A new report spans more than 300 peer-reviewed studies to present a comprehensive summary of the risks the industry creates for people’s health and wellbeing, as well as for the planet.
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Labour would still honour existing licenses to drill for fossil fuels.
More than 400 proposed fossil fuel extraction projects threaten to blow the world’s 1.5°C target.
Opening up new fossil fuel exploration will damage our longer-term security and undermine our climate imperatives. It is dangerous for the planet.
If we want to limit global warming to below 2°C, most of our untapped fossil fuel reserves need to be kept in the ground.
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Professor of Geophysics, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Geography and Fellow of the Durham Energy Institute, Durham University
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PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, Queensland University of Technology and Professor of Practice in Environmental Wellbeing, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) and Honorary Professor (School of Geosciences), University of Sydney
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Lisa Jackson Pulver is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Sydney
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Research Assistant, University of Sydney
