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The Real Action Against Methane Emissions Is at OPEC
The looming decline in oil and gas production, rather than a more efficient industry, will make a bigger difference to the planet.
Burning up.
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What sort of climate deal is a summit hosted by the world’s third-largest net oil exporter most likely to pull off? The type that boosts revenues for petroleum companies.
It sounds like a bad joke. Still, the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter unveiled at the United Nations COP28 summit in Dubai at the weekend counts as one of the most substantive pacts to have emerged from the conference so far.