Climate policy

Policy coherence between the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030

Program / A program on aligning climate action, reduced inequalities and sustainable development.

COP24 recap: what did it deliver?

Perspective / Cleo Verkuijl and Harro van Asselt assess the key outcomes and continuing challenges from COP24.

The Swedish footprint: A multi-model comparison

Journal article / This article compares carbon footprint results for Swedish consumption and offers recommendations for policy-relevant indicators of environmental pressures.

COP24: A tale of two panels

Feature / Two side events discussed fossil fuels. Only one envisioned a sustainable and equitable future.

The Sustainable Development Goals viewed through a climate lens

SEI brief / The NDC-SDG Connections tool shows there is great potential for policy coherence between implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement.

Accelerating action and support for adaptation

Past event / The new Global Commission on Adaptation will host its first public event since its launch at the UN climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland.

Leveraging the multiple-benefits of integrated action on climate and clean air to enhance ambition in nationally determined contributions

Past event / This side event, organized the the Climate & Clean Air Coalition, will showcase both the CCAC's multiple benefits pathway framework and SEI's LEAP-IBC tool.

Fossil fuel phase-out and an equitable and just transition: necessary steps towards the Paris goals

Past event / At this COP24 side event panelists will discuss how extraction limits, transition plans, subsidy reform and other policies can equitably increase ambition.

Delivering Multiple Benefits for Clean Air and Climate

Past event / This COP24 side event will feature representatives from Cote d'Ivoire, SEI and CCAC discussing the benefits of coordinated climate and air quality action.