Future Fossil Fuel Production , Will Continue To Exceed Safe Climate Limits, UN Report Finds.<br />The report was released by the U.N. on Oct. 20.<br />It found that the 15 nations with the <br />greatest output of fossil fuels... .<br />... will continue to produce them in excess by 2030, despite global commitment <br />to prevent catastrophic warming.<br />The lead author of the study says that <br />governments have time to reverse course.<br />It's state-owned fossil fuel companies that control 50 to 55% of global coal, oil and <br />gas production, .., Ploy Achakulwisut, Stockholm Environment Institute, via CNN.<br />... but even when they don't currently control production, government policies and subsidies enables production <br />by private interests. , Ploy Achakulwisut, Stockholm Environment Institute, via CNN.<br />It's governments who can implement systemic economy-wide policies and actions, with the public interest in mind, Ploy Achakulwisut, Stockholm Environment Institute, via CNN.<br />The main message is that governments have a primary role to play in closing the <br />production gap, Ploy Achakulwisut, Stockholm Environment Institute, via CNN.<br />The authors stated that the report is a <br />wake-up call for governments that put off reducing <br />their nations' reliance on fossil fuels.<br />The point of the production gap report is to show that governments continue to not see supplying fossil fuels as contributing to the <br />climate crisis, Ploy Achakulwisut, Stockholm Environment Institute, via CNN.<br />Continuing to delay action will just make the problem harder, Ploy Achakulwisut, Stockholm Environment Institute, via CNN.<br />Study authors say the longer fossil fuel reduction <br />is delayed, the more drastic the necessary changes <br />will seem once they are implemented.<br />We're going to need even steeper, faster declines, <br />and potentially more <br />disruptive transition, Ploy Achakulwisut, Stockholm Environment Institute, via CNN.<br />The quicker we take action, the more managed and less disruptive this transition away from fossil fuel can be <br />for everyone, Ploy Achakulwisut, Stockholm Environment Institute, via CNN
