(1) Climate Accountability Institute, Press Release
on Update of Carbon Majors Project, released in
December 2014, appended as Annex “D-1;”
(2) Carbon Majors: Accounting for carbon and
methane emissions 1854-2010 Methods and
Results Report, released in 2013 and updated at
the beginning of 2014, appended as Annex “D-2;”
and
(3) Tracing anthropogenic carbon dioxide and
methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement
producers, 1854–2010, published online in the
journal Climatic Change in November 2013,
appended as Annex “D-3.”
The following are the main findings of the Carbon Major publications.
They now reflect the most recent findings of the research, which is
constantly being updated:
• 90 Carbon Major Entities, including the then 50
investor-owned Carbon Major companies, are
responsible for an estimated 1,104 Gt CO2e of
cumulative world emissions of industrial CO2 and
methane, or 64.8% of all anthropogenic CO2
between
1751
and
2013;37
• Nearly one-third of all global industrial CO2 from
1751 to 2013 are associated with the carbon fuels
produced by the Top 20 fossil fuel companies.38
The Top 20 fossil fuel investor-owned companies
contributed 294.6 GtCO2e, equivalent to 18.8% of
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Heede, R. 2015. Carbon Major Entities Cumulative Emission to 2013 Ranked, Climate Accountability
Institute. February, 2015. Made available to Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Greenpeace International upon
request in April 2016. Mr. Heede can also be asked to explain this update in the public hearing to be called
by the Commission.
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