'There is a growing mismatch between societal demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress,with energy demand and carbon emissions growing at their fastest rate for years',according to Spencer Dale,BP Chief Economist,introducing the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy on 11 June 2019.’The world is on an unsustainable path,’he stated.Meanwhile,Bob Dudley,BP Croup Chief Executive,noted:’The longer carbon emissions continue to rise,the harder and more costly will be the necessary eventual adjustment to net zero carbon emissions.As I have said before,this is not a race to renewables,but a race to reduce carbon emissions across many fronts.’This year's Review highlights the growing divergence between demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress on reducing carbon emissions.
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