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Past event / In this first CS Co-labs discussion session we provided a general introduction to citizen science, as we understand it, and facilitated a group discussion.

Press release / A new study with over 50 scientists, led by Lancaster University, reveals that Amazonia is experiencing rapid growth in extreme temperatures and water stress.

SEI podcast / Trust-based philanthropy in climate adaptation is not just about changing funding mechanisms, but about fundamentally reimagining power relationships.

Other publication / This report focuses on how clay, one of the world's oldest construction materials, has the potential to drive a lower-carbon future for the cement industry.

Other publication / The 2026 global economic assessment for climate and clean air action highlights the costs of inaction. Each year of delay could cost over USD 1.5 trillion.

Journal article / This article maps consumer carbon footprints by urban density in Europe, revealing what drives the changes.

Feature / SEI and partners created a guide that gives businesses a practical way to measure both the air pollution and climate-changing emissions they generate.

Past event / SEI Asia's Cynthia McDougall will join an ESCAP panel on climate change, care work and futures at the APFN conference in Bangkok.

Journal article / The study explores how Swedish agroecological farmers adopt and perceive digital technologies and what shapes their use.

Journal article / A 40-year village study in Thailand shows how migration, return and circulation shape the country’s ongoing agrarian transition.

Other publication / This research highlights the need to treat social viability as a core part of renewable energy planning, investment and implementation.

Press release / One of the world’s oldest construction materials, clay, could help deliver lower-carbon cement, according to a new report from LeadIT.

Feature / For more than three decades, SEI Tallinn has helped inform and shape climate, environment and sustainability agendas of Estonia and beyond.

Journal article / The study examines how policy coherence in national climate and development policymaking affects inequality and different groups in society.

Journal article / This study examines how results-based management practices shape organizational learning in international development cooperation.

Feature / Visual metaphors can help overcome challenges that arise from different interpretations of terms used in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

Feature / Fifty years after the Stockholm conference that created UNEP, former SEI Research Director Åsa Persson becomes its Chief Scientist.

Feature / Trase identifies the leading coffee trading companies and estimate where traders and markets source coffee from within key coffee-producing countries.

Journal article / The study defines “charging poverty” and proposes a framework to assess unequal access to reliable, affordable and inclusive electric vehicle charging.

Press release / New data from Trase reveals that the majority of the coffee imported globally comes from companies that supply the European market.