Swimming Upstream

This article argues that the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement must explicitly address the phasing out of fossil fuel production to keep global warming well below 2°C. It suggests that mapping a transition away from fossil fuels under the UNFCCC process would increase the effectiveness and ambition of international climate mitigation.

• The author argues that reducing the supply of fossil fuels is a requirement for achieving the Paris Agreement's objective of limiting global warming to 'well below 2°C', despite the fact that the Agreement does not explicitly mention fossil fuels.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2018). Swimming Upstream. https://www.sei.org/publications/swimming-upstream/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Swimming Upstream. 2018. https://www.sei.org/publications/swimming-upstream/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Swimming Upstream |date=12 July 2018 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/swimming-upstream/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2018swimming, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Swimming Upstream}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = jul, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/swimming-upstream/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }