The environmental organization Oceana presented a report on the relationship between underwater oil and gas extraction and greenhouse gas emissions.
Refusing to expand underwater oil and gas extraction could lead to a 13% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to data from the American NGO Oceana.
According to Oceana’s forecasts, if this set of measures is implemented to protect maritime waters, CO2 emissions will decrease by 39% by 2050. Of these, most of this volume would be contributed by those aimed at do not develop underwater extraction from fossil fuels and expand the use of offshore renewable sources instead of oil and gas.
“Curbing the expansion of offshore drilling has the potential to reduce more emissions than any other ocean solution,” said Kathryn Matthews, chief scientist at Oceana. “The report makes it clear that ocean solutions are climate solutions. If we really want to avoid catastrophic climate change, our ocean is a good place to start.“, he added.
Furthermore, the NGO’s statistics show that only 10 countries produce around 65% of all underwater fossil fuels: Saudi Arabia, Norway, Qatar, Iran, Brazil, United States, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom United and Angola. . According to the report, these countries “are the logical places to start” to halt the growth of underwater fossil fuel extraction.
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