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On 13 September, SEI and NextGen Policy will host a panel discussion that explores whether phasing out oil exploration and production can make good climate policy.
An oil pump in Bakersfield, California. Photo: GaryKavanagh / Getty Images.
When: Thursday, September 13, 10:00 am to 11:30 am (Pacific Time)
Where: First Floor Board Room, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), 375 Beale St, San Francisco, 94105.
This event was open to the public.
SEI and NextGen Policy hosted a panel discussion at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, CA. In this panel, senior government officials were be joined by researchers to discuss if and how phasing out oil exploration and production can make good climate policy. The event covered the recent moratoria on new oil exploration and production announced in 2017 and 2018 by a number of countries (including New Zealand, France, Costa Rica, and Belize), as well as policies by some local governments in North America designed to limit new oil infrastructure.
Panelists discussed why these actions weretaken, if and how they make sense as climate policy, and the scope for other major governments to take similar steps. In total, the panel provided concrete examples of supply-side policies adopted and their benefits – from emission reductions to political momentum to enhanced environmental justice – their challenges, and an outlook for the road ahead for actions that manage a long-term phase-out of oil production globally in line with climate limits.
Panelists will include:
SEI brief / This brief examines how California could limit the production of its principal energy production and the resulting implications for global GHG emissions.
Journal article / This article examines the emissions implications of a cessation of new leases for fossil fuel extraction on U.S. federal lands and waters.
Journal article / This article outlines why it is important that Parties to the Paris Agreement explicitly address the phasing out of fossil fuel production under the UNFCCC.
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