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        Ploy Achakulwisut

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      Ploy Achakulwisut is a Scientist with SEI U.S. She contributes to SEI’s Carbon Lock-in Initiative, focusing on the climate, air pollution, and health impacts of fossil fuel extraction and burning. She serves as a lead author of the Production Gap Report  and a reviewer of the Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Brief  series. Her other projects include evaluating the effects of subsidies and regulatory exemptions on fossil fuel production. Ploy joined SEI in 2019.

      Prior to joining SEI, Ploy was a postdoctoral scientist at The George Washington University, studying the urban-to-global health impacts of air pollution and climate change and the implications for sustainable development. She has also served as a SustainUS youth delegate to the 2014 United Nations climate negotiations, led campaigns to engage youth and academics in climate advocacy, and published op-eds in outlets including The Guardian, Mashable, and Scientific American. Her research and advocacy led to her being named in 2019 as one of the Grist 50 Fixers list.

      Ploy holds BA and MSci degrees in natural sciences (chemistry) from the University of Cambridge, and MA and PhD degrees in atmospheric and climate sciences from Harvard University.

      Non-SEI publications by Ploy Achakulwisut

      • ResearchGate Profile

      Op-eds by Ploy Achakulwisut

      • Climate change is a public health emergency. Here are 8 reasons why. (Scientific American)
      • The missing maths: the human cost of fossil fuels (The Guardian)
      • You marched for science and climate action. Now what? (Mashable)

      Publications by Ploy Achakulwisut

      • Open letter: Experts call on governments to include animal welfare in sustainable development governance
      • Carta abierta: Expertos piden a los gobiernos que empiecen a incluir el bienestar animal en la gobernanza del desarrollo sostenible
      • Carta aberta: Especialistas pedem que governos comecem a incluir o bem-estar animal na governança para o desenvolvimento sustentável
      • Mainstreaming animal welfare in sustainable development: a policy agenda
      • Stockholm+50: unlocking a better future
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      Perspectives by Ploy Achakulwisut

      • Three observations on how to cut fossil fuels and hold the window open for Paris goals
      • It's time to move beyond "carbon tunnel vision"
      • It's time to hold governments to task for fossil fuels they permit
      • Covid-19 recovery can help unlock Southeast Asia’s fossil fuel reliance and build climate resilience for all

      Featured stories with Ploy Achakulwisut

      • SEI scientists to UK: How to account for the "production gap” in future oil and gas leasing decisions
      • World governments must take immediate steps to close the fossil fuel production gap
      • Four takes on what US President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate should deliver

      Projects and tools with Ploy Achakulwisut

      • Iniciativa SEI sobre Carbon Lock-In o bloqueo de carbono
      • SEI Initiative on Carbon Lock-In
      • SEI Initiative on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
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