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Podcast series / Currents in sustainability is a podcast where we examine the forces shaping our global path towards a sustainable future.

Past event / Join SEI Currents 2025, our yearly online event where experts explore emerging trends and key issues shaping global agendas in 2025 and beyond.

Collection / Get insights, discussions and perspectives on the key challenges shaping our world in 2025.

Journal article / Adaptable and user-friendly climate information tools offer valuable insights for mitigating climate risks and supporting adaptation efforts.

SEI brief / In this policy brief, the author discusses the challenges and benefits of implementing ecosystem-based adaptation, focusing on coffee farming in Indonesia.

SEI podcast / Explore transformative land use solutions in this "Currents in sustainability" podcast featuring Irene Suárez Pérez and SEI experts.

Perspective / This piece, one of three SEI Currents for 2025, explores the role of new technologies in addressing intertwined climate, environment and development crises.

Perspective / This is one of three SEI Currents for 2025, examining the consequences of seismic geopolitical shifts on climate action, military spending, migration and more.

Perspective / This piece, one of three SEI Currents for 2025, examines the growing role of land in addressing climate, environment and sustainable development issues.

Journal article / The authors present a protocol to systematically map the application of "charisma" in biodiversity conservation within peer-reviewed academic literature.

SEI brief / This brief compares the extra evaporation caused by four lower Snake River dams in Washington state, US, with predicted evaporation of an undisturbed river.

Journal article / This paper investigates a biobased innovation system producing a catnip plant-based mosquito repellent developed to fight malaria in East Africa.

SEI working paper / In this working paper, the authors develop a set of guiding questions for determining the extent to which international finance reforms are decolonial.

Media advisory / SEI Currents 2025 presents three key trends shaping global agendas in 2025 and beyond.

Media coverage / SEI Africa’s role in supporting climate-smart fisheries in Lake Victoria was featured in a CGIAR article, highlighting innovations empowering communities.

Journal article / LIFE quantifies and maps the extinction risk impacts of land-cover changes, using data on over 30 000 vertebrate species.

Perspective / In an era where climate change and food insecurity dominate global challenges, school food programs hold a surprising yet critical role.

Feature / As SEI prepares to launch Currents 2025 on 21 January, it is time to take stock. Did we detect the way the winds were blowing when we looked ahead to 2024?

Project / This project will build scientific evidence and knowledge platforms for urban air quality and climate resilience.

Project / Creating practical tools for decisionmakers in Lund to leverage sustainable consumption and socially just climate transitions.