carbon emissions into the atmosphere are not something clearly distributed. It is known that 70% of them come from just 10 countries. Thus, they are primarily responsible for global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Now, in addition, we know that, to get a little more specific, 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions come from just 57 companies and organizations.
This is the conclusion of a report published by a group of independent experts. Influence map. They analyzed information from the database. Carbon Majors and they noticed that in terms of entities the distribution is also very poor.
Two analyzes can be seen in his report. one with a year 2016 as a starting point. This year was chosen because it was this year Paris Agreement, in which signatory countries pledged to take action to reduce carbon emissions. As for the second analysis, it is more focused on historical information, since data collection begins in 1854. In the latter case, the entities 122, something more than the first. But be that as it may, it is clear that uneven distribution is nothing new.
The two professions with the most carbon emissions
Almost most of the companies included in this ominous list are divided into two types of activities: fossil fuel extraction wave cement production. It is quite obvious that the first one pollutes, but the second one is curious. However, this is an activity that requires a lot of energy, so it accounts for 4% of global carbon emissions. This is a lot for one event.
Most of the companies that top the list for carbon emissions are located in Asia. This is, for example, the oil giant of Saudi Arabia. AramcoRussian energy company Gazprom, That national oil company of iran And CoalIndian coal mining company.
However, there are also Western companies on the list. This is the case Chevron, BP, Shell or Exxon Mobilamong other things.
The countries to which these companies belong are overall among the top 10 countries with the highest carbon dioxide emissions. According to the list published in 2022, this China, USA, India, Russia, Japan, Indonesia, Iran, Germany, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Why is this so alarming?
Carbon dioxide is one of the main gases Greenhouse effect. Thus, carbon emissions contribute to the warming of the planet by excessively enhancing the effect of the layer of gas that prevents solar radiation reflected from the surface from dissipating into the atmosphere.
Therefore, unless these companies take action to reduce their carbon emissions, the planet will be in increasing danger. Plus they don’t keep their promises. Paris Agreement.
This is interesting because many of these companies have invested large amounts of money in bells through which they try to show consumers that they care about the environment. This is the so-called greenwashing. They take small actions that actually mean next to nothing in the grand scheme of things, so it appears as if they are watching the planet. Some of the companies mentioned have even colored their logos green to create the appearance of awareness that doesn’t actually exist.
Therefore, with this report we hope, if possible, to reveal the colors. It will be hard; but at least for governments to take action against them so that they take care of the planet they are supposedly protecting more seriously.
Source: Hiper Textual
