Carbon Bombs
Update
Carbon Bombs 2025 update: the world’s biggest fossil fuel extraction projects, and their funders
A coalition including LINGO, Data for Good, Reclaim Finance, and Éclaircies, releases the latest update to CarbonBombs.org – an open, global directory of climate-wrecking extraction projects, and the banks enabling them.
Explore the map at CarbonBombs.org →
What is new in this update
The directory tracks carbon bombs – mega extraction projects set to emit more than 1 gigatonne of CO₂ over their remaining lifetimes – alongside new fossil fuel extraction projects approved since 2021, and LNG terminals that hardwire methane gas dependence. It connects projects to the companies behind them, and to the banks financing those companies.
Definitions and methodology are on the project site. Sources include Rystad, Global Energy Monitor, the Global Oil & Gas Exit List, Banking on Climate Chaos, and the original public research on carbon bombs by Dr Kjell Kühne and co-authors (2020).
Key findings
In the press
Selected coverage of the 27 October 2025 update:
- Le Monde – Pétrole, gaz, charbon: ces nouveaux projets fossiles qui compromettent la lutte pour le climat (Oil, methane gas, coal: new fossil projects that compromise the climate fight)
- Sustainable Views (US) – TotalEnergies leads global fossil fuel expansion
Explore the data, name the funders, support the campaigns
Use the map to see where extraction projects are planned or operating, who owns them, and which banks are enabling them. Filter by project type, company, emissions, and more. Share findings with your community, and join campaigns to stop extraction projects before they lock in decades of pollution.
About the data
The directory builds on the 2020 public study identifying carbon bombs, updated and expanded with multiple reference datasets. We track post-2021 final investment decisions for new extraction projects, and we attribute bank support primarily via corporate finance flows to the companies behind these projects.
Main sources include Rystad, Global Energy Monitor, the Global Oil & Gas Exit List, Banking on Climate Chaos, and partner research. See Key Findings on CarbonBombs.org for details.
