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The Climate Question: Why can't we stop gas flaring?

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10/10/2021 GMT

Why can't we stop gas flaring?

BBC World Service - The Climate Question, Why can't we stop gas flaring?

Flared gas is a by-product of oil extraction. It harms the climate and human health.

Flares around the world are emitting toxic gasses that damage the climate and human health. What will it take to end this practice?

There are thought to be over 10,000 gas flares around the world that contribute to global warming by emitting tonnes of carbon dioxide and methane.
 
Flared gas is a by-product of oil extraction and is frequently used as a method of eliminating unwanted gasses in countries such as Albania, Algeria, Libya, Iraq, Russia and Nigeria.
 
Yet, year after year deadlines set to stop the practice are missed. 
 
The oil industry says better infrastructure is needed to stop flaring and some of the world’s largest producers of oil have committed to ending flaring by 2030. What will it take for that to happen?
 
Presenters Neal Razzell and Kate Lamble are joined by:
 
Bjørn Otto Sverdrup, chair, Oil and Gas Climate Initiative 
Mark Davis, CEO of Capterio.
Sharon Wilson, senior field advocate, Earthworks
 
Producer: Darin Graham
Reporter: Fyneface Dumnamene
Series producer: Rosamund Jones
Editor: Emma Rippon
Sound engineer: Tom Brignell

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