[Peakoil] Carney raises the heat on climate: you can't burn all the oil

[Jenny Goldie]

Carney raises the heat on climate: you can't burn all the oil
12/10/2014 | Jon Hay



http://www.emergingmarkets.org/Article/3389530/Economics-and-Policy/Carney-hammers-the-point-you-cant-burn-all-the-oil.html



A public call by Bank of England governor Mark Carney that the vast majority of oil reserves should be considered "unburnable" if the world wants to avoid catastrophic climate change makes him stand out among mainstream figures.



Mark Carney has re-emphasised his support for the idea that oil companies' reserves could be stranded assets - still valued by investors, but ultimately going to embody losses.