Americas

Economic and climate challenges in the Mendoza wine region

SEI brief / This brief provides an overview of Argentina's Mendoza wine region and identifies its water supply challenges.

Would constraining US fossil fuel production affect global CO2 emissions? A case study of US leasing policy

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.

Privileged coal: the politics of subsidies for coal production in Colombia

SEI working paper / Analysis of the political factors that shape subsidies to coal extraction in Colombia, and why and how those subsidies have been promoted.

How limiting oil production could help California meet its climate goals

SEI brief / This brief examines how California could limit the production of its principal energy production and the resulting implications for global GHG emissions.

California could reduce global emissions by limiting oil production

Press release / California has numerous options to limit oil production and send a timely and important signal on climate, according to a new analysis.

Gendered experiences of adaptation to drought: patterns of change in El Sauce, Nicaragua

Journal article / Vulnerability is highly diverse and locally specific. This analysis is based on a qualitative case study in a drought-stricken part of northwest Nicaragua.

Towards a climate test for industry: assessing a gas-based methanol plant

SEI brief / This discussion brief explores the possibility of a “climate test” for new industrial development by focusing on a case study in the US State of Washington.

Opening public lands and waters to fossil fuel extraction could have major climate consequences

Press release / Ending the production of coal, oil and natural gas from public lands and waters could significantly reduce CO2 emissions by the US, according to a new study.

Kalama methanol plant could increase global GHG emissions

Press release / A proposed methanol plant in Washington State could increase global greenhouse gas emissions and is likely inconsistent with a low-carbon future.