Releases & Use Cases

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.

Recent

Communications Earth & Environment

25 August 2026

Carbon emissions exacerbating the Western US water crisis

Carbon Majors: 2024 Data Update

21 January 2026

A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data (up to 2024) from the Carbon Majors database.

Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency and Human Rights

3 July 2025

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2023-2025)

California SB 684: Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025

10 April 2025

State Legislation (Introduced 2025)

Reports

Carbon Majors: 2024 Data Update

21 January 2026

A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data (up to 2024) from the Carbon Majors database.

California Superfund Legislation

October 2025

Opposition by Major Industry Groups

Carbon Majors: 2023 Data Update

5 March 2025

A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data (up to 2023) from the Carbon Majors database.

Carbon Majors: Launch Report

4 April 2024

A report analyzing the latest emissions data (up to 2022) from the Carbon Majors database, released alongside the new online platform.

Carbon Majors: 1854-2010 Methods & Results Report

7 April 2014

The original report by Richard Heede detailing the methods and initial findings of the Carbon Majors project.

Legal Citations

Pakistani Farmers v. RWE AG & Heidelberg Materials AG

22 December 2025

Heidelberg Reg. Ct. (2025–)

Odette Survivors v. Shell plc

11 December 2025

Royal Courts of Justice (High Court of Justice of England & Wales), London, UK

Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency and Human Rights

3 July 2025

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2023-2025)

California SB 684: Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025

10 April 2025

State Legislation (Introduced 2025)

Climate Law Accelerator NYU Law

6 February 2025

Report: Loss and Damage Litigation Against Carbon Majors

Public Citizen

17 October 2024

Charging Big Oil Companies & CEOs with Reckless Endangerment: A Preliminary Prosecution Memo for New York

ClientEarth

17 October 2024

ClientEarth complaint targets BlackRock over misleading sustainability claims

Vermont Climate Superfund Act

31 May 2024

State Legislation (Enacted 2024)

BLOOM and Others v. TotalEnergies

21 May 2024

Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, (2024–2025)

Bucks County v. Exxon Mobil Corp. et al.

25 March 2024

Pa. Ct. Com. Pl. (2024–)

Falys v. TotalEnergies

1 March 2024

Tribunal de l'entreprise du Hainaut, Div. Tournai (2024– )

City of Chicago v. BP P.L.C. et al.

20 February 2024

Ill. Cir. Ct. (2024–)

State of California v. Exxon Mobil Corp. et al.

23 September 2023

Cal. Super. Ct. (2023–)

In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases

15 September 2023

Cal. Super. Ct., No. CGC23609134 (2023–)

County of Multnomah v. Exxon Mobil Corp. et al.

22 June 2023

Or. Cir. Ct. (2023–)

Greenpeace Italy et al. v. ENI S.p.A.

9 May 2023

Rome Civil Ct. (2023–)

Asmania et al. v. Holcim Ltd.

30 January 2023

Zug Cantonal Ct. (2023–)

Puerto Rico v. Exxon Mobil Corp. et al.

22 November 2022

D.P.R. (2022–)

State of New Jersey v. Exxon Mobil Corp. et al.

18 October 2022

N.J. Super. Ct. (2022–)

New York Climate Change Superfund Act

26 May 2022

State Legislation (Introduced 2022)

National Inquiry on Climate Change

6 May 2022

Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines

City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp. et al.

2 Septeber 2020

N.J. Super. Ct. (2020–)

Milieudefensie et al. v. Royal Dutch Shell plc.

5 April 2019

Hague Dist. Ct. (2019–2021)

City of Baltimore v. BP et al.

20 July 2018

Md. Cir. Ct. (2018–)

State of Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. et al.

2 July 2018

R.I. Super. Ct. (2018–)

County of Santa Cruz v. Chevron Corp.

20 December 2017

Cal. Super. Ct. (2018–)

San Francisco & Oakland v. BP et al.

19 September 2017

N.D. Cal. (2018–)

County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp. et al.

