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SEI brief / How can geothermal development to stimulate the economy in Kenya be matched by benefit-sharing with local communities, conservation and local development?

SEI brief / The growing gap between supply and demand for charcoal in Kenya will only expand unless action is taken. This brief discusses routes ahead.

Journal article / This study examines progress on battery electric vehicles (BEVs), including where long-range BEVs can be produced at similar costs to conventional cars.

Journal article / This study estimates the number of annual asthma emergency room visits attributable to ozone and PM2.5.

Past event / Policy-makers, business representatives and researchers gathered to connect the dots between sustainable lifestyles and a circular economy.

Feature / The first study to quantify the global burden of asthma linked to air pollution finds that it triggers up to 33 million annual emergency room visits.

Press release / Air pollution leads to tens of millions of emergency room visits for asthma attacks. First study to quantify global burden of asthma linked to air pollution.

Feature / Climate and biodiversity scientist Professor Camille Parmesan gave the 2018 Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture. Read more and watch highlights from the lecture.

Past event / Arctic politics, resilience, journalism and local needs are some of the topics SEI will contribute to at this important international gathering.

SEI brief / This brief calls for China's Belt and Road Initiative to embrace three characteristics: transparency, participation and commitment to international standards.

Other publication / Citizen science is a rapidly expanding field. These ten principles are presented as a framework to foster excellence.

Past event / The event marked the final stretch of the EU2020 project TRANSrisk and discussed results and challenges of decarbonisation of heavy duty vehicles.

Perspective / An innovative water management exercise fostered hands-on learning in Cambodia at a workshop held through the Sustainable Water Partnership.

Journal article / This article assesses premature respiratory mortality attributable to long-term O3 exposure for three regions of the world using ground-based monitoring data.

Perspective / On World Food Day, we ask how the Trase initiative's supply chain transparency data can help achieve Zero Hunger sustainably.

Feature / The Global Commission on Adaptation will raise visibility of the need to adapt to climate change. SEI joins this important alliance as a research partner.

Other publication / This working paper outlines key features of the global climate finance landscape, including the potential for overlapping actions and coordination challenges.

Journal article / This paper presents a workflow process to certify the comprehensiveness and repeatability of systematic reviews and maps, and maximise their objectivity.

Perspective / Keeping global warming to 1.5°C will require a transformation of the world’s economy. This model shows a transition is possible.

Perspective / Nella Canales and Richard J.T. Klein examine the role the private sector can play in helping agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa to adapt to a changing climate.