Sentence examples for extraction of unburnable from inspiring English sources

Further, having a financial interest in the extraction of "unburnable" reserves may restrict organisations' capacity to advocate effectively for the policy framework that is needed.

Several recent reports suggest that markets are now overlooking the risk of "unburnable carbon".

Oil has the lowest proportion of unburnable fuel, with a third left unused.

"Investors are thus left exposed to the risk of unburnable carbon," the report states.

A new category of "unburnable" should be introduced, to fundamentally change the balance of power in the City.

"In financial terms, we estimate that the value of unburnable reserves could amount to over $100tn out to 2050".

The authors of Unburnable Carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets propose that a carbon budget of 900 gigatons of CO2 in the atmosphere from now to mid-century would give an 80 percent chance of 2-degree warming.

James Leaton, research director at the Carbon Tracker thinktank which did much to popularise the concept of "unburnable carbon", said research by Carbon Tracker in 2015 showed coal demand was declining so quickly that current reserves would be enough.

"We think the issue of unburnable carbon is an important public interest issue that is important information for shareholders," said Felicity Millner, the director of litigation at Environmental Justice Australia, which is representing ACCR.

"Today, the priority is extraction of the dead," he said.

The extraction of fossil fuels is a hard fact.