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The ouster of the three Exxon board members is another blow to fossil fuel companies facing growing pressure to refocus their businesses in light of a dangerously warming world.

Big Oil might have reached its tipping point last week when three major oil companies — ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and Chevron — were rebuked by shareholders and the courts for not aligning their strategies with the threat of climate change.

By restoring ecosystems, conservationists can help the land sequester carbon. But it's still no substitute for drastically cutting emissions.

G7 countries reaffirm commitment to limit global heating to 1.5 C after nearly two days of wrangling last week.

Follow This leads investor rebellions demanding reduced carbon emissions to tackle global heating.

A resolution calling for the Anglo-Dutch company to set binding carbon emissions reduction targets received 30 per cent of votes at the oil company’s annual meeting on Tuesday.

A new study says the rise is a 0.2 C improvement on the previous forecast, but still substantially above the goal of the Paris Agreement.

Climate crisis likely to have supercharged temperatures around world, data suggests

Study indicates human fossil methane emissions have been underestimated by up to 40%

Move follows efforts to reduce carbon footprint and increase reporting on climate crisis

Exclusive: attempts to tackle crisis fail because gender issues are not addressed, report finds

National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility funding was discontinued in 2017, while Scott Morrison was treasurer

Protest group leader Luisa Neubauer says she would lose right to criticise the company

Shift to gas saved more than 300m tons of planet-heating carbon dioxide as nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide levels dropped

Early births are associated with health and developmental concerns, adding to fears over climate crisis