Climate change presents oil producers with a dilemma. If the world is to meet the goal of the Paris agreement and keep the rise in global temperatures to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, it is very likely that by 2040 oil consumption will have to fall. But oil companies want both to say they are taking the threat seriously, in response to pressure from investors, politicians and the public, and to hold out the promise that they can continue to grow.
氣候變化使石油生產商陷入兩難。如果世界要實現《巴黎協定》的目標，將全球升溫幅度控制在「遠低於」2攝氏度，那麼到2040年，石油消耗量很可能將不得不下降。但爲了回應投資者、政界人士和公衆的壓力，石油公司一方面希望表明它們正在認真對待這一威脅，另一方面繼續承諾它們能夠持續成長。
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