Fossil fuels

Side view of man sitting next to wood-burning stove in hut

Scaling up gas and electric cooking in low- and middle-income countries: climate threat or mitigation strategy with co-benefits?

Journal article / A novel analysis shows the global climate and health benefits of switching biomass cookstoves in low- and middle-income countries to electricity and LPG.

14 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

A tea kettle rests upon a stone bordering a wood-fired pit.

Novel research shows health, climate benefits of increasing access to electricity and gas for cooking in low- and middle-income countries

Press release / Expanding the use of LPG and/or grid electricity to replace biomass-fueled cooking in low- and middle-income countries benefits human health and climate.

15 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

Scaffolding covers an older building in Cologne, Germany, beneath a pale blue sky.

Q&A: The possibilities of green public procurement with Astrid Nilsson Lewis

Feature / A team of SEI experts published a report on the status of Green Public Procurement in the EU. Lead author Astrid Nilsson Lewis breaks down their findings.

9 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy, Supply chains and Transport

New research on the benefits of cleaner cooking: Q&A with Rob Bailis

Feature / SEI's Rob Bailis led research for a journal article featuring the first known analysis of the health and climate consequences of large-scale fuel transitions.

7 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

More single-use plastic waste than ever before

Feature / An additional 6 million metric tons of plastic waste was generated in 2021 compared to 2019. SEI's Toby Gardner says decisive government action is needed.

6 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Finance, Fossil fuels, Public policy and Supply chains

Power plant in Denmark emits pollutants against a pink and blue twilight sky.

SEI’s Jindan Gong talks flipping energy crises into energy transitions on podcast

Media coverage / Russia's invasion of Ukraine plunged Europe into an energy crisis. But it provides a chance to spark the green economy, Jindan Gong tells Podcast and Business.

3 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles

Exposure to barbeque smoke in Vientiane, Lao PDR: gendered disparities and unequal exposures for grillers

SEI brief / Improving air quality and protection for workers in the grilled food sector means addressing the various dimensions of the impacts of grill smoke.

10 January 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Fossil fuels and Pollution

A red carpet flanked by velvet ropes leads to the entry of a private jet on a runway.

SEI’s Anisha Nazareth in DW: Emissions of the rich and famous

Media coverage / A new report by DW details how the world's wealthy elite contribute an outsized share of the planet's human-caused climate emissions.

10 January 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Fossil fuels, Pollution, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Identifying cross-sectoral policy synergies for decarbonization: Towards short-lived climate pollutant mitigation action in Costa Rica

Journal article / This paper estimates the short-lived climate pollutant emission reductions from Costa Rica's decarbonization plan.

5 January 2023 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy and Short lived climate pollutants