Climate policy

Institutional complexity and private authority in global climate governance: the cases of climate engineering, REDD+ and short-lived climate pollutants

Journal article / his article examines how and why institutional architectures, and the roles of private institutions therein, differ across separate areas of climate governance.

Baselines for assessing urban GHG abatement need to be transparent

Perspective / Is "hot air" distorting estimates of cities' potential for climate mitigation?

The Shanghai Negotiations – a multilateral simulation exercise: the 2015 Paris Agreement to strengthen action on climate change

Other publication / This chapter presents a negotiation simulation exercise involving issues at play in international climate change negotiations.

Special issue: the International governance of energy subsidies

Journal article / The international governance of energy subsidies has received scant attention in the literature. This special issue is intended to help bridge this gap.

Seizing the opportunity: tackling fossil fuel subsidies under the UNFCCC

Journal article / This article discusses the possible role of the UNFCCC in tackling fossil fuel subsidies.

USAID Clean Power Asia

Project / The USAID Clean Power Asia project was an initiative to facilitate investments in environmentally friendly, grid-connected renewable energy in Southeast Asia.

SEI at the 5th International Conference on Climate Services

Feature / More than 250 people will meet in Cape Town to explore how capacity-building and education can improve the use of climate information in decision-making.

Broader, ubiquitous, ambiguous: What does mainstreaming adaptation mean, and when is it appropriate?

SEI brief

Obama’s Arctic oil ban advances key climate test

Perspective / Efforts to slow the expansion of fossil-fuel infrastructure can forestall entrenched interests and emissions until more far-reaching policies are in place.