Climate policy

It is time to bring the informal actors into climate change adaptation discussions in Asia and the Pacific

Perspective / Gatherings such as the recent APAN Forum are important for climate change adaptation progress, but they need to be more inclusive.

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.

Future climate solutions: systematic reviews help deal with evidence overload

Perspective / Introducing new methods to synthesize evidence on what works in climate change solutions.

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.

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”.