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Feature / The continued expansion of Canada’s oil sands could slow the world’s transition to a low-carbon future, according to a new SEI report.

Feature / Bolivia faces a deepening water crisis. SEI helped plan for the future by creating the first-ever comprehensive model of Bolivia’s rivers, lakes and streams.

Journal article / Read one of the first detailed examinations of the growing oil palm sector in the Philippines.

Journal article / How far has reliance on voluntary action improved mining companies' assessments of cumulative effects on indigenous peoples and their land use?

Perspective / The 2018 SEI Science Forum focused on innovation for the SDGs. SEI showcased three new tools for resolving tensions in the sustainable development space.

Media coverage / By scaling up 10 selected low-carbon energy solutions, the Baltics, Poland and Ukraine could reduce their emissions by 150 Mt while saving money over time.

Feature / The Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre (SSFC) is now online. Visit the new website.

Feature / Find out what's available on the new Supply Chain Transparency Network website.

Past event / This session brings views of bioeconomy, emphasising a global perspective and aiming to connect developments in the Global South to those in the EU.

Journal article / This paper, based on an analytical literature review, reveals four themes essential in understanding equitable resilience in practice.

Feature / SEI Tallinn and partners kick off a project to build bioeconomy clusters in rural areas of the region.

SEI brief / This brief examines how the public sector can most effectively incentivise needed investments in climate change-related mitigation in Africa.

Journal article / Based on a literature review, here are three opportunities that could lead to transformation in the development-disaster risk relationship.

Feature / A major update to SEI’s flagship water modelling tool enables policy-makers and researchers to more easily determine watershed boundaries and river pathways.

Feature / To meet the Paris Agreement’s goal to keep global warming “well below” 2°C, the world must phase down the production of coal, oil and natural gas.

Perspective / Have climate and gender discussions only called for the inclusion of women without tracing where the power lies?

Feature / SEI brings policy-relevant research to this week’s UN climate conference in Bonn, with experts participating in the Talanoa Dialogue and three side events.

Journal article / This paper presents a theory of induced technological change in which firms pursue a random, local, and bounded search for productivity-enhancing innovations.

Journal article / Swedish case study: how do we model energy transitions to capture the technical, social, political and quantitative dimensions?

Project / In 2018, SEI was contracted by Umeå municipality to develop a tool for calculating Umeå's inhabitants' consumption-based climate impact.