Many of these companies increased their fossil fuel production after the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016

A new analysis released last week by the international non-profit InfluenceMap reveals an overwhelmingly unequal share of fossil fuel pollution worldwide. From 2016 to 2022, 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions were produced by just 57 companies.

    • NegentropicBoy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      8 months ago

      From that website:

      • 276,458 China (Coal) Nation State
      • 135,113 Former Soviet Union Nation State
      • 68,832 Saudi Aramco State-owned Entity
      • 57,898 Chevron Investor-owned Company
      • 55,105 ExxonMobil Investor-owned Company
      • 50,687 Gazprom State-owned Entity
      • 43,112 National Iranian Oil Co. State-owned Entity
      • … etc
    • Pringles@lemm.ee
      2·
      8 months ago

      It lists Czechoslovakia as a nation state entity. How can we take this list seriously when it contains ridiculous errors like that?

      Edit: ok, it lists historical emissions. My bad