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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ajit Niranjan

No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goal

Climate protesters in London last week calling for an end to extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea
Climate protesters in London last week calling for an end to extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

None of the big oil and gas producers surrounding the North Sea plan to stop drilling soon enough to meet the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating target, a report has found.

The five countries – the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark – have failed to align their oil and gas policies with their climate promises under the Paris agreement, according to the campaign group Oil Change International.

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