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Journal article / Which road projects offer high economic benefits combined with low environmental and social impacts?

Journal article / Key lessons for future ecological sanitation projects, from four "return to learn" initiatives in Burkina Faso.

Other publication / Read the results of a scoping study on sustainable city bonds.

Project / The SEA-CASE project calculated and disclosed the maritime shipping emissions per commodity and actor to advance the decarbonization of the shipping sector.

Feature / SEI Senior Scientist Brian Joyce explains the value of water models in an interview, the first in a series from the SEI US Water Program.

Project / SEI researchers build water models and work with stakeholders throughout Africa to explore management strategies for an uncertain climate future.

Feature / Our response to this global emergency that is testing science, policy and society.

Perspective / Five years after the Sendai Conference, looking at what has been achieved.

SEI brief / This brief gives an overview of how actors engage with rights-based approaches in South and Southeast Asia.

Journal article / Read an assessment of 30 years of change to native vegetation in Brazil's Cerrado.

Journal article / In the Sesan, Sekong and Srepok (3S) River basin, using the Freshwater Health Index (FHI) to diagnose the basin’s freshwater health.

Journal article / Using Internet platforms to help parents ask questions they wanted answered by scientific research and to build their confidence in assessing research evidence.

SEI working paper / Read a literature review of rights-based claims against extractive industries in Asia.

Tool / Tandem guidance is an interactive, online tool to help scientists and decision-makers collaborate to improve climate change adaptation planning and policies.

Past event / How can trade policy and sustainable development agendas be mutually supportive?

Other publication / The challenge the EU faces in taking into account cross-border and cascading climate impacts in its climate adaptation strategy and external relations.

Feature / SEI’s Toby Gardner and fellow IPBES researchers outline a 10-pillar strategy for the effective protection and restoration of land.

Other publication / Early findings from research on how to ensure that long-term adaptation plans align with emission reduction goals and are low carbon. 

Feature / SEI researchers explain the gender dimensions of their work, and how these uncover opportunities for better sustainable development.

Other publication / Nordic cities provide inspiration and valuable lessons on climate action. Oliver Johnson draws together examples gathered by the project Nordic Green to Scale.