據5月13日Trend網站報道，國際能源署(IEA)執行主任法提赫·比羅爾（Fatih Birol）在其文章《Trend reports》中表示，到2030年，要將油氣行業溫室氣體排放量減少60%，需要前期投入約6000億美元。

他指出，“僅石油和天然氣業務的排放量就占全球總量的相當大一部分。從地下開采石油和天然氣，對其進行加工并將其運送到消費者手中，幾乎占全球能源相關排放量的1%——這比美國產生的所有排放量還要多，是整個歐盟排放量的兩倍。最新報告顯示，從現在到2030年，石油和天然氣行業如何將這些排放量減少60%。這將需要大約6000億美元的前期支出，但這遠低于該行業去年因創紀錄的高能源價格而積累的數萬億美元。到目前為止，那些宣布計劃減少其業務排放的石油和天然氣公司，實際上只占世界產量的不到一半”。

比羅爾表示，許多承諾都是模糊的，或者缺乏明確的實現戰略，特別是在從現在到2030年的關鍵時期，需要更雄心勃勃的目標、具體的計劃和強有力的問責制，以實現石油和天然氣行業的顯著減排。

他強調，“該行業可以而且應該將其中的一些利潤進行再投資，以幫助世界實現凈零排放，并實現將全球氣溫限制在1.5攝氏度以內的目標。如今的石油和天然氣行業擁有技術、資源和專業知識，能夠以相對較低的成本大幅減少其運營過程中的排放”。

王佳晶 摘譯自Trend

原文如下：

IEA's Birol talks spending needed to cut GHG emissions in global oil&gas industry

Upfront spending of around $600 billion is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas industry by 60 percent until 2030, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in his article, Trend reports.

"Emissions from oil and gas operations alone account for a considerable chunk of the global total. Taking oil and gas out of the ground, processing it and delivering it to consumers accounts for almost 1 percent of global energy-related emissions – that’s more than all the emissions produced by the United States or twice the emissions of the entire European Union. Our latest report shows how the oil and gas industry can reduce these emissions by 60 percent between now and 2030. This would require upfront spending of around $600 billion – much less than the trillions of dollars the industry accrued last year off the back of record high energy prices," he said.

According to the executive director, those oil and gas companies that have so far announced plans to reduce emissions from their operations, in fact, account for less than half of world production.

And many of the commitments made are vague or lack clear strategies to achieve them, especially for the crucial period between now and 2030, Birol said, noting that more ambitious targets, concrete plans and strong accountability are needed to achieve significant reductions in the oil and gas industry and beyond.

"The industry can and should reinvest some of those profits to help the world reach net zero emissions and keep the goal of limiting global temperatures to 1.5 °C within sight. The oil and gas industry today has the technologies, resources and expertise to cut emissions from its operations dramatically – and at relatively little cost," he added.