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  • Dissecting BP’s 2050 net-zero carbon pledge

    Dissecting BP’s 2050 net-zero carbon pledge

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    Sami Cheqrouni Espinar examines the credibility of each of the aims outlined by BP to shift its position in a transforming energy sector. On the 12th of February 2020, BP set a company-wide ambition of achieving net-zero emissions by the year 2050. Bernard Looney, the current CEO of BP, stated, “the world’s carbon budget is…