Fossil fuels

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?

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.

Making future U.S. offshore oil leasing more consistent with climate goals

SEI brief

New U.S. offshore drilling would undermine climate targets, create ‘carbon lock-in’ and stranded asset risks

Feature / New U.S. offshore drilling would undermine climate targets, create ‘carbon lock-in’ and stranded asset risks

Five ways the Paris Agreement can address oversupply of fossil fuels

Perspective / The Marrakech talks may not have tackled the gap between global climate goals and fossil fuel production, but governments can show leadership now.