState and federal programs currently cover less than 10% of statewide decommissioning costs New York, June 27, 2024 –...
Read MoreLONDON June 20 – UK government policies supporting blue hydrogen and gas-power CCS significantly under-estimate upstream LNG...
Read MoreFederal financial assurance could cover only 4% of Big Horn Basin decommissioning costs New York, April 4, 2024 – A...
Read MoreDespite falling short, bp scores highest relative to oil producing peers London/New York, 20 March –To further empower...
Read MoreControversial Drax power plant emblematic of the risks of overreliance on unproven CCUS technology London 14 March – The UK...
Read More“Low-carbon” business strategies conceal plans to expand gas London/New York, 29 February – Oil and gas companies are...
Read MoreLondon/New York, 22 February – 140 companies with some of the world’s highest emissions are collectively failing to explain...
Read MoreStatewide financial assurance covers only 7% of statewide decommissioning costs New York, February 16, 2024 – Despite being...
Read More2024 is the Chinese year of the Dragon, the only mythical beast in the Chinese zodiac: and a year typically associated with fresh...
Read MoreNew production riskier as peak demand approaches LONDON/NEW YORK, 25 January – Private equity firms invested in the North...
Read MoreWe Can’t Manage the New Oil & Gas Reserves We Don’t Measure
05 December 2023Publishing Government reporting metrics could close oil and gas reporting gaps LONDON, 5 December – Global policy makers are...
Read MoreIf you are reading this, you know that at a time when the world is burning, and Net Zero seems like a distant dream, oil and gas...
Read MoreHigh-cost producers may lose 50%-70% of revenue including 6 African countries; but low-cost producers are not...
Read More‘Carbon bubble’ needs to return to investor dialogue’
20 November 2023Guest post by Matt Crossman, stewardship director, Rathbones. Note: This article was first published by ESG Clarity on 19...
Read MorePolicy choices are critical to helping developing countries transition to electric vehicles LONDON/NEW YORK, 17 November –...
Read MoreOil & gas companies face radical choices as full-blown energy...
08 November 2023Strategy of natural depletion, returning money to shareholders or diversification for some may be best way forward as big impact...
Read MoreAramco, world’s biggest oil giant, ranks last on climate targets
07 September 2023Only one of 25 of largest listed oil & gas companies “potentially” aligned with 1.5C LONDON – 7 September – The...
Read MoreOur July research has been focussed on a major new report – Loading the DICE Against Pensions, written for Carbon Tracker by...
Read MoreFinancial institutions, banks and politicians misled by ‘flawed’ economic research LONDON/NEW YORK, 27 July– Pension...
Read MoreUnresolved grid bottlenecks risk adding £200 to annual household bills by 2030 LONDON 15 June– Britain wasted enough wind...
Read MoreStatewide financial assurance covers less than 1% of upstream decommissioning costs New York, May 18 – California’s oil...
Read MoreBig asset owners could walk if managers fail to reflect climate promises in investment practices LONDON/NEW YORK, 5 May –...
Read MoreU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week said climate change is already having a major economic and financial impact on the...
Read MoreSuggested reforms offer best chance to deliver GB net zero power market by 2035 LONDON, February 01 – British customers...
Read More$58bn committed to projects that are not even compatible with 2.5°C LONDON/NEW YORK, 8 December – Oil and gas companies are...
Read MoreAfrican petrostates risk financial instability if they bet on gas
14 November 2022Solar power offers secure and affordable energy that supports climate goals LONDON/NEW YORK, November 14 -- African...
Read More“Low-carbon” business strategies conceal plans to promote gas LONDON/NEW YORK, 4 November – Oil and gas companies are...
Read MorePolitical will is vital to make the required policy changes happen LONDON 26 OCTOBER Amidst an energy crisis and a power...
Read More25 nations commit to invest in clean hydrogen; Europe, Asia most exposed to stranding of fossil hydrogen. LONDON/NEW YORK,...
Read MoreCompanies examined create 80% of corporate industrial greenhouse gas emissions LONDON/NEW YORK, 06 OCTOBER – Of 134...
Read MoreBut it might just save the world North American oil and gas companies are going big on carbon capture, utilisation, and...
Read More28 June | London & Online Read the press release from SEE A decade on from Carbon Tracker’s inaugural report...
Event DetailsCarbon Bubble ballooning: embedded emissions of listed companies up nearly 40% in last decade LONDON/NEW YORK, 23 June –...
Read MoreOnly 1% of the largest publicly traded oil and gas companies in the gulf are covered by bonds New York, June 9 – As the...
