Journal article

Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making

Nerilie J Abram, Nicola Maher, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Georgina M Falster, Terry P Hughes, Katrin J Meissner, Louise J Slater, Andrew D King, Andrew J Pitman, Gillian Moon, Wesley Morgan

npj Climate Action | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | Published : 2025

DOI: 10.1038/s44168-025-00296-5

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Abstract

Abstract Every additional tonne of carbon dioxide emissions adds to global warming 1 . This means that decisions to approve new fossil fuel projects represent pivotal moments in shaping Earth’s future climate trajectory. Yet, the specific additional global warming caused by project-level CO 2 emissions, and the impacts of that warming, are rarely incorporated into decision-making on the acceptability of new fossil fuel projects. Here, we show how quantifying this additional warming enables concrete, foreseeable consequences to be identified and evaluated in a formal risk ass..

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