Climate policy

Innovations for sustainable food production in Africa

Feature / SEI Executive Director Måns Nilsson made the case for innovation-driven food systems and described how they can contribute across the 2030 Agenda.

SEI Research Director on the urgency for countries to raise their ambition levels

Media coverage / SEI Research Director Åsa Persson appears on Swedish Television to discuss the UN Environment Emission Gap Report.

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”.

When less is more: limits to international transfers under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Journal article / This paper proposes limits that could prevent the transfer of "hot air" from countries whose mitigation targets exceed their likely emissions.

Environmental integrity of international carbon market mechanisms under the Paris Agreement

Journal article / This paper systematically identifies and categorizes issues and options to achieve environmental integrity in carbon markets.

Three international researchers join Mistra Geopolitics Research School’s knowledge exchange programmme

Feature / Three researchers from Peru, Brazil and Nigeria have joined the Mistra Geopolitics Research School.

Renewable energy options in focus at Nairobi conference

Feature / A conference held recently in Nairobi debated evidence on low-carbon energy solutions for developing countries.

Solving the air pollution crisis in Asia

Feature / Fewer than 8% of people living in Asia breathe clean air. A new report co-authored by SEI researchers proposes 25 solutions to this health crisis.