Research reports and studiesNovember 2019Ipek Gencsu, Leo Roberts, Harro van Asselt, Peter Erickson, Ivetta Gerasimchuk … Sivan KarthaTransportation of coal in China. Photo: Rosie DaviesThis report addresses the necessary winding down of the world’s production of fossil fuels in order to meet climate goals. Although coal, oil and gas are the central drivers of climate change, they are rarely the subject of international climate policy and negotiations. This report aims to expand that discourse and provide a metric for assessing how far the world is from production levels that are consistent with global climate goals.Among its key findings are that governments are planning to produce about 50% more fossil fuels by 2030 than would be consistent with a 2 °C pathway, and 120% more than would be consistent with a 1.5 °C pathway. Moving away from fossil fuel production poses both economic and political challenges, but doing so is possible and increasingly necessary to avoid dangerous climate change.The report was produced by the Stockholm Environment Institute, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Overseas Development Institute, Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research, Climate Analytics and the United Nations Environmental Programme. Read the research The production gap: 2019 reportRelated COP25: net zero requires tackling fossil fuel productionWhile net-zero emissions is the key target for governments at COP25, fossil fuel production plans still put us on course for unsustainable global heating.Articles and blogs3 December 2019 G20 coal subsidies: tracking government support to a fading industryThis research tracks each G20 country’s progress in phasing out subsidies to the production and consumption of coal.Research reports and studies24 June 2019Brown to green: the G20 transition towards a low-carbon economyThis report assesses the G20’s progress in moving from brown, carbon-intensive models to low-carbon, green economies.Research reports and studies14 November 2018Pioneering power: transforming lives through off-grid renewable energy in Africa and AsiaThis report examines the challenge of bringing power to over one billion people who live without electricity in remote areas.Research reports and studies12 April 2018See more:climate changeclimateglobal governancesustainable development goalsGlobal
