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This online London Climate Action Week Event convened report authors and government and UN officials to preview emerging findings from the 2020 Production Gap Report, a special issue that will speak to major changes in energy markets and government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Climate Home Acting Editor Megan Darby moderated this online event, which brought together researchers, and government and UN officials to preview emerging findings from the 2020 Production Gap Report.
The Production Gap Report was first published in 2019 by leading research institutions and the UN Environment Programme. It highlights the alarming discrepancy between plans for coal, oil, and gas production and levels consistent with Paris goals. A 2020 special issue will speak to major changes in energy markets and government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic to shore up, expand, or transition oil, gas, and coal industries.
In this online event, panellists explored what these changes might mean for the production gap, and how a managed and equitable transition away from fossil fuel production can contribute to a sustainable, just, and resilient recovery.
The event was hosted by SEI, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the Overseas Development Institute, and the UN Environment Programme, in partnership with Climate Home News.
15:00: Welcome Megan Darby, Acting Editor, Climate Home
15:05 – 15:45 Introductory remarks from panel:
15:45 – 16:15 Moderated Q&A
Feature / Government and UN officials were among those who discussed how governments are expanding, or limiting, fossil fuels amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Initiative / The Carbon Lock-In Initiative seeks to uncover and address the barriers that uphold the fossil fuel-based economy.
Other publication / This report is the first assessment of the gap between Paris Agreement goals and countries’ planned production of coal, oil and gas.
Initiative / The Carbon Lock-In Initiative seeks to uncover and address the barriers that uphold the fossil fuel-based economy.
SEI report / Further investments in oil and gas infrastructure – including new oil sands projects – are increasingly risky given market trends and fundamentals
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