Claims
Myles Allen"Calls for fossil abstinence aren’t working."
The International Energy AgencyThis decade will be “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era.Sep 12, 2023
Myles Allen"[T]he opportunity of net-zero emissions by 2050... [is] narrow but still achievable." May 18, 2021
Myles McCormick"[T]he majority project hydrocarbon usage will remain chunky until at least the middle of the century."Apr 04, 2024
Fatih Birol"The transition to clean energy is... unstoppable. It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s just a matter of ‘how soon'."Oct 24, 2023
Xi Jinping"We aim to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060."Sep 22, 2020
Angela Picciariello"We are already on track this decade to produce 460% more coal, 82% more gas, and 29% more oil than would be in line with the 1.5°C warming target."Nov 08, 2023
Steve PyeThere's "optimism that we have a way out. Whether we take it or not is another thing."Nov 12, 2023
Aurelien Saussay"We have essentially the technological readiness to achieve it [the phaseout of fossil fuels]... but the political commitment and investments are not there yet."Nov 12, 2023
Myles Allen"Britain could stop using CO2 entirely... we could just about achieve our goals by 2050."
Catherine Rampell"[T]he U.S. transition away from fossil fuels and into cleaner, renewable forms of energy is a question of when, not if."Jan 02, 2024
Myles Allen"The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050."May 18, 2021
Thomas Covert"[I]n the absence of substantial greenhouse gas policies, the US and the global economy are unlikely to stop relying on fossil fuels as the primary source of energy."Dec 01, 2016
UN Environment Programme"[G]overnments plan to produce more than twice the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C."Oct 01, 2021
Katrine Petersen"[D]emand for coal, oil and gas [is] set to peak this decade even without additional policies."Nov 08, 2023
Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber"There is no science out there... that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C."Dec 04, 2023
Kelly TroutThe primary roadblock to rapid progress in wealthy countries is "the political will to stand up to the fossil fuel industry."Nov 12, 2023
Rachel Cleetus"We can get that phaseout [of fossil fuels] starting with a phasedown in this decade."Nov 12, 2023