carbon bubble

From LNG to plastics: How stranded asset risk is stalking the fossil fuel industry

Risk

From LNG to plastics: How stranded asset risk is stalking the fossil fuel industry

Two new reports raise the alarm over the way fossil fuel investments are continuing to be made based on the assumption demand will keep rising

clock 09 December 2024 • 9 min read
'It's hard to see how this aligns': How the G20 provided $1.3tr of support to fossil fuels last year

Policy

'It's hard to see how this aligns': How the G20 provided $1.3tr of support to fossil fuels last year

Analysis from BNEF reveals huge scale of continued government support for fossil fuels, as calls grow for COP28 to deliver crackdown on fossil fuel production

clock 21 November 2023 • 8 min read
'Disappointing': Barclays has a new oil sands policy, but does it go far enough?

Energy

'Disappointing': Barclays has a new oil sands policy, but does it go far enough?

Update to fossil fuel financing policy sees firm enact new rules on tar sands and coal, but leaves controversial oil and gas financing policy intact

clock 16 February 2023 • 5 min read
Bubbling over

Editor's Blog

Bubbling over

The One for One campaign's calls for regulators investors to do far more to guard against carbon bubble risks should be heeded

clock 13 January 2023 • 5 min read
HSBC AM's 'head of irresponsible investment' condemned over climate speech

Risk

HSBC AM's 'head of irresponsible investment' condemned over climate speech

Experts slam 'totally bizarre' analysis that rejected the idea investors should worry about climate risks

clock 20 May 2022 • 3 min read
'Stranded assets and magical thinking': Could the pursuit of pipelines drain $485bn from the global economy?

Risk

'Stranded assets and magical thinking': Could the pursuit of pipelines drain $485bn from the global economy?

New research exploring the risks associated with new fossil gas infrastructure comes as separate analysis warns North Sea oil and gas extraction is set become a significant burden on UK's public finances

clock 21 February 2022 • 5 min read
Only policy action can avert 'carbon bubble' chaos, experts warn

Risk

Only policy action can avert 'carbon bubble' chaos, experts warn

Net Zero Festival: Leading figures from IEA, Carbon Tracker and Ceres unite in calls for more ambitious government action to shift away from fossil fuels

clock 30 September 2021 • 3 min read
Net Zero Festival Spotlight: Mark Campanale, founder and executive chair of Carbon Tracker

Investment

Net Zero Festival Spotlight: Mark Campanale, founder and executive chair of Carbon Tracker

VIDEO: Leading green economy figures offer their candid views on what net zero means to them ahead of the Net Zero Festival 2021

clock 20 September 2021 • 1 min read
Are fossil fuel giants wasting trillions of dollars on business-as-usual strategies?

Risk

Are fossil fuel giants wasting trillions of dollars on business-as-usual strategies?

Carbon Tracker deep-dive into the risks facing oil and gas investments is corroborated by study in Nature that warns overwhelming majority of fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to cap global temperatures in line with global goals

clock 09 September 2021 • 7 min read

Supply chain

'Cows are the new coal': Investor group urges governments to set clear emissions goals for agricultural sector

FAIRR group of investors warns of significant financial and environmental risks if 'cow shaped hole' at the heart of global decarbonisation efforts it not addressed

clock 30 June 2021 • 3 min read