Fossil fuels

How do the institutions, investments and infrastructure that support fossil fuel production lock-in dependence on fossil fuels? What strategies can help societies shift away from such dependence? SEI addresses these questions through timely, policy-relevant research and communications.

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Initiatives

2 miners in tunnel with shovels, black and white photo

Carbon lock-in

Rohingya Refugees Mark Two Years Since The Crisis

Gridless solutions

Projects and tools

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Synthesis of multiple knowledge sources on the impacts of mining

All projects and tools

Oil drilling rig and pumpjack on flat plain in Canadian oil fields at sunset under purple sky

International Conference on Fossil Fuel Supply and Climate Policy 2022

The International Conference on Fossil Fuel Supply and Climate Policy will take place from 26–27 September 2022 at The Queen's College in Oxford, UK.

Three oil and gas industry derricks work as sun sets behind them

Washington Post: Report co-authored by SEI scientist indicates flaws in US reviews of new fossil fuel infrastructure

A report co-authored by SEI US Senior Scientist Peter Erickson recommends fixes to environmental reviews of new fossil fuel infrastructure in the US.

A Russian gas production and processing facility works under a blanket of snow at dawn

SEI’s Peter Erickson in E&E News: Reduced gas demand can free up non-Russian LNG for Europe

How can the world fulfill Europe's liquefied natural gas needs without Russia? The rest of the developed world must lower demand, Peter Erickson says.

Aerial view of oil processing facility, Cabimas, Venezuela, near Maracaibo Lake, where an enormous deposit of oil discovered in the 1910s made Venezuela one of the world's major oil exporters

Q&A: What is carbon lock-in? SEI scientists give a primer

SEI researchers offer a deep dive into the concept of carbon lock-in and its effects in Latin America, where economies are entwined with fossil fuel production.

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