17 July 2017

N.D. Cal.; 9th Cir. (2018–)

Saúl Luciano Lliuya v. RWE AG

14 November 2015

Essen Reg. Ct.; Hamm High Reg. Ct. (2015–2025)

Media

The Guardian

25 May 2026

Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate push

LA Times

30 April 2026

One of the World Cup’s biggest sponsors is Big Oil

The Guardian

21 January 2026

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows

BBC

11 December 2025

Shell facing first UK legal claim over climate impacts of fossil fuels

The Conversation

1 August 2025

Climate change: new method can more accurately attribute environmental harm to individual polluters

LA Times

7 July 2025

California’s plan to ‘Make Polluters Pay’ for climate change stalls again. Why oil companies are fiercely opposed

Bloomberg

2 May 2025

Corporate America Owes the Rest of Us $87 Trillion

Financial Times

9 March 2025

Only 36 companies account for half of global emissions, report estimates

The Guardian

5 March 2025

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows

The Conversation

28 November 2024

¿Quién debería pagar para afrontar las consecuencias de los desastres "naturales"?

Forbes

9 October 2024

Adaption and resiliance in corporate climate agendas

Mongabay

3 October 2024

Follow the prey: How servals adapt to an industrialized landscape

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

25 September 2024

Die gefährliche Politisierung des Privatrechts im Klimaschutz

Financial Times

24 September 2024

TotalEnergies to appeal landmark greenwashing ruling in South Africa

Biznes Wprost

2 September 2024

Polskie firmy na czele zielonej rewolucji. Tymczasem: emisja dwutlenku węgla wzrosła

Business Live

1 September 2024

Sasol CEO punts more realistic emissions target

WMN

1 August 2024

Másfél bolygóra lenne szükségünk, hogy fenntartsuk az életmódunkat – interjú Szilágyi Artúr éghajlatvédelmi szakértővel

ABC News

31 May 2024

Vermont officially becomes 1st state to charge big oil for climate change damage

El Pais

21 May 2024

Ecologistas y víctimas de las crisis climática intentan abrir la vía penal contra los directivos y accionistas de TotalEnergies

Die Welt

6 May 2024

Shell: "Gesundheit der Weltwirtschaft" – Jetzt erwartet den Fossil-Riesen der neue Öko-Streit

The Guardian

4 April 2024

Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016

New York Times

2 April 2024

How to make polluters pay - A new Vermont bill would create a “climate superfund”

The Guardian

19 May 2023

Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study

The Guardian

9 October 2019

It's time to rein in the fossil fuel giants before their greed chokes the planet

The Guardian

10 July 2017

Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says

The Guardian

9 October 2019

Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions

Academic Citations

Communications Earth & Environment

25 August 2026

Carbon emissions exacerbating the Western US water crisis

Earth's Future

7 August 2026

Extreme Heat and Rainfall Risk Attributed to Cumulative CO2 Emissions From Fossil Fuel Producers

International Journal of Disclosure and Governance

6 April 2026

Examining the impact of corporate board characteristics on corporate climate change disclosure: evidence from the emerging Indian Economy

Nature

25 March 2026

Quantifying climate loss and damage consistent with a social cost of carbon

Energy, Sustainability and Society

13 March 2026

Renewable energy discourses of fossil fuel companies: obstruction and delay of climate action

Transnational Environmental Law

19 February 2026

Save the Climate but Don’t Blame Us: Corporate Arguments in Climate Litigation

Discover Sustainability

26 December 2025

Balancing growth and sustainability: the role of institutional quality on economic growth and carbon emissions in BRICS countries

The Lancet

28 October 2025

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change.

Nature

10 September 2025

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors

Union of Concerned Scientists

14 May 2025

Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages

Energy Research & Social Science

1 May 2025

Institutional investors and low-carbon transitions: A multi-level analysis of lead firm reorientation in northern Europe

Nature

23 April 2025

Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability

Energy for Sustainable Development

1 April 2025

Environmental impacts of solar PV energy systems for small-island communities in Indonesia: A life cycle assessment approach

Union of Concerned Scientists

18 March 2025

Tracing Tides: How Major Carbon Producers Drive Sea Level Rise and Climate Injustice

