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SEI brief / This policy brief finds that while Estonia and Poland have set goals to grow green public procurement, few mandates exist to make them happen.

Feature / Read the key takeaways from the World Water Week session which focused on recommendations for cultivating women’s untapped potential in WASH decision-making.

Feature / SEI uses a tool known as serious games to test water management policies and promote communication among local communities.

Past event / This side event to the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) discusses how cross-border and cascading climate risk impacts Africa.

Press / Writing for Urbanet SEI researcher Romanus Opiyo offers that Urban green spaces serve as an important natural resource for cities.

Media coverage / Eco Magazine wrote about a co-authored study written by inter alia Pieter Pauw, Zoha Shawoo and Richard J. T. Klein on climate finance.

Journal article / Researchers identify and discuss five priority elements for negotiations with regard to the UNFCCC post-2025 climate finance target.

Tool / Three SEI research fellows have developed a tool for increasing objectivity of stakeholder mapping, engagement, and monitoring of co-creation processes.

Feature / How did Estonia use Covid-19 recovery packages to accelerate the clean energy transition? Insights generated from the Energy Policy Tracker.

Press release / A new study by leading climate finance experts identifies the difficulties hampering climate finance to date.

Past event / SEI Latin America Centre Director David Purkey joins this MIT discussion on the impacts of mining on land, water and the atmosphere.

Past event / The forum will bring together perspectives from practitioners, policymakers, researchers and activists on moving towards a just transition in Asia.

Other publication / This policy brief highlights the importance of minimizing food loss and waste, which accounts for some 30% of current global production.

Project / SEI is building a water allocation and hydrology model in the Upper Klamath River basin.

Media coverage / Over 90% of tropical deforestation is caused by agriculture.

Perspective / Bosnia and Herzegovina Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (BiH ESAP) development shows that public participation in environmental policy is crucial.

Media coverage / Lancang-Mekong countries need to enhance cooperation over water management to tackle extreme weather challenges triggered by climate change.

Journal article / This review points to three key areas where a stronger evidence base would advance global efforts to curb agriculture-driven deforestation.

Past event / The World BioEconomy Forum is a global platform for circular bioeconomy stakeholders to share ideas and promote bio-based solutions.

Past event / SEI Asia Doctoral Fellow and Consultant Sara K. Phillips discusses the connections between the environment, business and human rights in a UNDP webcast series.