Oily Politics: A Critical Assessment of the Oil and Gas Industry’s Contribution to Climate Change
The article investigates the role the oil and gas industry has played in climate change.Read More →
Attributable Damage Liability in a Non-Linear Climate
Emerging trends in different categories of climate change litigation suggest that the role of science will will only become more important in the future.Read More →
How big meat and dairy are heating up the planet
This study quantifies emissions from 35 of the world's largest meat and dairy companies and scrutinizes their climate plans.Read More →
IPCC Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5 ºC
This IPCC special report explores the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Read More →
The Rise in Atmospheric CO2, Surface Temperature, and Sea Level from Emissions Traced to Major Carbon Producers
This article traces the rise in global atmospheric emissions from industrial carbon producers and seeks to highlight these emissions' historical responsibilities for climate change. Read More →
The Carbon Majors Database Methodology Report 2017
This report describes the methodology used to to complete a dataset of fossil fuel producer emissions covering the period from 1988. Read More →
The Carbon Majors Database CDP Carbon Majors Report 2017
This report highlights the role that corporations can play in driving the global energy transition and is intended to to improve transparency from fossil fuel companies. Read More →
The Climate Responsibilities of Industrial Carbon Producers
This paper considers the distinctive responsibilities of the major investor-owned producers of fossil fuels, assessing the actions these companies took and could have taken to act upon the scientific evidence of climate change. Read More →
Tracing Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers, 1854–2010
This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the historic fossil fuel and cement production records of the leading producers of oil, natural gas, coal, and cement from as early as 1854 to 2010.Read More →
Consumption-Based Accounting of CO2 Emissions
This paper presents a global consumption-based CO2 emissions inventory and calculations of associated consumption-based energy and carbon intensities.Read More →