By Jo Nova
Top 20 Energy mining nations are planning to increase production, not decrease it.
Despite 151 nations signing the Paris Agreement, the UNEP has all but admitted that most of the world is not even pretending to meet their emissions promises. As is obvious in the graph below, governments of the top 20 producers of the evil coal, oil and gas are planning to dig up even more of it by 2030 than they do now. These 20 nations produce 80% of the world’s fossil fuels and somewhere out there are lots of customers.
The report appears to be a scorecard to guilt-trip the 20 naughty nations into giving up warmth, food or billions of dollars in exports, but it reads like the Paris Agreement is pure charade.
Governments plan to produce double the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5°C warming limit allows
Stockholm, 8 November 2023 – A major new report published today finds that governments plan to produce around 110% more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C, and 69% more than would be consistent with 2°C.
Who are we kidding?
The Production Gap really means “The Overshoot”.
Figure ES.1
The fossil fuel production gap — the difference between governments’ plans and projections and levels consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C and 2°C, as expressed in units of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel extraction and burning — remains large and expands over time. (See details in Chapter 2 and Figure 2.1.) https://www.unep.org/resources/production-gap-report-2023
Speaking of which China just opened the new 1,800 kilometer Haoji Railway in 2019* — specifically to carry coal
It has 770 bridges spanning a total of 381 kilometers and 468 kilometers of tunnels. They started it in 2015.
No one is holding back on fossil fuels here: Wow, that is some bridge.
CHINA – China new coal transportation rail network.
100 new coal fired power stations to add to the 3095, all needed to provide the West with products, including solar panels.
So we can pretend we are carbon neutral 🤡
— Elander & the News (@ElanderNews) November 8, 2023
The 2023 Production Gap Report: “Phasing down or phasing up? Top fossil fuel producers plan even more extraction despite climate promises” is produced by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Climate Analytics, E3G, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
*Corrected: The Haoji Railway was not opened this year but just before the Covid pandemic broke out, years after “The Paris Agreement” was signed. Thanks Ross.