Climate change - Shell Global
Population growth and economic development are driving energy demand. All energy sources will be needed, with fossil fuels meeting the bulk of demand. At the same time CO2 emissions must be reduced to avoid serious climate change.
Climate Change | Environment | Corporate Responsibility | Chevron
At Chevron, we are taking significant steps to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) without undermining the growth of the global economy. The use of fossil fuels to meet the world's energy needs contributes to an increase in GHGs—mainly carbon dioxide and methane—in Earth's atmosphere. We made a long-term commitment to improve energy efficiency in our day-to-day activities, which will help us manage our carbon emissions. We conduct inventories of our emissions and use innovative technologies to continually improve the efficiency of energy use in our operations. We also assess GHG emissions in our capital projects.
Climate change | Sustainability | BP Global
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warming of the climate system is happening, and it is in large part the result of an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and their concentrations in the atmosphere. The IPCC believes that warming of the climate is likely to lead to extreme weather events becoming more frequent and unpredictable. Results from models assessed by the IPCC suggest that to stand a reasonable chance of limiting warming to no more than 2°C, global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions need to peak before 2020 and be cut by between 50-85% by 2050.
The challenge
BP projects that with known and probable policy and technology developments, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels may be 26% higher in 2030 than they were in 2011, partly as a consequence of coal use in rapidly growing economies. These are projections of what we think is likely to happen, not what we would like to see.
More aggressive, but still plausible, energy policy and technology deployment could lead to slower growth in CO2 emissions than expected, with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from energy use falling after 2020 – but probably not enough to limit warming to no more than 2°C. The International Energy Agency has acknowledged that its 450 scenario, which would put the world on a lower-carbon trajectory, looks increasingly unlikely.
Society Of Petrolium Engineers
We already have many of the technologies and solutions needed to contain climate change, although not all are yet commercially viable. We all recognize that the pace and scale of implementation must now be accelerated and, therefore, we must work to ensure these solutions become commercial sooner rather than later. Government has a part to play in making this happen, for example, through making sure that planning controls do not hinder renewable energy projects. We need to reward greener behavior, and have bigger, more focused research and development
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
In the last century, growth in human population has increased energy use. This has contributed additional carbon dioxide (CO2) and other gases to the atmosphere. Although the AAPG membership is divided on the degree of influence that anthropogenic CO2 has on recent and potential global temperature increases, AAPG believes that expansion of scientific climate research into the basic controls on climate is important.
NASA: Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says there is 95 percent certainty that humans have caused most of the warming of the planet's surface that has occurred since the 1950s — up from 90 percent certainty in the last assessment report, which came out in 2007.
Only 2% of Canadians deny climate change, suggests poll - Calgary - CBC News
"Our survey indicates that Canadians from coast to coast overwhelmingly believe climate change is real and is occurring, at least in part due to human activity," said centre CEO Carmen Dybwad
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