The vast majority of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions since 2016 can be traced to a group of 57 fossil fuel and cement producers, researchers said on Thursday.
Saudi Aramco declined to comment. Coal India and Gazprom did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit a record high last year, the International Energy Agency has said. A previous edition of the Carbon Majors database was cited last month in a legal case brought by a Belgian farmer against French oil and gas company TotalEnergies. The farmer argued that as one of the world’s top 20 CO2-emitting companies, TotalEnergies was partly responsible for damage to his operations from extreme weather.
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