Climate policy

Climate adaptation must be reframed from a local issue to a global responsibility

Feature / The time is right to harness the momentum of the Paris Agreement and meet the global challenge of adaptation, according to a new brief.

18 April 2018 / About Adaptation and Climate policy

SEI researchers selected as lead authors of IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

Feature / SEI researchers will contribute to the UN Climate Panel Report on climate change, looking at climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, and finance.

11 April 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Mitigation

NDC Explorer

Tool / The NDC Explorer is an interactive visual tool. It provides transparency and comparability data between countries using data from NDCs and INDCS.

About Adaptation, Climate policy, Finance and Mitigation

Knowledge brokers for a changing climate

Feature / The founders and managers of weADAPT, SEI's global climate change adaptation network and platform, answer questions on knowledge brokering.

22 March 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Climate services

A bustling night view of Dubai's skyscrapers and roads.

Building thriving, low-carbon cities: an overview of policy options for national governments

Other publication / This report provides a first-ever assessment of how opportunities for low-carbon development are distributed across the world’s urban areas.

9 February 2018 / About Cities and Climate policy

Beyond headline mitigation numbers: We need more transparent and comparable NDCs to achieve the Paris Agreement on climate change

Journal article / Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) were key to reaching the Paris Agreement and will be instrumental in implementing it.

1 March 2018 / About Climate policy and Mitigation

Three pumpjacks move in synchrony as an oil worker looks on

How limiting oil production could help California meet its climate goals

SEI brief / This brief examines how California could limit the production of its principal energy production and the resulting implications for global GHG emissions.

27 February 2018 / About Climate policy and Fossil fuels

SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways

Initiative / This initiative aims to guide decision-makers towards more cohesive and constructive governance of bioeconomy pathways, with a focus on the Global South.

2018 - 2025 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Business, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Household energy, Innovation, Mitigation, Participation, Public policy, Renewables, Supply chains and Sustainable Development Goals

Establishing scaled-up crediting program baselines under the Paris Agreement

Other publication / This report offers guidance and identifies options for developing baselines for scaled-up crediting programs under the Paris Agreement.

1 November 2017 / About Climate policy and Fossil fuels