Fig. 2: Comparison of the space needed to offset historical emissions and fossil fuel reserves by the 200 largest fossil fuel companies. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Comparison of the space needed to offset historical emissions and fossil fuel reserves by the 200 largest fossil fuel companies.

From: Carbon offsetting of fossil fuel emissions through afforestation is limited by financial viability and spatial requirements

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Note: Habitable land is a theoretical construct as given by the difference between total land mass, removing the glacier (10% of the total land mass) and barren land (19% of the total land mass) such as deserts, dry salt flats, beaches, sand dunes, and exposed rocks. The figures are from Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2013) - “Land Use”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/land-use’.

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