Explore real-world applications of the database and stay up-to-date with new updates. These include the latest InfluenceMap Carbon Majors updates and reports and a range of third-party uses across categories such as legal citations, media coverage, academic research, and more.
Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages
Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability
State Legislation (Introduced 2025)
A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data (up to 2023) from the Carbon Majors database.
A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data (up to 2023) from the Carbon Majors database.
A report analyzing the latest emissions data (up to 2022) from the Carbon Majors database, released alongside the new online platform.
The original report by Richard Heede detailing the methods and initial findings of the Carbon Majors project.
State Legislation (Introduced 2025)
Report: Loss and Damage Litigation Against Carbon Majors
Charging Big Oil Companies & CEOs with Reckless Endangerment: A Preliminary Prosecution Memo for New York
ClientEarth complaint targets BlackRock over misleading sustainability claims
State Legislation (Enacted 2024)
Pa. Ct. Com. Pl. (2024–)
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2023-)
Ill. Cir. Ct. (2024–)
D.P.R. (2023–)
Cal. Super. Ct. (2023–)
Cal. Super. Ct., No. CGC23609134 (2023–)
Or. Cir. Ct. (2023–)
Rome Civil Ct. (2023–)
Zug Cantonal Ct. (2023–)
D.P.R. (2022–)
N.J. Super. Ct. (2022–)
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
N.J. Super. Ct. (2020–)
Md. Cir. Ct. (2018–)
R.I. Super. Ct. (2018–)
Cal. Super. Ct. (2018–)
N.D. Cal. (2018–)
N.D. Cal.; 9th Cir. (2018–)
Essen Reg. Ct.; Hamm High Reg. Ct. (2015–2025)
Corporate America Owes the Rest of Us $87 Trillion
Only 36 companies account for half of global emissions, report estimates
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
¿Quién debería pagar para afrontar las consecuencias de los desastres "naturales"?
Adaption and resiliance in corporate climate agendas
Follow the prey: How servals adapt to an industrialized landscape
Die gefährliche Politisierung des Privatrechts im Klimaschutz
TotalEnergies to appeal landmark greenwashing ruling in South Africa
Polskie firmy na czele zielonej rewolucji. Tymczasem: emisja dwutlenku węgla wzrosła
Sasol CEO punts more realistic emissions target
Másfél bolygóra lenne szükségünk, hogy fenntartsuk az életmódunkat – interjú Szilágyi Artúr éghajlatvédelmi szakértővel
Vermont officially becomes 1st state to charge big oil for climate change damage
Ecologistas y víctimas de las crisis climática intentan abrir la vía penal contra los directivos y accionistas de TotalEnergies
Shell: "Gesundheit der Weltwirtschaft" – Jetzt erwartet den Fossil-Riesen der neue Öko-Streit
Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016
How to make polluters pay - A new Vermont bill would create a “climate superfund”
Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study
It's time to rein in the fossil fuel giants before their greed chokes the planet
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says
Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages
Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability
Tracing Tides: How Major Carbon Producers Drive Sea Level Rise and Climate Injustice
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors
Combating climate change and promoting human rights through Associativism
Carbon majors' trillion-dollar damages: The case for contributions from fossil wealth to loss and damage finance
History of Eni emissions 1953-2022 and attributed climate reparations
Evaluating fossil fuel companies' alignment with 1.5°C climate pathways
Time to pay the piper: fossil fuel companies' reparations for climate damages
Accountability for CO2 Climate Crisis by Carbon Majors’ Emissions in Oil and Gas Production?
Carbon History of Holcim Ltd: Carbon dioxide emissions 1950-2021
Chapter 20: Carbon Major Companies and Liability for Loss and Damage
White Knights, or Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Prospects for Big Oil to align supply chain emissions with a 1.5°C pathway
Early warnings and emerging accountability: Total’s responses to global warming, 1971–2021
Attributing ocean acidification to major carbon producers
Using Human Rights Law to Address the Impacts of Climate Change: Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry
Carbon producers’ tar pit: dinosaurs beware
The rise in global atmospheric CO2, surface temperature, and sea level from emissions traced to major carbon producers
Potential emissions of CO2 and methane from proved reserves of fossil fuels: An alternative analysis
The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers
Tracing anthropogenic CO2 and methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers 1854-2010
Three Climate Actions Every Kiwi Investor Can Make
Women footballers urge Fifa to end Saudi oil deal
Turning down the heat: Pulling the Climate Emergency Brake on Big Meat and Dairy
The Arc of the Carbon Majors Work Bends Toward Fossil Fuel Company Accountability
Why We Can't Just Stop Oil
Holcim’s Climate Strategy: Too little – too late
Pillar 3 ESG disclosures
Carbon Majors Report 2017
