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Semieniuk, Gregor, Holden, Philip B., Mercure, Jean-Francois, Salas, Pablo, Pollitt, Hector, Jobson, Katharine, Vercoulen, Pim, Chewpreecha, Unnada, Edwards, Neil R. and Viñuales, Jorge E. (2022) 'Stranded fossil-fuel assets translate to major losses for investors in advanced economies.' Nature Climate Change, 12 (6). pp. 532-538.

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Abstract

The distribution of ownership of transition risk associated with stranded fossil-fuel assets remains poorly understood. We calculate that global stranded assets as present value of future lost profits in the upstream oil and gas sector exceed US$1 trillion under plausible changes in expectations about the effects of climate policy. We trace the equity risk ownership from 43,439 oil and gas production assets through a global equity network of 1.8 million companies to their ultimate owners. Most of the market risk falls on private investors, overwhelmingly in OECD countries, including substantial exposure through pension funds and financial markets. The ownership distribution reveals an international net transfer of more than 15% of global stranded asset risk to OECD-based investors. Rich country stakeholders therefore have a major stake in how the transition in oil and gas production is managed, as ongoing supporters of the fossil-fuel economy and potentially exposed owners of stranded assets.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Economics
ISSN: 17586798
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01356-y
Date Deposited: 30 May 2022 09:35
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/37382
Related URLs: https://zenodo. ... 22#.YpN7Wi-l1sM
Funders: Natural Environment Research Council, Leverhulme Trust, Other

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