Features

Four takes on what US President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate should deliver

Feature / Here's what SEI researchers would like to hear from world leaders addressing US President Biden's Leaders Summit on Climate.

22 April 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation and Pollution

Improving the environment requires improving social equity

Feature / In Bosnia and Herzegovina, as in the rest of Europe and beyond, environmental issues are connected with issues of gender (in)equality and social (in)equality.

21 April 2021 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk, Participation, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Dung beetle rolling its food at Kruger National Park, Lesotho

Can poop power the planet?

Feature / Poop is a sustainable alternative source of energy that could help reduce emissions that lead to climate change.

15 April 2021 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Cities, Climate policy, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Household energy and Sanitation

Senegal's GHG black carbon training materials

Greenhouse gas and black carbon inventory: Training Africa’s experts

Feature / SEI, UNEP and the SWMU in Senegal trained national experts to use the greenhouse gas and black carbon inventory for the country's waste sector.

14 April 2021 / About Fossil fuels and Short lived climate pollutants

Deforestation in the Amazon caused by the expansion of agricultural areas. Mato Grosso in Brazil.

Trase data reveal the EU’s role in deforestation

Feature / A new WWF report uses SEI's Trase tool to generate new insights about the links between the EU’s commodity supply chains and deforestation in key world regions.

14 April 2021 / About Supply chains

Barriers and opportunities for achieving sustainable climate neutral cities 

Feature / There's no lack of sustainable solutions for climate neutral cities, but challenges remain in terms of implementation and upscaling in city structures.

13 April 2021 / About Cities, Climate policy and Finance

Survey: How can young people be better engaged in health and climate action in Africa and Asia?

Feature / Take the survey on how to best engage young people on climate action in Asia and Africa.

12 April 2021 / About Climate policy

Using artificial intelligence to detect permafrost thawing

Feature / A new collaboration aims to more comprehensively explore permafrost thaw, which is essential for understanding the speed of climate change.

8 April 2021 / About Adaptation, Innovation and Mitigation

Making the complex engaging: an online course on gender and environment

Feature / Running an online course can be a complex undertaking. Ha Nguyen discusses the creation of our online course on gender, environment and sustainability.

2 April 2021 / About Participation