Announcements
Announcements
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To limit dangerous global warming, the world must transition to a low-carbon economy. This energy transition is progressing slowly, not for lack of technology or public support, but because of social, political and technical barriers that perpetuate the production and use of fossil fuels, referred to as carbon lock-in.
This research area addresses these barriers and identifies policies and strategies to break the dependence on the extraction and export of fossil fuels, and to accelerate the sustainable and just transition to a low-carbon future in Colombia and Latin America. Our work seeks to develop specific, concrete evidence to support actionable policies toward these objectives of sustainable, low-carbon development.
Topics addressed in this research area include the decarbonization agenda of extractive industries in countries of the Andean region, economic diversification in fossil fuel producing regions, regional innovation policies and their potential to support sustainable transitions, the role of public investments in supporting a sustainable and low-carbon development in Latin American countries, e.g. the role of National Oil and Gas Companies in the energy transition, scaling up renewable energy sustainably and equitably, among others.
Eduar Monsalve / SEI
Feature / This story conveys SEI's fieldwork in La Guajira exploring the social acceptance of wind energy among Indigenous Wayuu communities and key challenges.
SEI brief / This brief provides a snapshot of the renewables landscape for wind and solar in Colombia as of 2022.
Perspective / As we decarbonize our energy system, we must also address the harmful public health and environmental impacts of oil and gas extraction.
Feature / SEI researchers offer a deep dive into the concept of carbon lock-in and its effects in Latin America, where economies are entwined with fossil fuel production.
Initiative / The Carbon Lock-In Initiative seeks to uncover and address the barriers that uphold the fossil fuel-based economy.
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