Your number is up, fossil fuels

"Our addiction to fossil fuels is pushing humanity to the brink," United Nations secretary-general António Guterres said in opening remarks at the UN climate talks in Glasgow this week. "We face a stark choice: Either we stop it — or it stops us."

"We are digging our own graves," he warned.

As world leaders, countries and citizens converge in Glasgow, renewed focus is needed to tackle the main cause of the climate crisis — the production of coal, oil and gas. Success at COP26 calls for new efforts to phase down fossil fuel production in line with 1.5°C and to enable a globally just and equitable transition that leaves no country behind.

The numbers don’t lie. Fossil fuels are driving the climate crisis, having driven 86% of carbon emissions in the past decade alone. The industry is doing little to change their polluting ways and the vulnerable are becoming moreso with the continued burning of fossil fuels.

Other standout statistics include:

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