We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature
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This tool tells you how fossil fuel emissions actually translate into heat deaths, coral reef damage, and more
Every new fossil fuel project that comes online will add more climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into our atmosphere. But just reporting how many tonnes (metric tons) of CO2 a new coal or gas facility will produce can still be abstract. What does it really mean, for example, that a single coal mine in Australia will generate an estimated 4.7 billion tonnes of emissions over its lifetime? How will those emissions actually, tangibly i…
A single large gas project also contributes quantifiablely to global warming. A study is based on the example of the Australian Scarborough project, such as its expected 876 million tonnes of CO2 associated with additional heat exposure, heat deaths in Europe and coral losses on the Great Barrier Reef. According to the authors, the method can be applied to further fossil projects and their expected emissions [...] The contribution damage caused …
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