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Keeping something in reserve
A new study calculates that the majority of fossil fuels must remain in the ground to limit climate change, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
THE ART OF PERSEVERANCE: (Above) Extinction Rebellion faith group protest in Parliament Square, London before continuing the CAMINO to COP protest walk to the Cop 26 climate conference in Glasgow

THE challenge of climate change is an existential crisis. Not for humanity, but for capitalism.

The energy consumption of our societies relies on the extraction of fossil fuels. Existing reserves of coal, crude oil and gas all formed slowly over millions of years. 

Though these fuels may seem unnatural, they are organic in origin: layers of plankton and plants laid down in sedimentary layers, heated and squeezed, transformed into a fuel. 

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