Five key climate metrics for the oil and gas sector's next five years

Nov 2, 2020

A reflection of two gas flaring furnaces is seen in the pool of oil-smeared water at a flow station in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria September 17, 2020. Picture taken September 17, 2020

The oil and gas industry can end all routine gas flaring by 2025 Image: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Ben Ratner

Senior Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Erin Blanton

Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

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