‘Throwing humanity’s future into question’: Governments continue fossil fuel production push in defiance of climate goals

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    ‘Throwing humanity’s future into question’: Governments continue fossil fuel production push in defiance of climate goals

    Michael Holder

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    UN-backed report warns world’s biggest oil and gas producing nations are on course to overshoot global Paris Agreement climate thresholds as they continue to pursue plans to expand production

    The world’s biggest oil and gas producing countries are on course to breach the Paris Agreement through their plans to further expand fossil fuel production far beyond the levels consistent with limiting…

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