Event on 21 January / Join SEI Currents 2025, our yearly online event where experts explore emerging trends and key issues shaping global agendas in 2025 and beyond.
SEI working paper / In this working paper, the authors develop a set of guiding questions for determining the extent to which international finance reforms are decolonial.
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Journal article / This paper investigates a biobased innovation system producing a catnip plant-based mosquito repellent developed to fight malaria in East Africa.
Other publication / The 2024 IPBES Transformative Change Assessment details the causes of biodiversity loss and offers principles for the needed transformations to reverse course.
Journal article / This study shows how riskification shapes climate adaptation in European cities, prioritizing risk management over transformative change.
SEI report / This report explores the financial landscape of renewable energy projects in West and Central Africa, with recommendations on how to maximize success.
Feature / Explore how to build climate resilience through evidence-based policy with Pichamon Yeophantong on SEI Asia’s podcast, Environment and Policy in Asia.
Other publication / This brief summarizes key findings related to current capacity levels, gaps in water resources modelling, and the barriers.
Perspective / Key reflections from the second Thailand Groundwater Symposium on 19-21 August 2024
Perspective / Ridhi Saluja highlights that nature-based solutions in the Mekong Region need to be inclusive of diverse perspectives.
SEI brief / This brief compares the extra evaporation caused by four lower Snake River dams in Washington state, US, with predicted evaporation of an undisturbed river.
Media advisory / SEI Currents 2025 presents three key trends shaping global agendas in 2025 and beyond.
Feature / From cyberattacks to climate impacts, the growing threats to critical infrastructure demand urgent action and innovative resilience strategies.
Vacancy / Join SEI York as a Research Associate to assess trade and consumption impacts, shape sustainability policies, and contribute to global research solutions.
Vacancy / Lead projects on offshore infrastructure, innovation and governance for a sustainable future.
Vacancy / Lead research on advanced data solutions, leveraging AI, machine learning and finance expertise to address climate adaptation across Asia.
Vacancy / Design and deliver inclusive climate adaptation finance solutions, collaborating with stakeholders to build resilience and reduce vulnerabilities.
Vacancy / Advance inclusive climate finance solutions and deliver impactful policy recommendations for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific.
Vacancy / Work with SEI York experts as a PhD researcher, hosted by the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity.
Vacancy / Work with SEI York experts on decision-making in the North York Moors, hosted by the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity.
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