Urgewald is a group that researches coal companies, because they are among the
top contributors to greenhouse gas emissions
This is a collection of the results of various studies regarding the top contributors by business organisation to atmospheric greenhouse gases responsible for climate change.
Global emitters (1988 to 2015)
The following table shows the top 20 ind ...
and so cause
climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...
. The Global Coal Exit List, which they publish, is famous.
Urgewald provided analysis to underpin a
Guardian newspaper exposé on the "scores of vast projects" that the oil and gas majors are planning . If only a fraction of these projects proceed to exploitation, the consequences for the global climate will still be huge.
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See also
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Global Energy Monitor
Global Energy Monitor (GEM) is a San Francisco-based non-governmental organization which catalogs fossil fuel and renewable energy projects worldwide. GEM shares information in support of clean energy and its data and reports on energy trends ...
External links
List of coal companies
References
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Non-governmental organizations
Coal
Environmental organizations established in 1992