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The cost of covering costs: a nationwide model for water pricing

Journal article

13 July 2016 / About Finance and Water resources

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Fossil fuel subsidy reform: 3 insights from a candid discussion

Perspective / We understand the economics. We know some successful strategies. But mastering the politics – that’s the hardest part.

11 July 2016 / About Fossil fuels, Mitigation and Public policy

River in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Choosing small sets of policy-relevant scenarios by combining vulnerability and diversity approaches

Journal article

9 July 2016 / About Adaptation, Climate services, Planning and modelling and Water resources

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Understanding relationships between health, ethnicity, place and the role of urban green space in deprived urban communities

Journal article

5 July 2016 / About Cities and Wellbeing

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Land use intensification in the humid tropics increased both alpha and beta diversity of soil bacteria

Journal article

2 July 2016 / About Food and agriculture and Forests

Intermittent domestic water supply: A critical review and analysis of causal-consequential pathways

Journal article

30 June 2016 / About Water resources

Information overload? A review of databases on climate change mitigation policy

SEI brief

30 June 2016 / About Climate services and Mitigation

Waterfall in the Amazon jungle in Brazil

Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

Journal article

29 June 2016 / About Forests

Transmission transitions: Barriers, drivers, and institutional governance implications of Nordic transmission grid development

Journal article

29 June 2016 / About Climate policy, Climate services, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles

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SEI receives 5-star transparency ranking for third year running

Feature

29 June 2016

Wildfires degrade forest in Santarem of Paragominas, in the state of Pará. Photo by Adam Ronan.

Forest degradation sharply undercuts benefit of Brazil Amazon conservation

Feature

29 June 2016 / About Ecosystems, Forests, Land use and Mitigation

Raising the bar on mining: can Colombia’s government rise to local expectations?

Perspective / Companies and government must do their part to clean up Colombia’s mining industry and recognize that local communities deserve a strong voice.

29 June 2016 / About Ecosystems, Land use and Public policy

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Introducing the Transnational Climate Impacts Index: Indicators of country-level exposure – methodology report

SEI working paper / This paper presents a framework for analysing countries’ exposure to transnational climate impacts.

28 June 2016 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk and Public policy

From swimming pools for snakes, to seatbelt handbags: Design students apply lessons in sustainability

Feature

27 June 2016 / About Innovation and Sustainable lifestyles

Why naming and shaming the world’s ‘most polluted cities’ is a terrible idea

Perspective / Not only is this misleading and inaccurate, it can also backfire by discouraging cities from monitoring and disclosing their pollution data.

27 June 2016 / About Cities and Pollution