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The Talanoa Dialogue: an explainer

Feature / The Talanoa Dialogue will culminate at the UN climate negotiations this month. But what does that mean? This explainer answers that, and more.

The Paris Agreement rulebook explained

Feature / SEI researcher Cleo Verkuijl deciphers the rulebook, spells out why the stakes for COP24 are high, and outlines key expectations for the rulebook negotiations.

Just transitions: what you need to know for COP24

Feature / A key focus of this year’s UN climate negotiations is ensuring a “just transition” away from fossil fuels. SEI’s experts explain what that means.

Whose carbon is burnable? Equity considerations in the allocation of a “right to extract”

Journal article / This paper lays out principles for equitably sharing the costs of a decarbonization transition and prioritizing which fossil resources can still be extracted.

Negotiating the Paris Agreement rulebook

Journal article / The authors provide an overview of the issues that are likely to surface in negotiations over the Paris Agreement rulebook at COP24.

Limiting fossil fuel production as the next big step in climate policy

Journal article / This paper finds that California could reduce global emissions substantially if it joined a growing list of governments that limit oil production.

Limiting oil production could be the next big step in climate policy

Press release / As the UN climate negotiations approach, a paper in Nature Climate Change highlights a growing movement by governments to leave oil resources “in the ground”.

Press briefing with Dr Jian Liu, Chief Scientist, UN Environment

Press release / This briefing will take stock of recent issues in the science and policy of sustainable development, ahead of the UNFCCC climate change summit in Poland.

Swimming upstream: addressing fossil fuel supply under the UNFCCC

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.