Only 57 companies emit 80% of global CO2

Just 57 state-controlled and shareholder-owned companies are responsible for 80% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2016

SOURCE OF EMISSIONS SINCE PARIS AGREEMENT*

Nation-state producers 38%

State-owned entities 37% 
Saudi Aramco 13,256 
Gazprom 10,127 
Coal India 8,508 
National Iranian 
Oil Co. 8,176 
Rosneft 5,734

Top five:
China (coal) 72,993 MtCO2 
China (cement) 8,155 
Russia (coal) 7,174 
Kazakhstan (coal) 1,901 
Poland (coal) 1,686

Investor-owned businesses  25%
ExxonMobil 4,086 
Shell 3,621
BP 3,513
Chevron 3,326 
TotalEnergies 2,877

Total 251  Gigatonnes CO2 equivalent

Since 2016, 55% of private-sector companies and 65% of state entities have increased emissions

*From 122 of world’s largest oil, gas, coal and cement producers – responsible for 73% of all emissions since 1751 Industrial Revolution

EMISSIONS BY MAJOR PRODUCERS
Total CO2 emissions
Cement 
Gas
Oil 
Coal


Global coal consumption up 8% since 2016

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