planetary boundaries

Production Gap Report 2023 launch event

Past event / Watch a detailed review of the 2023 Production Gap Report findings by leading experts, recorded on 8 November 2023.

The Production Gap Report 2023: Phasing down or phasing up? Top fossil fuel producers plan even more extraction despite climate promises

Other publication / Countries will, in aggregate, produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C.

Why fossil fuel reduction targets should be part of every climate plan, according to SEI’s Ploy Achakulwisut

Media coverage / SEI's Ploy Achakulwisut explains in a Context op-ed why climate plans with no fossil fuel phase-down is "like trying to drive with the rearview mirror missing."

SEI experts in Carbon Brief: Why all fossil fuels must decline rapidly to stay below 1.5°C

Media coverage / SEI researchers detail their recent research exploring how rapidly the world must cut fossil fuel production to keep the 1.5°C goal alive.

Global fossil fuel reduction pathways under different climate mitigation strategies and ambitions

Journal article / Researchers analyse IPCC Sixth Assessment Report mitigation scenarios and their implications for limiting fossil fuel production.

The concept of planetary boundaries and its applicability in Estonia

Project / SEI Tallinn's report summarizes the concept of planetary boundaries and looks into its applicability in Estonia.

Montana youth win climate case, with support from SEI expert

Feature / A Montana judge ruled in favor of 16 youth who sued the state for the right to a "healthful environment".

“Montana’s emissions matter”: SEI’s Peter Erickson testifies for youth in Montana climate trial

Media coverage / Sixteen young people sued Montana for violating the state constitutional right to a livable climate. An SEI affiliated researcher testified on their behalf.

SEI’s Daniel Duma in Nature: Fossil fuel companies earn massive profits while ‘production must decline immediately’

Media coverage / SEI Research Fellow Daniel Duma talks to Nature about surging oil and gas profits while countries fail to invest in carbon-cutting pledges.