Fossil fuels

Q&A: Francis X. Johnson on the IPCC Synthesis Report

Feature / In this Q&A, SEI Senior Research Fellow Francis X. Johnson discusses the IPCC Synthesis Report's significance, highlights and key takeaways.

20 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation and Sustainable Development Goals

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Include the fossil-free transition in the next Water Action Agenda

SEI brief / The next Water Action Agenda must seriously consider the role and future of water in the transition to fossil-free energy.

16 March 2023 / About Fossil fuels, Renewables, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Two women cook around a wood-burning fire in South Africa.

SEI’s Rob Bailis talks to Global Dispatches podcast about new research on cleaner cooking for the climate

Media coverage / Perhaps counterintuitively, some fossil-based cooking fuels are better for climate and health than the biomass fuels used by 2.4 billion people, research shows.

13 March 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Forests, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

An oil pipeline winds through a northern Alaska forest against a mountain skyline.

Planting trees does not make proposed Alaska oil project OK, SEI’s Michael Lazarus tells AP

Media coverage / SEI US Centre Director Michael Lazarus talks to The Associated Press about a contentious oil drilling proposal in Alaska.

28 February 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Public policy

Geopolitics and decarbonization: global actors and local impacts

Perspective / Researchers shared the latest insights and preliminary results from the decarbonization research theme at the Mistra Geopolitics annual conference.

28 February 2023 / About Fossil fuels, Geopolitics and Renewables

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

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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