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The historical carbon emissions of major oil, gas, coal, and cement producers will contribute to global warming for many centuries, per simulations under a range of future emissions scenarios

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The historical carbon emissions of major oil, gas, coal, and cement producers will contribute to global warming for many centuries

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Carbon dioxide emissions from the Carbon Majors dataset (1854-2024), in the 4 SSP scenarios (fossil fuels and industry plus agriculture, forestry and other land use), and the SSP2-4.5 counterfactual.

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Credit: Frierson et al., 2026, PLOS Climate, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The historical carbon emissions of major oil, gas, coal, and cement producers will contribute to global warming for many centuries, per simulations under a range of future emissions scenarios.

 

Article URL: https://plos.io/4xDTzWo

Article Title: Centuries of global heating from Carbon Majors: Dependence on future emissions pathways

Author Countries: United States

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS Climate

DOI

10.1371/journal.pclm.0001036

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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