Oil and gas policy

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Global fossil co₂ emissions set to unexpectedly decrease in 2026

Published 10.11.2026

Global fossil co₂ emissions are set to decrease 0.4% in 2026 as the energy shock driven by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz reduces oil and gas use. Clean energy growth continues but remains insufficient for a structural peak and decline in emissions.

Carbon budget | Carbon emissions globally | Global climate targets | International climate policy | Oil and gas policy

Understanding environmental policy change in Latin America

Published 6.11.2026

Most countries have hard-to-abate “Achilles’ heel” sectors for domestic environmental action; in Latin America, these are large export-oriented primary industries like fossil-fuel extraction, mining, and industrial agriculture.

International climate policy | Oil and gas policy | Climate impacts internationally

New figures confirm: Global fossil co₂ emissions continue a persistent rise

Published 13.11.2025

Global fossil co₂ emissions are projected to rise 1.1% in 2025, and are now 10% higher than in 2015, ten years since the Paris Agreement was adopted.

Carbon budget | Carbon emissions globally | Global climate targets | International climate policy | Oil and gas policy

Still no peak in global fossil co₂ emissions

Published 13.11.2024

Global fossil co₂ emissions are expected to grow 0.8% in 2024, despite predictions of peak emissions. The positive progress in many countries and clean technologies is offset by persistent fossil fuel use.

Carbon budget | Carbon emissions globally | Global climate targets | International climate policy | Oil and gas policy

Global fossil co₂ emissions continue to increase despite clean energy progress

Published 5.12.2023

Global fossil co₂ emissions are expected to grow 1.1% in 2023 despite record progress in clean energy. A renewed focus on limiting the use of coal, oil, and gas is needed.

Oil and gas policy | International climate policy | Carbon budget | Global climate targets

Global fossil CO₂ emissions are projected to rise in 2023

Published 19.10.2023

How are global emissions projected to develop in the years to come? To reach pathways consistent with the goals in the Paris Agreement, global CO₂ emissions should be falling by around five percent this year.

Climate impacts internationally | Emission scenarios | Oil and gas policy | Renewable energy | Carbon emissions globally

Global fossil co₂ emissions increase amidst turmoil in energy markets

Published 11.11.2022

Global fossil co₂ emissions are expected to grow 1.0% in 2022 as the COVID recovery continues amidst turmoil in energy markets. Growth in oil use, particularly aviation, and coal use are behind most of the increase in 2022.

Oil and gas policy | International climate policy | Carbon budget | Carbon emissions globally

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Projects

From emission to extraction: The political economy of leaving fossil fuels in the ground

Identifying options for institutional change at the international level that could govern the transition away from fossil fuels.

Oil and gas policy | Carbon budget | Norwegian climate policy | International climate policy

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Research groups

Climate Economics

The Climate Economics group is an applied, policy-oriented research team specializing in the design and evaluation of climate policy. The group combines economic modeling, statistical analysis, and behavioural and experimental methods to assess the cost effectiveness, distributional impacts and political feasibility of climate policies.

Climate Mitigation

The research group works to understand the trends and drivers of historical and future emissions of greenhouse gases and short-lived climate forcers, and their effect on the climate.

Climate Policy

We work on understanding how international and national politics and policies affect each other, as well as the effect of climate policy instruments, focusing in particular on the global climate negotiations, climate policy in the EU, USA, China and Norway.

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Employees

Asbjørn Torvanger

Research Professor

Bård Lahn

Senior Researcher

Fay Madeleine Farstad

Senior Researcher

Glen Peters

Research Professor

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