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20 Sep 2017

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Story Union of Concerned Scientists-led study quantifies impacts of emissions of major fossil fuel producers on global temperature & sea level rise

A Union of Concerned Scientists-led study released in September 2017 analyzes and quantifies the climate change impacts of carbon dioxide and methane emissions traced to specific fossil fuel companies. Based on an analysis of two time periods (1880 - 2010 and 1980 - 2010), the study found that:

• "Emissions traced to the 90 largest carbon producers contributed to around 57 percent of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide, nearly 50 percent of the rise in global average temperature and around 30 percent of global sea level rise since 1880."

• "Emissions traced to the 50 investor-owned carbon producers, including large companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, Peabody, ConocoPhillips and Total, contributed around 16 percent of the global average temperature increase from 1880-2010, and around 11 percent of the global sea level rise over this period."

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the following principal companies named in the study to respond:

• BP - response provided below

• Chevron - declined to respond

• ConocoPhillips - response provided below

• ExxonMobil - did not respond

• Peabody Energy - response provided below

• Shell - declined to respond

• Total - response provided below

Company Responses

ConocoPhillips View Response bp View Response Chevron

No Response

Shell plc

No Response

TotalEnergies (formerly Total) View Response Peabody Energy View Response ExxonMobil

No Response

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• Climate change causes compensation conundrum

  Date: 26 Sep 2017 Content Type: Article

• Commentary: Big Oil must pay for climate change. Now we can calculate how much

  Date: 19 Sep 2017 Content Type: Article

• Commentary: Responsible for what? Carbon producer CO2 contributions and the energy transition

  Date: 19 Sep 2017 Content Type: Article

• The rise in global atmospheric CO2, surface temperature, and sea level from emissions traced to major carbon producers

  Date: 19 Sep 2017 Content Type: Article

• Tracing who’s responsible for temperature increase and sea level rise

  Date: 19 Sep 2017 Content Type: Article

• ConocoPhillips response

  Date: 18 Sep 2017 Content Type: Company Response

• Peabody Energy response

  Date: 18 Sep 2017 Content Type: Company Response

• Total response

  Date: 18 Sep 2017 Content Type: Company Response

• Shell declined to respond

  Date: 18 Sep 2017 Content Type: Company Response

• ExxonMobil did not respond

  Date: 18 Sep 2017 Content Type: Company Response

• BP response

  Date: 18 Sep 2017 Content Type: Company Response

• Chevron declined to respond

  Date: 18 Sep 2017 Content Type: Company Response
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• Climate change causes compensation conundrum Content type: Article Date: 26 Sep 2017
• Commentary: Big Oil must pay for climate change. Now we can calculate how much Content type: Article Date: 19 Sep 2017
• Commentary: Responsible for what? Carbon producer CO2 contributions and the energy transition Content type: Article Date: 19 Sep 2017
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