Below you can find research, publications, perspectives and events related to SEI Asia.
If you are looking for updates and information from the broader Asia region, please visit our Asia region page.
SEI Asia’s work involves partnership building, policy engagement and communications. Our collaborative partnership approach engages with a diversity of groups and sectors ranging from academia, media and policy to civil society and the private sector. SEI also hosts and partners with environmental events in Asia to build capacity and enable learning in the region.
SEI’s research and policy engagement contributes to Agenda 2030 implementation in the region.
We work with a range of tools and resources to help scientists and policymakers in assessments, surveys, evaluations and decision-support systems.
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Journal article / Based on discussions with almost 600 people, this paper explores how smallholder rural households can adapt to climate variability and change.
Perspective / Smallholder farmers in the Mekong region face increasingly insecure livelihoods as land resources are drawn into the hands of developers.
Feature / A recent study identifies key indicators of adaptive capacity, allowing climate adaptation efforts to be customised for the needs of farming communities.
Journal article / How can science and technology help reduce disaster risk? This paper provides a roadmap for Asia by describing fourteen actions and six proposals.
Feature / The Asia Pacific region faces growing challenges for disaster risk reduction. SEI's TDDR Initiative presented its case for DRR transformation at AMCDRR 2018.
Feature / The Chindwin River Basin Organisation in Myanmar will improve water monitoring and management for the benefit of all who rely on this crucial river.
Journal article / This paper looks at users' experience of connecting to and using electricity services from a 60 kW solar mini-grid in Mpanta, Zambia.
SEI brief / This brief looks at the failures of development and disaster risk reduction and calls for a transformation in this relationship through policy changes.
Program / SEI’s Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2 fosters regional cooperation and policy dialogue for sustainable development and environmental sustainability.
Feature / SEI recently signed an agreement with Myanmar’s Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems (DWIR) to strengthen research and policy.
Journal article / This paper presents and tests a conceptual framework for analysing the trade-offs that underpin the relationship between development and disaster risk.
Perspective / The socioeconomic impacts of air pollution and crop losses need more understanding – especially when it comes to gender.
