Study: Half of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions from only 36 companies

According to researchers, a recent report further strengthens the grounds for claiming companies to be liable for their involvement in the climate crisis.

Half of the carbon dioxide emissions that heat the globe climate comes from only 36 companies from fossil fuels, says a recent study.

The Carbon Majors report, which looks at 2023 data, has been prepared by an independent London -based influencemap London.

According to the report, these 36 companies caused a total of 20 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in carbon, oil and gas production in 2023.

Researchers say that the results of the study further strengthen the grounds for demanding emission-producing companies to their impact on their impact on global warming, reports the British magazine The Guardian.

Most state -owned companies

According to the report, there are 25 state -owned companies among the 36 companies, ten of which operate in the world’s largest pollutant country, China.

Among the state -owned companies include China Energy from China, National Iranian Oil Company from Iranian, Gazprom, a Russian Arab Emirates.

In addition, there are 11 listed companies, including Saudi Aramco, Exxonmobil, Shell and several Chinese companies.

Researchers illustrate that if Saudi Aramco was a country, it would be the fourth largest pollutant in the world right after China, the United States and India.

The emissions of the Exxonmobil company, in turn, are approximately the corresponding German emissions. Germany is the world’s ninth largest pollutant.

Emissions have increased

In order to have a good opportunity to achieve an internationally agreed target to limit the temperature rising to 1.5 degrees by 2030, the world would reduce worldwide emissions by about 45 %.

However, the InfuenceMap study reports that most of the 169 companies examined by Carbon Majors further increased their emissions in 2023, which was the warmest year in measurement history.