b'Canberra observed Canberra observedDavid Denham AM Associate Editor for Governmentdenham1@iinet.net.auFigure 1.Global fossil fuel production. Source: https://www.unep.org/resources/production-gap-report-2023The chances of limiting global warming to 2.0C by 2050 areThis con\x1bicts with governmentAn exa-joule is one joule x 10 to 18th. closeto zero commitments under the ParisValues are rounded to one decimal place. Agreement, and clashes withExports are shown as negative values. The United Nations Environmentexpectations that global demand forThe contribution by China dominates.Programme (UNEP) has produced ancoal, oil, and gas will peak within this annual Production Gap report sincedecade even without new policies. Meanwhile, Australias greenhouse gas 2019. These track the discrepanciesemissions remain almost unchangedbetween governments planned fossilFigure 1 shows the global production fuel production and global productiongap and Figure 2 shows the details forThe results of the December 2022 levels consistent with limiting warmingcoal, oil and gas production. quarterly update (https://www.to 2050. The Production Gap Report 2023dcceew.gov.au/about/news/australias-was released in November 2023 Globally, Australia is a small contributor greenhouse-gas-emissions-dec-2022-(https://www.unep.org/resources/ quarterly-update) show that emissions production-gap-report-2023). It makesThe production, import, export, and netwere 463.9 million tonnes of CO 2grim reading and shows that the topsupply for domestic consumption ofequivalent in the year to December fossil fuel producers plan even moreprimary fossil fuels in exajoules (EJ) by2022. This was 0.4% or 2.0 million tonnes extraction despite climate promises. country in 2021 is summarised in Table1.lower than the same period in2021.Figure 2.Government plans and projections for global fossil fuel production https://www.unep.org/resources/production-gap-report-2023. Current plans would lead to an increase in global coal production until 2030, and in global oil and gas production until at least 2050. See the report for details. The legend is the same as for Figure 1.DECEMBER 2023 PREVIEW 22'