Published on : 09/22/2022 – 07:05
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Total is accused of not making an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. A legal procedure that could force the French hydrocarbon giant has been initiated by associations and NGOs. This Wednesday, September 21, we learned that the cities of Paris, Poitiers and New York are joining the procedure, wanting to bend Total which, for the moment, refuses to confront.
There are now 16 communities and 6 associations that are asking the Paris court to oblige TotalEnergies to recognize the risks generated by its activities and to adopt a real decarbonization plan. For Emmanuel Grégoire, first deputy mayor of Paris, Total is not playing and the arrival of two powerful opponents like Paris and New York could weigh in the balance: ” The reality of global warming in a city like Paris and New York, we know how to make it happen. They are peaks of heat, pollution, excess mortality. Besides, Total’s biggest investments today are not in renewable energy. They must continue to exploit, to detect fields, to build gas pipelines, to exploit countries that are already severely tested by these industrial stories. “
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45% reduction in emissions by 2030?
Of course, Total has drawn up a supervisory plan, but for François de Cambiaire, lawyer of this coalition, these commitments are not enough: ” They are not aligned with the carbon neutral trajectory Total is engaged in. They do not conform to the reduction trajectories, which are, today, reduction trajectories scientifically validated by the work of the IPCC. And therefore, we ask Total to rectify the situation. “
Why Total is committed: Less than 45% of emissions by 2030. Last year, in the Netherlands, a court had condemned the oil tanker Shell and forced him to increase his climate ambitions
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