Unburnable Carbon in Protected Areas

Check out our World Map of Fossil Fuel Reserves under Protected Areas.

Hidden under the world’s protected areas are many fossil fuels. Wouldn’t it be ironic if in the last years for the fossil age, we destroyed those places to get out some coal, oil and gas? Let’s keep them there to protect both biodiversity and the climate.

LINGO research has identified the amount of potential emissions from the fossil fuels under the world’s protected areas to be many Gigatons of CO2, which companies are responsible, how much unburnable carbon in protected areas each country has and how governments, civil society and journalists can help keep it unburned.