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Nations seeking to expand fossil fuel production despite climate pledges

Government plans would blow past limits needed to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

At least 16 key nations plan to raise annual fossil fuel production.
At least 16 key nations plan to raise annual fossil fuel production. (AN/Robin Sommer/Unsplash)

Most of the top 20 biggest energy producing nations plan to raise their production this decade, undermining legally binding climate targets.

Ten countries – Brazil, Canada, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and the U.S. – seek oil and gas production increases by 2030.

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