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Study highlights countries must cut fossil fuel sources to avoid global environmental catastrophe
With climate change, most countries in the world started working to zero carbon emissions. One of the goals is to drastically reduce the use of fossil fuels. As they are not renewable sources, fossil fuels have become the villains and a major threat to the world's climate. planet.
Unlike renewable sources, the recomposition of fossil fuels in nature occurs very slowly. Today, the main fossil fuels are oil, natural gas and mineral coal.
Some studies point out that, in addition to not building any more fossil fuel infrastructure, the goal of keeping global warming below the 1,5°C limit will only be achieved by closing approximately half of all infrastructure. of fossil fuels already existing in the world.
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Greeg Muttitt of the International Institute for Sustainable Development warned that such an ambitious goal will not be achieved without major changes. “Governments need to start grappling with how to do this fairly and equitably, which will require overcoming opposition from fossil fuel interests. Our findings show that stopping new extraction projects is a necessary step, but still not enough to stay within our dwindling carbon budget. Some existing fossil fuel licenses and production will need to be revoked and phased out sooner.” she said.
The survey took into account 25.000 oil and gas fields in the world. The study points out that around 40% of all the gas and oil reserves found in these places must not be touched to avoid a global environmental catastrophe. "The moment calls for equity considerations and better mechanisms to manage a fair transition of jobs and fossil fuel revenues within and between countries," the study says, without saying which sites should be closed.
Ukraine vs Russia boosts demand for fossil fuels
The conflict involving Russia and Ukraine is making things even worse. As the months pass, and as the conflict between the two countries only increases, so does the demand for fossil fuels, further worsening the environmental crisis our planet is going through.
“The world has explored a lot of oil, gas and coal. Developing more could cause more dangerous levels of warming if fully mined, or create a larger scale of idle assets,” explained Greeg.
However, other technologies are being developed for the planet. One of the great examples is the irreversible wave of electric cars around the world. With these cars, the need for fossil fuels to run a vehicle dropped considerably.
