World’s first public database on fossil fuels launched

Climate campaigners have launched the world’s first registry of fossil fuel reserves, production and emissions.

In a statement on Monday, Carbon Tracker and the Global Energy Monitor said the registry was the “first-ever fully transparent” and “public database that tracks fossil fuel production worldwide”.

Named the Global Registry of Fossils Fuels, the inventory includes data from more than 50,000 oil, gas and coal fields in 89 countries, covering 75 percent of global production….