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Readers respond to the report revealing the 20 biggest polluters responsible
for a third of all global carbon emissions
1. Your article (Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all global carbon
emissions, 10 October) highlights the biggest polluters and contributors to the
climate crisis over the last half-century – the “uncooperative crusties” of
capitalism. It is these companies that are standing in the way of progress. But
we shouldn’t just look at the carbon they have pumped into the atmosphere, but
also the money – our money, in banks and pension funds – that they have invested
and the power that huge amount of capital gives them. They can choose to either
transform their businesses into something positive for the planet or to extend
the shelf life of a carbon-based business model well past its best-before date.
This week, the Treasury select committee asked me, ShareAction and the UK
Sustainable Investment and Finance Association what investors can do about the
oil and gas industry. My answer was that we need to use more than just
persuasion. Our money can shape the strategies of these companies directly.
Savvy investors should back those that respond to change, not the ones who deny
the urgency.
At this week’s Extinction Rebellion protests I spoke at the event called The
Future is Here. It was inspiring to meet so many people thinking about how they
can use their resources to deliver net zero. The future is now for the large
energy companies, and it is time to make our money matter in the fight against a
climate emergency.
Bruce Davis
Founder and joint managing director, Abundance Investment
2. It is right that the world’s oil firms have been called out (Secretive
assets: Most reserves are held by state-owned firms, 10 October). Environmental
groups and activists have been pointing this out for more than 20 years, and the
response from governments has usually been a shrug. Now that, thankfully,
climate activism has become mainstream and the big polluters have been outed, we
must welcome them into the fold and make it politically easier for them to
adjust their activities. It could be a time of exciting cooperation and
inventiveness.
And let us not forget that each one of us must take responsibility for our use
of fossil fuels; put flying at the back of the queue as the transport of last
resort. Train travel within Europe is fast and comfortable. People will soon
adjust. We just have to.
Val Mainwood
Wivenhoe, Colchester
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/where-the-blame-lies-for-the-climate-crisis