Energy Research & Social Science

1 March 2025

The acceleration of low-carbon transitions: Insights, concepts, challenges, and new directions for research

Polanyi Papers

December 2024

Klimafreundliche Transformationspfade: Die Transformation multiperspektivisch planen

Nature Communications

19 November 2024

Impacts of climate litigation on firm value

ResearchGate

7 August 2024

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors

Global Campus Human Rights Journal

13 July 2024

Combating climate change and promoting human rights through Associativism

Climate Analytics

16 November 2023

Carbon majors' trillion-dollar damages: The case for contributions from fossil wealth to loss and damage finance

Greenpeace

30 October 2023

History of Eni emissions 1953-2022 and attributed climate reparations

Nature Communications

13 September 2023

Global fossil fuel reduction pathways under different climate mitigation strategies and ambitions

Nature Climate Change

14 August 2023

Evaluating fossil fuel companies' alignment with 1.5°C climate pathways

One Earth

19 May 2023

Time to pay the piper: fossil fuel companies' reparations for climate damages

Environments

14 April 2023

The Rising Threat of Atmospheric CO2: A Review on the Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies

Saje Journals

10 October 2022

From passive owners to planet savers? Asset managers, carbon majors and the limits of sustainable finance

SSRN

30 March 2023

Accountability for CO2 Climate Crisis by Carbon Majors’ Emissions in Oil and Gas Production?

Carbon Accountability Institute

7 July 2022

Carbon History of Holcim Ltd: Carbon dioxide emissions 1950-2021

Research Handbook on Climate Change Law and Loss & Damage

19 November 2021

Chapter 20: Carbon Major Companies and Liability for Loss and Damage

Energy Research & Social Science

3 September 2021

White Knights, or Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Prospects for Big Oil to align supply chain emissions with a 1.5°C pathway

WIREs Climate Change

1 August 2021

Toward transformative climate justice: An emerging research agenda

Global Environmental Change

22 February 2021

Early warnings and emerging accountability: Total’s responses to global warming, 1971–2021

Environmental Research Letters

20 August 2020

Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options

Environmental Research Letters

11 December 2019

Attributing ocean acidification to major carbon producers

SSRN

2 November 2018

Using Human Rights Law to Address the Impacts of Climate Change: Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry

Climate Accountability Institute

17 October 2017

Carbon producers’ tar pit: dinosaurs beware

Climatic Change

7 September 2017

The rise in global atmospheric CO2, surface temperature, and sea level from emissions traced to major carbon producers

Global Environmental Change

1 January 2016

Potential emissions of CO2 and methane from proved reserves of fossil fuels: An alternative analysis

Climatic Change

23 July 2015

The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers

Climatic Change

22 November 2013

Tracing anthropogenic CO2 and methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers 1854-2010

Other

eurodad

10 November 2025

Make polluters pay: Proposal for a surtax on fossil fuel industries’ profits

Foodrise

16 October 2025

Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions

Second Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change

17 June 2025

Chapter 8. Transformation pathways

Mindful Money

23 October 2024

Three Climate Actions Every Kiwi Investor Can Make

Athletes of the World

21 October 2024

Women footballers urge Fifa to end Saudi oil deal

Greenpeace

9 October 2024

Turning down the heat: Pulling the Climate Emergency Brake on Big Meat and Dairy

Stamp Out Poverty

22 April 2024

The Climate Damages Tax: A guide to what it is and how it works

Climate Accountability Institute

4 April 2024

The Arc of the Carbon Majors Work Bends Toward Fossil Fuel Company Accountability

Economics Explained, YouTube

24 March 2024

Why We Can't Just Stop Oil

HEKS/EPER

10 January 2023

Holcim’s Climate Strategy: Too little – too late

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

15 November 2022

Emissions Impossible: Methane Edition

European Banking Authority

24 January 2022

Pillar 3 ESG disclosures

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

13 Decemeber 2021

Emissions Impossible Europe

Die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

8 September 2021

Meat Atlas 2021

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

15 June 2020

Milking the Planet

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

18 July 2018

Emissions Impossible

Carbon Disclosure Project

10 July 2017

Carbon Majors Report 2017