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Foot off the Gas: Why the UK should invest in...
Betting on new gas today means shouldering consumers with higher prices tomorrow as well as missing the net zero pathway the UK government...
Beyond Petrostates: The burning need to cut oil dependence in the energy transition
Fossil fuel-reliant countries could see a drop of 51% in government oil and gas revenues in a shift to a low-carbon world over the next two...
COP26: A chance to reset and eliminate obstacles – coal in sights
2021 is a year of opportunity; one of resetting, reshaping and a chance to remove distortions that hinder an orderly energy transition. The...
Shopping the Black Friday shale – North America’s oil and gas industry goes on an M&A spree
2020 has, to put it mildly, been full of surprises. Oil and gas companies, long predictable and averse to change, have even managed to...
Fault Lines: How diverging oil and gas company strategies link to stranded asset risk
In a series of reports since 2011, Carbon Tracker has shown the financial and stranded asset risks to fossil fuel producers related to the...
Billion Dollar Orphans: Why millions of oil and gas wells could become wards of the state
There are 2.6 million unplugged onshore wells in the U.S., with another estimated 1.2 million that are undocumented. In It’s Closing...Popular Reads
Foot off the Gas: Why the UK should invest in clean energy
We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...
Read MoreBeyond Petrostates: The burning need to cut oil dependence in the energy transition
We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...
Read MoreBP has elaborated on its strategy to deliver net zero – cutting oil and gas production by “at least” 40% by...
Read MoreClick here to view Carbon Tracker's Annual Review 2019 In 2019 our objective was to accelerate the energy transition by...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker's modelling shows no new oil sands are needed in a low carbon world. Prospective pipelines and projects represent...
Read MoreThere is growing recognition that drastic changes to oil and gas consumption are required to meet the finite limits of a global...
Read MoreThe Earth's temperatures continue to rise causing catastrophic climate change. The risks of climate change are having major...
Read MoreThe oil industry’s financial statements reflect climate change conflict Oil and gas companies have never been under more...
Read MoreAt the end of February, Italian oil major Eni announced new carbon emissions reduction plans. While not aiming for net zero...
Read MoreIn ancient Greek theatre, deus ex machina (“god from the machine”) is when a seemingly intractable plot issue is...
Read MoreThis blog updates our 2018 note Carbon Budgets Explained. Carbon budgets – the amount of carbon dioxide emissions permitted...
Read MoreThe Covid-19 crisis is showing up the oil and gas industry’s exposure to the threat of falling demand, a forewarning of what...
Read MoreOne of last year’s key developments relating to climate change risks was a handful of fossil fuel producers agreeing to show...
Read MoreSouth Korea needs to phase-out unabated gas by 2050 in a Paris-aligned scenario or potentially risk $60 billion in stranded...
Read MoreThe arms race in setting carbon emissions targets is such that Shell, once one of the industry leaders when it announced its...
Read MoreCOVID-19 continues to shake the global economy, and energy markets are no exception. Oil in particular finds itself caught...
Read MoreFanning the Flames: How executives continue to be rewarded to produce more...
Oil Analyst Note March 2020Company executives pay practice doesn’t yet live up to climate ambition, with the gap between stated ambition and demonstrable...
Read MoreThe Flip Side: Stranded Assets and Stranded Liabilities
Climate risk disclosure Analyst Note February 2020Carbon Tracker’s fundamental insight is that the oil and gas industry’s growth plans do not fit in a low carbon world. As...
Read MoreHandbrake Turn: The cost of failing to anticipate an Inevitable Policy...
Oil Analyst Note January 2020In this report, we look at the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), which models the potential impacts of delayed tough...
Read MoreTo deflate the carbon bubble and protect investors, oil & gas companies must shrink The world’s listed oil and gas majors...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We recognise that there is...
Read MoreThis report provides an update to our 2017 and 2018 "2 Degrees of Separation" reports, along with an updated methodology. The...
Read MoreThe following piece originally was posted to Oilprice.com on March 3, 2019. It is reprinted with permission. Investors are...