Read MoreCompanies’ climate policies seek to create space for investment in new production. LONDON/NEW YORK, 12 May - Oil and gas...
Read MoreLONDON, April 08: South Korea should pivot from reliance upon LNG power generation toward renewable sources to protect consumers...
Read MoreLONDON, April 08: Asian nations should pivot from reliance upon LNG gas toward renewable sources to protect themselves from...
Read MoreCheaper renewables would increase energy security and lower household bills LONDON, February 10 -- Poland is planning a new...
Read MoreFirms can avoid wasting $500bn with managed approach to transition in IPR scenario even if demand rises short-term. LONDON/NEW...
Read MoreBOULDER CO./LONDON UK, January 6, 2022 – Kingsmill Bond, a top energy analyst who has expertise in financial market and energy...
Read MoreMaRS Climate Impact – Is the “Carbon Bubble” starting to burst?
01 December 20211 December | Online There is more carbon in the form of coal, oil and natural gas priced into the market than can safely be...
Event DetailsNew Global Registry of Fossil Fuels to Enable Reserves Transparency
11 November 2021As recognition of the need to measure and regulate production of oil, gas and coal grows, with draft mention in the Glasgow...
Read MorePlanned UK Cambo Oil Field is Uneconomic, Unaligned with Paris Goals
10 November 2021Multi-billion-dollar field development poses stranding risk for investors GLASGOW, 10 Nov -- The proposed deepwater Cambo oil...
Read MoreSix of ten companies exposed to greatest risk are Indian LONDON, 04 November: $110 billion of coal plants owned by listed...
Read MoreMore than a fifth of European gas units and nearly a third in US run at a loss LONDON/NEW YORK, October 19 - More than a fifth...
Read MoreNew measure shows taxpayers in largest oil and gas drilling states face $220 bln cleanup bill NEW YORK/OCTOBER 14 – Compared...
Read MoreNet Zero Festival 2021
30 September 202129 September – 1 October | Online The development of a net zero emission economy is the defining business trend of the age,...
Event DetailsOver 70% of some of world’s biggest corporate emitters failed to disclose the effects of climate risk in 2020 financial...
Read MoreSummer 2021 | Celebrating 10 years of Carbon Tracker Carbon Tracker has been influencing the narrative since our first...
Event Details$1 trillion at risk if companies continue to pursue business-as-usual investment LONDON/NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 9 – The...
Read MoreResearch finds companies only close wells to drill new ones NEW YORK, JULY 15 – The failure of states to incentivize the...
Read MoreSwitch to clean energy will cuts costs, create local jobs and save millions of lives LONDON/NEW YORK, JULY 14 - Fossil fuel...
Read MoreInvestors warned that Asian governments’ plans for 600 new coal plants could waste $150 billion LONDON/NEW YORK, JUNE 30...
Read MoreCompanies strengthen climate policies but many keep options to increase production LONDON/NEW YORK, 27 May - Oil majors are...
Read MoreIndustry Tracker is being launched by the team that set up Carbon Tracker and Planet Tracker Wednesday, 26th May 2021, London:...
Read MoreRenewables could power world by 2050 as prices collapse, replacing all fossil LONDON/NEW YORK, 23 April - Huge falls in the...
Read MoreHigh-carbon firms underperform key world index by 52% as clean sector shines LONDON/NEW YORK, March 31 - The value of share...
Read MoreMark Campanale, founder and executive chair of the financial think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative, has been awarded the...
Read More24 March | Online Explore how climate change impacts financial markets, and how investors can support a sustainable...
Event DetailsNations must act now to diversify economies and support livelihoods LONDON/NEW YORK, February 11 – Oil and gas producing...
Read MoreCatharina Hillenbrand von der Neyen named Head of Company Research of Carbon Tracker LONDON/NEW YORK, January 11 – Carbon...
Read MoreLONDON/NEW YORK, January 11 – Carbon Tracker announces that its satellite data workstream has been spun off and operates as...
Read MoreThe inventors of ‘unburnable carbon’ discuss their journey so far, and what the rest of the decade has in store Twenty...
Read MoreThe Energy Transition Summit
23 November 2020We are in the midst of a dramatic paradigm shift. The way in which we produce, distribute and use energy will undergo a...
Event DetailsChina leads transition that may slash growth in global oil demand by 70%. LONDON/NEW YORK, November 20 - China is leading a...
Read MoreEuropean companies adapting strategy with more conservative portfolios, lower price forecasts, and tougher climate...
Read MoreIndustry guarantees cover only 1% of estimated costs. NEW YORK, October 1 – By failing to require that oil and gas companies...
Read MoreOil industry betting future on shaky plastics as world battles waste
04 September 2020$400 billion of planned petrochemical outlay at risk on exaggerated plastics demand LONDON/NEW YORK, September 4 – The oil...
Read MoreStatement Find below reaction to the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) statement released today on national oil companies...
Read MoreLONDON/PARIS/BERLIN/NYC, July 01 – The non-profit think tanks 2° Investing Initiative (2DII) and Carbon Tracker Initiative...
Read MoreA breakthrough report by Rocky Mountain Institute, Carbon Tracker Initiative, and Sierra Club offers new financial data and...
Read MoreCurrently, there are 3.3 to 4 million active, idle and abandoned but unplugged wells in the U.S. NEW YORK, June 18 – By...
Read MoreCountries must plan orderly exit from oil, gas and coal LONDON/NEW YORK, June 4 – Falling demand and rising investment risk...
Read MoreCarbon budgets: Where are we now?
11 May 2020This blog updates our 2018 note Carbon Budgets Explained. Carbon budgets – the amount of carbon dioxide emissions permitted...
Read MoreWorldwide subsidies prop up coal power but 46% of plants will be unprofitable in 2020 LONDON/NEW YORK, April 8 – China and...
Read MoreNew wind or solar already cheaper than 60% of operating coal plants LONDON/NEW YORK, March 12 – Coal developers risk...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker invites accredited media to attend our programme of events which will take place during the UN Climate Change...
Read MoreLONDON/NEW YORK, November 1 – The world’s listed oil and gas majors must cut combined production by a third by 2040 to keep...
Read MoreLosses of €6.6 billion in 2019 should focus industry on complete phase out in next decade LONDON – Four in five EU coal...
Read MoreNEW YORK/LONDON, October 7 Japan could face US$71 billion of stranded coal assets without policy reform Download the...
Read MoreNo major oil company invests to support Paris goals of keeping well below 2˚C LONDON/NEW YORK | September 6 Oil and gas...
Read MoreLONDON, August 02 -- Carbon Tracker are pleased to announce a legal victory by Enea shareholders in the Polish courts yesterday,...
Read MoreDuring the inaugural London Climate Action Week - Carbon Tracker co-hosted the Climate Risk and the Capital Domino Effect event...
Read MoreThink tank to continue pioneering satellite-based power plant monitoring in collaboration with WattTime and the World Resource...
Read MoreLONDON/NEW YORK, MAY 3 – Oil and gas firms are not disclosing anywhere near enough information for investors to weigh up...
Read MoreThe red herrings of oil and gas disclosure
06 August 2018In the nexus of climate change and financial markets, disclosure is the flavour of the day. Carbon Tracker recently analysed...
Read MoreMark Lewis named Head of Research of Carbon Tracker
02 April 2018A media coverage report is available here. LONDON, April 2 – The Carbon Tracker Initiative is today delighted to announce...
Read MoreNew 2˚C scenario analysis tool is powered by data from Rystad Energy London, New York -- 6 February 2018 -- The Carbon...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker’s Christmas Cracker 2017
21 December 2017If you read just one thing this year…… first, it’s December! What took you so long?......second, make it this. Much...
Read MoreJoin us for an event at Imperial College London to discuss the disruptive power of low-carbon technologies. Watch the...
Event DetailsPress statement ahead of Exxon AGM
30 May 2017Update, 31 May: A record 62% of investors have supported the resolution to disclose a 2°C pathway. Robert Schuwerk, US Senior...
Read MoreThe energy transition is already underway, which means that the assumptions underpinning comparisons of coal, gas, solar and...
Event DetailsU.S. and European oil and gas companies are under increasing pressure from shareholders to stress test their businesses against a...
Read MoreA series of recent Forbes articles intend to cast doubt on the relevance of stranded asset risks to investors. Mark Fulton,...
Read MoreRecent science suggests that the lion’s share of fossil reserves must stay in the ground if the earth is to keep below two...
Event DetailsUN Climate Strategists Have A Powerful New Ally: Money
08 December 2015Forbes - Jeff McMahon There’s a stunning new sense of inevitability in these climate talks—not the inevitability of...
Read MoreFrom Bangladesh flood map to the Bank of England, a “carbon...
07 December 2015Reuters - Nina Chestney, Bruce Wallace PARIS (Reuters) - Poring over a Bangladeshi flood map as a London financial analyst 12...
Read MoreToday 7th December 2015, Carbon Tracker launches a new set of "Recommended Strategic Risk Engagement Principles for Fossil Fuel...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker at the World Climate Summit, 6th December 2015, Paris
06 December 2015A roadmap for the energy transition: challenges & solutions The Carbon Tracker Initiative has, through its analysis, made...
