U.S. carbon budget and planned hydrocarbon emissions 2023
As of 2023, the United States had a remaining carbon budget of about 16 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂), in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Nevertheless, emissions from hydrocarbons remaining in planned and active fields would outdo the North American country's carbon budget by nearly five-fold – with gas and oil emissions amounting to some 41 and 34 GtCO₂, respectively. The United States is by far the largest carbon budget overshooting country worldwide.
