Following the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015
and the IPCC’s 1.5°C Report in 2018, respondent Carbon Majors’ actions
continue to demonstrate intent to put profit over people and planet.
Paris Pledge for Action
Paris Pledge for Action, signed by Anglo American,
BHP Billiton, Cemex, ENI S.P.A, LafargeHolcim, Repsol,
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http://www.parispledgeforaction.org/whos-joined/
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Assessing ExxonMobil’s
Climate Change Communications
Exhibit “J,” Supran, G. and Oreskes, N. (23 August 2017),
Assessing ExxonMobil’s Climate Change Communications
(1977–2014), available at https://iopscience.iop.org/
article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa815f/pdf
(last accessed on 12 September 2019).
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Raval, A. and Walker, O. (01 February 2019),
BP agrees to greater climate disclosure,
Financial Times available at https://www.ft.com/
content/60638ece-25b0-11e9-8ce6-5db4543da632
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Big Oil’s Real Agenda
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The Paris Agreement is adopted.
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IPCC accepted and approved Special Report
on the impact of global warming or 1.50C above
pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas
emission pathways, in the context of strengthening
the global response to the threat of climate change,
sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate
poverty.