Event DetailsThe Financial Stability Board (FSB) announced today it is establishing an industry-led disclosure task force on climate-related...
Read MoreMark Campanale speaking at LAPFF 20th Annual Conference
03 December 2015Our founder and director Mark Campanale will be speaking to over 600 investors at the 20th Local Authority Pension Fund Forum...
Event DetailsCan the Carbon Bubble become a serious Financial Bubble?
10 November 2015Our CEO Anthony Hobley will be speaking at a CEPS roundtable in Brussels on 10 November, alongside Green MEP Reinhard Bütikofer...
Event DetailsStop Financing Fossil Fuels Fight Climate Change – International...
01 September 2015Together with 350.org and the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, the European Greens are co-organising a major...
Event DetailsFor decades fossil fuels were seen as a safe bet – until one simple study by a team of fund managers in 2011 “I think...
Read MoreRisk and Investment Conference 2015
04 June 2015Now in its 11th year, this important event covers a variety of significant topics. This year the 'carbon bubble and stranded...
Event DetailsRising greenhouse gas emissions are often talked about as a one-time, irreversible natural experiment with the climate...
Read MoreFirst appeared in BusinessGreen Through our pioneering “Carbon Bubble” work we used a simple idea and easy numbers to...
Read MoreFacing up to the ‘fossil fuel risk premium’
19 May 2015First appeared in BusinessGreen As the world’s top financiers gather in Paris ahead of International Climate Finance Day on...
Read MoreUnlocking funding for a vital low-carbon future
15 May 2015First appeared in BusinessGreen Ahead of the Paris climate talks the burning question for policy makers and investors is how...
Read MoreManaging the carbon bubble How to transition to a low carbon economy Financial analysis by Carbon Tracker has shown that...
Event DetailsEnergy: Tools for the New Financial Crisis
25 March 2015This Workshop features experts with the latest data, tools & strategies to help investors measure and manage...
Event DetailsIs there a time bomb lurking in your retirement account? Investors holding many index and mutual funds own a chunk of fossil fuel...
Read MoreA shift in policy towards cleaner energy has seen a dramatic slowdown in china's demand for coal China's love affair with coal...
Read MoreLONDON, February 26, 2015 – China’s total coal consumption fell by 2.9 % in 2014 compared with the previous year, official...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker Initiative's Anthony Hobley argues that far from being a disaster for clean tech, low oil prices could aid...
Read MoreInvestment Falters as Fossil Fuels Face ‘Perfect Storm’
30 December 2014Interview to Anthony Hobley, CEO of the Carbon Tracker Initiative By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network LONDON—The...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker’s 12 days of Christmas / 2014 newsletter
19 December 2014As 2014 draws to a close, we momentarily step back from the mince pies to take stock of what has been another monumental year for...
Read MoreBank of England’s momentous move on climate change
02 December 2014Governor Carney commits to monitor financial risk of unburnable carbon. Will other national financial regulators follow...
Read MoreThe financial think-tank Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) and the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UK SIF) have...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker Initiative, UKSIF and APPCCG call on UK financial...
07 November 2014The financial think-tank Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) and the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UK SIF) have...
Read MoreShell Response press release
15 September 2014Shell underestimates risk for up to $77 bln of high cost oil projects Responding to Shell: An Analytical...
Read MoreKey messages: • Exxon are not preparing for an energy transition to limit global warming – investors need to take...
Read More‘Carbon bubble’ risk to financial stability, MPs warn
07 March 2014Stock market could be inflating a carbon bubble In their new Green Finance report, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker name CEO
06 December 2013Anthony Hobley named CEO of Carbon Tracker Initiative Leading international banking and climate finance lawyer takes the reins...
Read MoreUnburnable carbon Brazil press release
04 December 2013Brazil at an energy cross-roads New study shows potential competitive advantage of diverse energy base, and low cost pre-salt...
Read MoreAccounting for hidden reserves press release
04 December 2013Markets failing to account for future impact of carbon budget constraints Financial reporting used by extractive companies...
Read MoreAustralia’s carbon bubble press release
04 December 2013Australia's exposure to the carbon bubble - coal set to blow the global coal carbon budget Australian and overseas investments...
Read MoreWasted capital and stranded assets press release
04 December 2013$674 billion annual spend on ‘unburnable’ fossil fuel assets signals failure to recognise huge financial risks New study...
Read MoreTestimonials for Unburnable Carbon report
16 March 2013Unburnable carbon: Avoiding wasted capital and stranded assets Testimonials The scale of 'listed' unburnable carbon...
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