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SEI research synthesis: gender, development and sustainability – 2017 update

Other publication / Key findings from recent SEI research projects around the world focused on gender issues in the context of development and sustainability.

8 March 2017 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Household energy, Participation, Renewables and Sanitation

Analysis of Swedish forest owners’ information and knowledge-sharing networks for decision-making: insights for climate change communication and adaptation

Journal article / This journal article aims to further understand climate change adaptation processes for forest owners in Sweden.

8 March 2017 / About Adaptation, Forests and Participation

Soil organic matter responses to anthropogenic forest disturbance and land use change in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

Journal article / Changing land-use and its influence on soil C and N stocks, soil organic matter physical fractions, and the origin of SOM in the Amazon

7 March 2017 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Land use

Valuation of fish production services in river basins: a case study of the Columbia River

Journal article / A bio-economic model to assess the capacity of the Columbia River to provide four ecosystem services and an estimate of their use in terms of economic welfare

6 March 2017 / About Food and agriculture and Water resources

Growing old in a changing climate

Journal article / An understanding of factors that contribute to older people’s vulnerability and resilience can strengthen government to minimise climate impacts on this group

3 March 2017 / About Adaptation

Key features for more successful place-based sustainability research on social-ecological systems: a programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) perspective

Journal article / A survey of projects linked to the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) to identify what features of research projects help or hinder success

2 March 2017 / About Ecosystems

Dynamic stability of post-Keynesian pricing

Journal article / This paper calls into question the conventional view of price determination, showing that actual prices are typically set as a markup on normal costs

2 March 2017 / About Business and Sustainable lifestyles

Sun rises over rocky banks of the Mekong River between Thailand and Lao PDR.

USAID Clean Power Asia

Project / The USAID Clean Power Asia project was an initiative to facilitate investments in environmentally friendly, grid-connected renewable energy in Southeast Asia.

2017 - 2021 / About Climate policy, Energy access, Finance, Participation, Planning and modelling and Renewables

Climate Calculator

Tool / SEI and WWF have developed a "climate calculator" to encourage individuals to learn more about their own climate impact and inspire them to lifestyle changes.

About Behaviour and choice, Mitigation and Sustainable lifestyles

Consumption-based accounting reveals global redistribution of carbon emissions

SEI brief

24 February 2017 / About Mitigation and Sustainable lifestyles

SEI at the 5th International Conference on Climate Services

Feature / More than 250 people will meet in Cape Town to explore how capacity-building and education can improve the use of climate information in decision-making.

24 February 2017 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Mitigation and Public policy

Economic implications of agricultural reuse of treated wastewater in Israel: A statewide long-term perspective

Journal article

23 February 2017 / About Food and agriculture, Sanitation and Water resources

Dialogue for decision-making: unpacking the ‘City Learning Lab’ approach

SEI working paper

22 February 2017 / About Participation

The governance of adaptation financing: pursuing legitimacy at multiple levels

Journal article / This paper aims to assess how climate change adaptation funds have been legitimized – that is, how they have been justified and made acceptable.

22 February 2017 / About Adaptation and Finance

How can Estonia’s transport and housing sectors contribute to cleaner air and a safer climate?

Feature / SEI researchers in Tallinn, York and the U.S. are exploring measures to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) in Estonia using a new calculator.

22 February 2017 / About Cities, Mitigation, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants