consumption Archives

Aerial view of forestry machinery logging trees

“Everyone’s chasing removals”: SEI’s Derik Broekhoff comments on emissions reduction vs. removals in the carbon market

Media coverage / Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff spoke to the climate news outlet Heatmap on the tension between carbon removals and emissions in the voluntary carbon market.

17 April 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Mitigation, Pollution and Public policy

Oil well in frozen swath of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, before a twilight sky

SEI’s Michael Lazarus to New York Times: US faces ‘contradiction’ between fossil fuel extraction and climate goals

Media coverage / The Biden Administration disappointed climate activists by approving the Willow oil and gas project in Alaska. But that isn't the half of it.

6 April 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy and Renewables

Climate-neutral cities in Sweden: true commitment or hollow statements?

Journal article / This paper presents a conceptual framework that allows evaluation of the cornerstones of climate neutrality for cities from a consumption-based perspective.

27 March 2023 / About Cities and Climate policy

A leaning tree frames a landscape view of Rwanda's Lake Ruhonda, flanked in the background by the Virunga Volcanoes.

A water-resilient economy: hydro-macroeconomic and climate change analysis in Rwanda

SEI brief / SEI experts analyse how water efficiency and storage methods can help Rwanda meet its sustainable development and economic growth goals.

21 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sustainable lifestyles, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Two women cook around a wood-burning fire in South Africa.

SEI’s Rob Bailis talks to Global Dispatches podcast about new research on cleaner cooking for the climate

Media coverage / Perhaps counterintuitively, some fossil-based cooking fuels are better for climate and health than the biomass fuels used by 2.4 billion people, research shows.

13 March 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Forests, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

The sun shines through blue sky and white clouds upon a wetland.

From talk to action: 3 priorities for a water-secure future

Perspective / A diverse array of leaders will gather in a rare UN water conference. SEI experts suggest three ways to foster a more water-resilient world.

2 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources, Water-energy-food nexus and Wellbeing

An oil pipeline winds through a northern Alaska forest against a mountain skyline.

Planting trees does not make proposed Alaska oil project OK, SEI’s Michael Lazarus tells AP

Media coverage / SEI US Centre Director Michael Lazarus talks to The Associated Press about a contentious oil drilling proposal in Alaska.

28 February 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Public policy

Scaffolding covers an older building in Cologne, Germany, beneath a pale blue sky.

Q&A: The possibilities of green public procurement with Astrid Nilsson Lewis

Feature / A team of SEI experts published a report on the status of Green Public Procurement in the EU. Lead author Astrid Nilsson Lewis breaks down their findings.

9 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy, Supply chains and Transport

More single-use plastic waste than ever before

Feature / An additional 6 million metric tons of plastic waste was generated in 2021 compared to 2019. SEI's Toby Gardner says decisive government action is needed.

6 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Finance, Fossil fuels, Public policy and Supply chains