Australia and Oceania

The global impact of food production and consumption on climate, air pollution, malnutrition and obesity

Journal article / This work presents a model that integrates the assessment of food consumption-related health risks, with the quantification of greenhouse gas emissions.

6 July 2021 / About Food and agriculture, Pollution and Wellbeing

Active snow cannon at Portes du Soleil, Champéry, Switzerland

Understanding the new “normal”: putting climate change into its proper perspectives

Perspective / SEI's Andreas Hoy examines what “normal” weather is in light of climate change and the World Meteorological Organization's recent updates to reference periods.

15 June 2021 / About Adaptation

Succeeding at home and abroad: accounting for the international spillovers of cities’ SDG actions

Journal article / This article explores the challenges of "spillovers" when it comes to city-level SDG strategies and how they can be better accounted for.

11 June 2021 / About Cities, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Aerial view of cultivated field on left for biomass and on right for corn

Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: scale and sustainability

Journal article / This article explores the use of bioenergy in climate change mitigation efforts and summarizes the state of knowledge concerning potential costs and benefits.

11 June 2021 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Land use, Mitigation, Planning and modelling and Renewables

Row of terrace houses in Newcastle East, Australia

Closure of steelworks in Newcastle, Australia: lessons from industrial transitions

SEI brief / This brief examines the closure of a major steelworks plant in Newcastle, part of a series that aims to provide lessons for ongoing and future transitions.

9 June 2021 / About Business, Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Public policy

Fostering industry transition through green public procurement: A “how to” guide for the cement and steel sectors

Other publication / Green public procurement can accelerate emissions reductions. This paper provides an overview of policy design and target-setting methodologies.

1 June 2021 / About Business, Climate policy, Innovation, Mitigation, Public policy and Supply chains

Worker sits on chair in empty vaccination centre

“Vaccine apartheid” threatens the equity of climate negotiations

Perspective / As a major UN climate change meeting begins, how might inequalities in vaccine access threaten equitable participation in climate negotiations, including COP26?

31 May 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Geopolitics and Mitigation

Minskade utsläpp av metan snabbaste sättet att bromsa klimatförändringen

Media coverage / Dagens Nyheters klimatreporter Jannike Kihlberg intervjuar SEI:s Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna om ny rapport och vinsterna med minskade metanutsläpp.

7 May 2021 / About Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Public policy

Global assessment: urgent steps must be taken to reduce methane emissions this decade

Press release / The Global Methane Assessment released today shows that human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45% this decade.

6 May 2021 / About Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Public policy