西班牙雷普索尔承诺到2050年将其运营和产品的净碳排放量降至零并承担在此过程中其石油和天然气资产价值遭受的48亿欧元损失

据路透社马德里报道，西班牙雷普索尔公司周一承诺，到2050年将其运营和大部分产品的净碳排放量降至零，并承担在此过程中其石油和天然气资产价值遭受的48亿欧元(53亿美元)损失。

 

雷普索尔将此举措描述为一个行业，并表示，它希望引导更广泛的向可再生能源过渡，以符合2015年《巴黎协定》的目标，避免灾难性的气候变化。

 

该公司宣布这一目标之际，与会代表正在马德里召开联合国气候峰会，旨在为该协议注入新的动力，该协议明年将进入关键的执行阶段。

 

石油和天然气生产商正面临来自股东和环保积极分子越来越大的压力，要求他们减少在加剧气候恶劣变化方面的影响，而投资者已将大量资金投入考虑到企业环保资质的基金。

 

据金融智库Carbon Tracker称，雷普索尔的承诺使其成为较大型能源公司的异类，而这些公司仍在投资开发与《巴黎协定》目标不符的油气田。

 

雷普索尔发言人表示，新目标涵盖了其销售产品使用所产生的95% 的排放量，这些产品的计算复杂，已成为股东的一个关键问题。

 

据路透社计算，这些被称为“Scope 3”的排放量，通常是石油公司自身运营和电力供应需求产生的排放总和的6倍左右。

 

该公司称，根据《巴黎协定》规定的石油和天然气价格前景计算资产价值，2019年将产生48亿欧元的税后减值支出，但不会影响现金流或股东报酬。

 

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

 

原文如下：

 

Repsol to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 at $5.3 billion cost

 

Spain’s Repsol (REP.MC) pledged on Monday to reduce net carbon emissions from its operations and most of its products to zero by 2050 and absorb a 4.8 billion euro ($5.3 billion) hit to the value of its oil and gas assets in the process.

 

Describing the move as an industry first, Repsol said it wanted to lead a wider transition to renewable energy, in line with the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement to avert catastrophic climate change.

 

Repsol announced its target as delegates opened a United Nations climate summit in Madrid aimed at injecting fresh impetus into the accord, which enters a crucial implementation phase next year.

 

Oil and gas producers are coming under increasing pressure from shareholders and environmental activists to reduce their role in fuelling climate change, and investors have poured money into funds that take account of companies’ green credentials.

 

Repsol’s pledge makes it an outlier relative to larger energy companies, which are still investing in developing oil and gas fields that are incompatible with the Paris goals, according to financial think-tank Carbon Tracker.

 

A Repsol spokesman said the new target covers 95% of the emissions released by the use of products it sells, which are complex to account for and have become a key issue for shareholders.

 

These emissions - known as Scope 3 - are typically around six times larger than the combined emissions produced by oil companies’ own operations and power supply needs, according to Reuters calculations.

 

Basing asset values on prospects for oil and gas prices in line with the Paris Agreement would bring a post-tax impairment charge of 4.8 billion euros in 2019, but that will not affect cash flow or shareholder remuneration, the company said.