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The institute identifies three primary impact areas: reducing climate risk, promoting sustainable resource use and resilient ecosystems, and improving health and well-being. To achieve these, SEI employs a theory of change centered on changing agendas, enhancing capacities, and improving decisions. The strategy emphasizes the use of data science, the development of decision-support tools, and the implementation of programmatic hubs called 'Initiatives' to tackle specific issues like carbon lock-in and bioeconomy pathways. Operationally, SEI utilizes a distributed network of centres across five continents to ensure regional relevance and North-South/South-South knowledge exchange. 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The authors apply these principles to U.S. coal and onshore oil, identifying the Appalachian Basin and California's San Joaquin basin as high-priority areas for rapid wind-down due to high carbon intensity, lower relative economic dependence, and significant environmental or social harms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"To align with IPCC modeling for a 1.5°C limit (50% likelihood), global fossil fuel production must decline by approximately 10% per year; for a 2°C limit (66% likelihood), the decline should be about 4% per year.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The United States should wind down fossil fuel production faster than global rates because it is a top producer that has already gained disproportionate economic value and possesses an economy with very low relative dependence on extraction; oil extraction profits comprise only 0.1% of U.S. GDP.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors warn against relying on negative emissions technologies like BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage), noting that their large-scale deployment relies on 'heroic assumptions' regarding land availability and the carbon cycle.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The first guiding principle suggests prioritizing the phase-out of the most carbon-intensive and costly fuels, implying that coal should be phased out fastest, followed by oil and then gas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The second principle advocates for accelerating the phase-out in communities with higher economic resilience—those with diversified economies and lower dependence on extraction—to allow more time for a managed transition in less resilient areas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The third principle prioritizes the rapid wind-down of extraction in areas where there are significant conflicts with human rights, Indigenous rights, public health, or high-conservation ecosystems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the coal case study, the Appalachian Basin is identified as a priority for rapid phase-out because it has higher extraction costs, low regional economic dependence (coal is 2% of employment and 8% of economic activity), and high rates of mine accidents and environmental damage from mountaintop removal.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the oil case study, California's San Joaquin basin is a primary candidate for rapid phase-out due to extremely high GHG intensity (over 700 kg CO2e per barrel in the Midway Sunset field), low local GDP dependence (3%), and disproportionate pollution burdens on communities of color.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico is highlighted as a priority for restriction because current expansions of oil production are inconsistent with climate limits and create 'carbon lock-in'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has the authority to implement these principles on federal lands, which produce 40% of all U.S. coal, over one-fifth of all oil, and about one-sixth of all gas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002426#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["petroleum industry","decarbonization","carbon capture and storage","bio-energy with carbon capture and storage","just transition","climate justice","environmental justice","emission intensity","Paris Agreement","Coal phase-out","methane emissions"],"geography_discussed":["Appalachian Basin","Powder River basin","San Joaquin basin","Permian basin","Alaska","California","World"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy framework","case study"]},{"id":"cer-001261","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cer-001261","title":"Mpumalanga Spatial Development Framework","publisher":{"name":"Centre for Environmental Rights","organization":"centre-for-environmental-rights"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2019-01","source_url":"https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Phase3.pdf?x21779","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Mpumalanga Provincial Spatial Development Framework proposes a polycentric growth management model to address apartheid-era spatial imbalances and promote sustainable economic diversification. 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