ExxonMobil Warns Coal Use Puts World on Path to 30 Billion Tonnes of CO2 by 2050

It is notable that the emissions trajectory is being framed by an oil major around coal, not hydrocarbons — a positioning choice that shifts the perceived burden of decarbonisation toward power generation in coal-heavy economies. For RWA and carbon-market watchers, the relevant signal is the widening gap between stated climate thresholds and the demand outlook that major energy firms are willing to publish. Whether that gap narrows through policy, fuel substitution or revised forecasts is the open question.