Study: Existing fossil fuel projects 'sufficient' to meet future global energy demand

Cecilia Keating
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Oil rigs off the west coast of Africa | Credit: iStock
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Oil rigs off the west coast of Africa | Credit: iStock

Research argues efforts to normalise end of new fossil fuel projects will be more effective for tackling climate change than 'complex' net zero goals

No further new fossil fuel projects are needed to sustain future global energy demand, with increasing levels of clean energy coming online worldwide expected to be more than enough to pick up the slack,...

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