Just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global carbon dioxide emissions driving the climate crisis in 2024, down from 36 a year earlier, an updated report collated by a think tank, InfluenceMap, has revealed.

But the report showed that Africa was still producing less than 4 per cent of the entire quantum of pollution globally, despite pressure from the West to tame the exploitation of hydrocarbons on the continent.

“Smaller-emitting regions present their own concerns. African and South American companies each contribute less than 4 per cent to global emissions, but Africa saw the highest proportional increase of 4.8 per cent, while in South America, only one of the five assessed companies did not increase emissions,” the report added.

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