Fossil fuels

Carbon tangle: Norway must put oil ventures to a ‘climate test’

Perspective / Norway has some of the most ambitious emissions policies in the world, but is opening oil fields that cannot pay back in a safe climate future.

Introduction to the special issue: energy subsidies at the intersection of climate, energy, and trade governance

Journal article / An overview of the governance challenges raised by energy subsidies, and by situating the contributions to this issue within three broad analytical themes.

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.

Norwegian oil production and keeping global warming ‘well below 2°C’

SEI brief / The implications of the Paris Agreement, and Norway’s own pledges under it, for oil production, considering the break-even cost of developing different fields

Final Obama administration analysis shows expanding oil supply increases CO2

Perspective / A Bureau of Ocean Energy Management report shows ceasing new Arctic and Gulf of Mexico drilling could decrease global CO2 by over 2 billion tonnes cumulatively.

Climate change and hydropower in the Southern African Power Pool and Zambezi River Basin: System-wide impacts and policy implications

Journal article

Effect of government subsidies for upstream oil infrastructure on U.S. oil production and global CO2 emissions

SEI working paper / The effect of subsidies on U.S. oil production, focusing on fields that have been discovered but not yet developed, and the climate implications.

How would eliminating subsidies to the U.S. oil industry affect potential oil production and CO2 emissions?

SEI brief / How would eliminating subsidies to the U.S. oil industry affect potential oil production and CO2 emissions?