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iii. Cease Exploration for New Oil Fields and Help in the Global
Transition Towards Clean Energy
Explorations for new sources of fossil fuel must stop. There is already a glut
in fossil fuel reserves and new discoveries will only end up as stranded assets
in the future.530 Continued, costly, and speculative explorations for new fossil
reserves shall subject the officers behind them to suits by their shareholders
and investors after these fields end-up as stranded assets. Instead, corporate
resources should be applied to research and development of alternative,
renewable energy systems and carbon sequestration.
iv. Contribute to a Green Climate Fund for the Implementation
of Mitigation and Adaptation Measures
The Carbon Majors must contribute to a Green Climate Fund or other similar
funds not only in the jurisdictions they operate in, but also in geographical
areas that bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change. They can also
choose to finance mitigation and adaptation measures and projects to alleviate
the plight of those impacted by climate change-related harms.
v. Engage with Experts, CSOs and other Stakeholders for
the Assessment and Improvement of Corporate Climate
Response
Carbon Majors must now seriously consider engaging with climate scientists,
policymakers, NGOs, affected communities and other stakeholders in climate
action towards the development of alternative energy.
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SEI, IISD, ODI, E3G, & UNEP, The Production Gap Report 2021 (2021), available at http://www.
productiongap.org/2021report.
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