Oil and Conflict | John Browne

Former BP boss on what Big Oil knew — from climate to Iraq.

John Browne, Chairman of BeyondNetZero, was CEO of BP from 1995 – 2007. In 1997, he broke ranks with the industry and delivered a landmark speech on the impact of burning fossil fuels on the climate. But this was two decades after Exxon had hired their own climate scientists and buried the results.

John explains what he and his executive team knew in the mid-nineties, insisting they began working solutions as soon as they understood the planet was heating up. However, as I point out, there are clues on BP’s website which suggest the company knew beforehand. We also discuss the impact of resources and particularly fossil fuels on conflict with John revealing he was invited to the Pentagon around the time of the Iraq war to estimate how much oil was in the Middle East nation.

00:00 Introduction
01:35 Guest Introduction: John Brown
03:00 Supporting Planet Critical
03:43 Conflicts Over Values, Trade, and Resources
16:39 Oil and Gas Industry's Knowledge of Climate Change
27:23 The Role of Consumers and Governments in Energy Transition
43:21 The Impact of Government Policies on Climate Change
45:06 Who would you like to platform?

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🔴 What Makes Weather, BP video from 1991: https://www.bpvideolibrary.com/record...

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