With a key global summit to fight climate change less than two months away, ten of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies called on Friday for an “effective” agreement to limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The group, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) and includes BP, Royal Dutch Shell, and Statoil, is responsible for a fifth of the oil and natural gas production and nearly a tenth of energy supplied worldwide. Notably absent are any American firms like ExxonMobil and Chevron, who did not respond to a request for comment.

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