A week or so ago, the Guardian reported on data from 2024 which identified 32 fossil fuel companies that between them were responsible for half the global CO2 emissions that are driving the climate crisis, down from 36 a year earlier.
According to the Carbon Majors report, state-owned fossil fuel producers made up 17 of the top 20, which the report’s authors said underscored the political barriers to tackling global heating. These 17 are controlled by countries that opposed a fossil fuel phase out at Cop30 back in December, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and India.
The article quoted Tzeporah Berman, of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, who said: “This latest analysis reinforces a stark reality: a powerful, concentrated group of fossil fuel corporations are not only dominating global emissions but are actively sabotaging climate action and weakening government ambition.”
Read the Guardian article here. Read the Carbon Majors report here.