Mitigation

Urban garden growing out of skyscrapers, Singapore

Steel and cement can drive the decade of action on climate change. This is how

Perspective / How can the steel and cement industry reach net-zero by 2050? The Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative by UNIDO is driving industrial climate action.

17 May 2022 / About Business, Cities, Finance, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Supply chains

Climate Pledge Arena in front of Space Needle under grey Seattle sky

Is Seattle arena’s “Climate Pledge” for real? SEI’s Derik Broekhoff comments for Global Sport Matters

Media coverage / Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena aspires to climate neutrality while hosting professional sports and concerts. Can it meet that ideal?

12 May 2022 / About Business, Mitigation and Renewables

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

Feature / 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.

11 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Renewables

Gas flares shoot up six flames emitting black smoke at oil refinery

Updated analysis of NDCs and LT-LEDS shows growing attention to fossil fuels under the UNFCCC

Other publication / Researchers tracking countries' plans toward winding down fossil fuel production have updated their database with the latest entries current as of 2022.

29 April 2022 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation and Public policy

Green and yellow coffee cherries hang from the branch of a coffee plant

The coffee supply chain illustrates transboundary climate risks: Insights on governance pathways

SEI brief / When a crop like coffee links countries together, they also share associated climate risks. This brief details options for managing transboundary climate risks.

26 April 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Supply chains

Man and woman stand on cracked sea ice beneath a gray sky, in sea of breaking ice sheets, Jökulsárlón, Iceland

Three observations on how to cut fossil fuels and hold the window open for Paris goals

Perspective / The Paris Agreement goals are still within our grasp if policymakers decisively act now, say SEI US Scientists Peter Erickson and Ploy Achakulwisut.

25 April 2022 / About Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

Aerial view of crossroads in burned forest in Tatoi, Attica, near Athens, Greece. In the summer of 2020, wildfires raged all over Greece and this area was one of the most affected.

Eight takeaways from the IPCC report on climate mitigation

Perspective / The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on the state of climate mitigation. SEI researchers offer their main takeaways.

8 April 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Finance, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Transport

Analysis of climate finance flows in East European countries

Project / This project is undertaking an analysis of international climate finance flows from 2010–2019 in nine East European countries.

2022 - 2023 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation

Aerial view of West Park, Wolverhampton, UK

Accelerating the transition to a circular economy through impactful and actionable research

SEI report / This report provides a coherent picture of SEI-wide engagement on the circular economy and offers future directions for the research agenda.

30 March 2022 / About Cities and Mitigation