Read MoreWhy shareholders should rethink executive reward For much of the early part of this century, the oil and gas industry was in...
Read MoreIn this study we review the remuneration practice used in the oil and gas industry and look at alignment with either growth or...
Read MoreWhy carbon intensity ambitions are welcome, but strict limits on future project sanction remain the route to Paris...
Read MoreThis blog originally appeared on the IEEFA website By Tom Sanzillo, Kathy Hipple and Clark Williams-Derry Invest in the...
Read MoreCarbon capture and storage, or CCS, refers to technologies that allow us to capture CO2 at the source of its production and...
Read MoreOne of the questions we are most frequently asked by investors is – how can we tell if a company is “Paris compliant”? This...
Read MoreMarket counts down to the MSR The EU carbon market has been the hottest commodity market in the world over the last 16...
Read MoreThis report updates our 2 Degrees of Separation report, published in June 2017 2 Degrees of Separation laid out a framework...
Read MoreClosing the Gap to a Paris-compliant EU-ETS Carbon pricing, whether via cap-and-trade schemes or taxes, is not sufficient on...
Read MoreSummary Occidental neglects demand fundamentals in its 2°C analysis and opts for the foregone conclusion of a test against...
Read MoreThis study updates our report 2 Degrees of Separation, and for the first time quantifies risk of overinvestment under a 1.75ᵒC...
Read MoreA PDF version of this paper is available here. An updated version of this note is available now in Carbon Budgets: Where are...
Read MoreIf you read just one thing this year…… first, it’s December! What took you so long?......second, make it this. Much...
Read MoreHeadlines Growth of electric vehicles (EVs) in scenarios developed by some oil majors is ten years behind the level expected...
Read MoreExplore the report webpage: 2degreeseparation.com This report, produced by Carbon Tracker, Principles for Responsible...
Read MoreUnexpectedly, the oil and gas love-in that is CERAWeek saw the latest round of climate risk disclosure emerging from the oil...
Read MoreThe 12 Days of Carbon Tracker Well…that was different. 2016 has been quite the year of change. A year of political events that...
Read MoreEven if oil prices rise in the aftermath of the OPEC agreement on cutting production, the oil industry should be wary of...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker’s work on the energy transition has already demonstrated the value in challenging traditional energy model...
Read MoreWhy a 2°C business model is less risky than 'business-as-usual' for oil companies. The business model for many companies in the...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker’s reports and blogs are available in seven different languages: Arabic...
Read MoreA series of recent Forbes articles intend to cast doubt on the relevance of stranded asset risks to investors. Mark Fulton,...
Read MoreThe flaws in the business models of some of the largest US shale producers are becoming clear. Growing levels of debt are...
Read MoreStranded Assets a Response: Myth or Reality? Late last year respected British economist Dieter Helm dismissed the concept of...
Read MoreThe data is clear – the energy transition is underway, and the direction of travel is away from fossil fuels. But not everyone...
Read MoreIs Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, really turning its back on fossil fuels? Not only has...
Read MoreLow carbon scenarios do include the potential for gas demand to grow over the next decade. But if we are to stay within a carbon...
Read MoreUS shale production has prompted increased volatility in the oil markets, as exemplified by the 50% drop in prices during the...
Read MoreThe 2015 Oil Spending Review is in Full Swing With oil prices collapsing to between $50/$60 a barrel (at the...
Read MoreOver the past 18 months the Carbon Tracker Initiative has written a number of studies on the economics of the controversial...
Read MoreDuring 2014, following in the footsteps of Shell and ExxonMobil, oil and gas industry association IPIECA published a “fact...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker Initiative's Anthony Hobley argues that far from being a disaster for clean tech, low oil prices could aid...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker comment on US-China climate change agreement “For Carbon Tracker, today’s announcement of the “joint...
Read MoreThe fourth in the series of Carbon Tracker's Unburnable Carbon reports, focuses on Brazil - a country with the fascinating...
Read MoreThis new research from Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE calls...
Read MoreThis is the original report which pioneered the concept of the 'Carbon Bubble'. This award-winning analysis by Carbon...
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