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Woman in black hijab and orange dress with long-strapped shoulder bag texting on phone with red-roofed white pavilion behind her standing next to green plant, Kenya

Effectiveness of conditional cash transfers (Afya credits incentive) to retain women in the continuum of care during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial

Journal article / This article assesses the impact of a project in Kenya that made cash transfers to retain women in antenatal care, delivery at facility and postnatal care.

26 January 2022 / About Behaviour and choice and Wellbeing

Drone view above a road through a forest at night

Making Climate Action More Effective: Lessons Learned from the First Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Other publication / This book provides detailed analysis of the first round of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for the Paris Agreement.

20 July 2021 / About Adaptation and Climate policy

Jatropha curcas is a type of wild plant with bright green leaves measuring 5–15 cm with a leaf bone structure. The leaves of this plant are commonly used as natural medicine. Green leaves and fruit under blue sky

Just transition towards a bioeconomy: four dimensions in Brazil, India and Indonesia

Journal article / A just bioeconomy transition also requires sustainable farming and land use, as two transitions in one.

25 January 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use and Public policy

Town with factories and residential buildings with river and mountains in background under overcast sky, Brazil

The Bioeconomy–Biodiversity Nexus: Enhancing or Undermining Nature’s Contributions to People?

Journal article / The NCPs framework can help broaden synergies in the bioeconomy–biodiversity nexus, but inclusive governance remains critical.

24 January 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Climate services, Ecosystems and Participation

Flooding high water next to factory on Rhine River, Germany

A framework for analysing cross-border climate change impacts, responses and their propagation

SEI report / A conceptual framework for describing and analyzing cross-border climate change impacts, presented at the EGU General Assembly 2021.

28 April 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply chains

EU Taxonomy highlighted in document to mark importance of reaching climate and energy targets by 2030 the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities defining objectives and steps to become carbon neutral

SEI experts dissect the new EU Taxonomy

Feature / In this Q&A, SEI's Timothy Suljada and Charlotte Wagner review the new EU Taxonomy implemented on 1 January 2022.

24 January 2022 / About Climate policy

Solar geoengineering: the case for an international non-use agreement

Journal article / The authors advocate for an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering and outline the core elements of their proposal.

20 January 2022 / About Climate policy and Geopolitics

Figure 1. Example of growth response of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) to different fertilization treatments including (from right to left in the photo) control (no fertilizer applied), broiler litter and pig slurry all applied at rates of 30 kg P ha−1 and 250 kg N ha−1. The photo was taken on 2 July 2019 after a ~3 month-long growing period under controlled greenhouse conditions.

Soil and Plant Responses to Phosphorus Inputs from Different Phytase-Associated Animal Diets

Journal article / Commercial phytase levels and higher dietary phosphorus (P) contents in pig diets contributed making the plant–soil system more "P-conservative".

20 January 2022 / About Food and agriculture

Sunrise at Queya Mountain Windmill, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, China

Nationally Determined Contributions as instruments for promoting national development agendas? An analysis of small island developing states (SIDS)

Other publication / The authors of this book chapter analyse the potential for Nationally Determined Contributions to promote development agendas.

20 July 2021 / About Climate policy

Empty blue chemical waste drums lie on abandoned bank with view of smoking exhaust Pipes from heavy industry factory, the Netherlands

Euronews: Another planetary boundary exceeded

Media coverage / Referring to a report co-authored by SEI Affiliated Researcher Linn Persson, Euronews noted that chemical pollution has now passed the safe limit for humanity.

18 January 2022 / About Pollution and Sanitation

Swamp, river and trees seen from above by drone, Straumbu, Hedmark, Norway

Safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, exceeded, say researchers

Press release / For the first time, researchers in a new study published today conclude that the safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, has been exceeded.

18 January 2022 / About Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Mitigation and Pollution

Pastoralism, farming and a changing climate in the Sahel region

Feature / The impacts of climate change that threaten livelihoods in the Sahel region cut across borders. No country alone can overcome the challenges.

18 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Finance, Food and agriculture and Geopolitics