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Petrochemicals and climate change – article on lu.se

The oil industry is moving towards the chemical and plastics industry. Fredric Bauer explains in an article on lu.se what this means for the climate.

– Published 31 May 2023

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Read the interview with Fredric Bauer, researcher in environmental and energy systems at Lund University and CIRCLE, about his work on mapping the chemical and plastics industry. The results and key insights are presented in the report "Petrochemicals and climate change: Powerful fossil fuel lock-ins and interventions for transformative change".

Read the full article on lu.se – published 24 May, 2023

In English “US, Europe subsidize rapidly expanding petrochemical industry”

In Swedish “Statliga miljardstöd till snabbväxande fossil kemikalieindustri ökar utsläppen”

Contact Fredric Bauer on fredric.bauer@miljo.lth.se