Despite everything we know about the climate emergency and its causes, capital still flows too easily towards hydrocarbon projects. Just look at these figures coming out of the COP27 Climate Summit, which highlight the impact of 2022's dash for gas. Everybody knows it's wrong to continue financing oil and gas like this, but the money still rolls in to develop these projects. In this decade of critical action, the dash for gas is more than concerning - it's self-sabotage. Especially when few national climate goals have substantially enhanced since Glasgow, policy implementation is tra...
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