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Limiting fossil fuel extraction to meet 1.5 degrees Celsius

9 September 2021

Nearly 60% of both oil and fossil methane gas and almost 90% of coal must remain in the ground by 2050 in order to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, finds a study led by Post Graduate Teaching Assistant Dan Welsby (UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources).

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