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    Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: Study

    2 weeks ago

    Fossil fuel and cement producers have contributed "significantly" to the growing number and intensity of climate-change-driven heatwaves, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature. "We also show that emissions associated with the largest producers of fossil fuels and cement contribute significantly to heatwaves," Quilcaille told AFP. Emissions from just one of these carbon majors would have been enough to cause events deemed 10,000 times more likely, they found.
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