Report launch: Petrochemicals and climate change

Join a live stream from a seminar discussing the new report, Petrochemicals and climate change: Powerful fossil fuel lock-ins and interventions for transformative change, documenting research on the global petrochemical industry and its role for climate change. The report is the result of a collaborative research project on petrochemicals and climate change governance. The launch event takes place at Lund University but can also be attended online. IVL's expert Johan Rootzen is participating.

The report provides an investigation into the petrochemical sector. Both to strengthen awareness of its relevance to the climate crisis and to provide tools and recommendations for decision-makers in different domains to initiate, support, and accelerate much-needed transformation. The report highlights the rapid expansion of the petrochemical sector as well as the range and growth of economic, infrastructural, and political interlinkages with the fossil fuel extraction sector. It argues that these developments and dynamics are crucial to understanding pathways, strategies, and interventions for a low-carbon transition for petrochemicals. Transforming the industry to shape a development pathway that leads away from fossil fuels, the climate crisis, negative health impacts, and plastic pollution is not an easy task. It will require committed action by a wide range of actors, including chemical producers, financial sector actors, and governments while acknowledging the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.

We will present key insights from the report as well as discuss the future of the industry with two panels of invited researchers and experts.

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