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Ed Hawkins Jul 30, 2023

As the UK is poised to issue licenses to drill for new sources of oil & gas, it is perhaps worth remembering that:

1. UK & every nation signed Paris Agreement to pursue efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C

2. UK & every nation endorsed IPCC conclusion that if world burns all fossil fuels it already has access to then global temperature rise will exceed 1.5°C

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Martin Schröder 🇺🇳Jul 30, 2023

@ed_hawkins I'm curious who they think will eventually buy this oil & gas.

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alex_cello

@oneiros @ed_hawkins every country in the world depending on fossil fuels to feed their energy infrastructure, except those who will respect their climate-related targets. Sadly people tend to prioritize social promises over environmental policies so that makes a lot of countries potentially interested :( Moreover, geopolitics evolution has made a lot of countries realise their dependance on some other ones so the UK might just keep a part of it for strategic purpose (I am not an expert though).