New oil and gas fields "incompatible" with limiting warming to 1.5°C | International Institute for Sustainable Development

An IISD analysis of global climate pathways concludes that developing new oil and gas fields and new fossil import infrastructure in Europe is incompatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, suggesting a shift toward wind and solar capacity.

• An analysis of global modelled pathways, including those from the IPCC, IEA, IRENA, and the private sector, indicates that the development of any new oil and gas fields is incompatible with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
• To limit warming to 1.5°C, there is a requirement to increase wind and solar capacity and a lack of room for new fossil fuel sources.
• Under gas phase-out pathways aligned with a 1.5°C limit, there is no capacity for new fossil import infrastructure within Europe.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2022). New oil and gas fields "incompatible" with limiting warming to 1.5°C | International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/articles/iisd-news/new-oil-and-gas-fields-incompatible-limiting-warming-15degc

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. New oil and gas fields "incompatible" with limiting warming to 1.5°C | International Institute for Sustainable Development. 2022. https://www.iisd.org/articles/iisd-news/new-oil-and-gas-fields-incompatible-limiting-warming-15degc.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2022new, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{New oil and gas fields "incompatible" with limiting warming to 1.5°C | International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/articles/iisd-news/new-oil-and-gas-fields-incompatible-limiting-warming-15degc}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }