Perspectives

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Lessons for development research beyond results reporting

Perspective / New research reveals that much learning happens at earlier stages of the project cycle.

11 September 2026 / About Finance and Public policy

Crystal glob showing North America, northern part of South America and the north Atlantic Ocean rests on green moss in a forest.

Ask the expert: How do you assess alignment between a country’s NDC and LT-LEDS?

Perspective / Do countries' short- and long-term climate plans support each other? SEI developed an assessment to analyse whether these parallel plans align.

25 August 2026 / About Climate policy

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A call for power: energy poverty vs data centres

Perspective / As data centres expand across northern Sweden, Jenny von Platten asks who the country's energy is actually for.

13 August 2026 / About Energy access, Household energy, Public policy and Wellbeing

From policy to practice: lessons on making circular economy work in tourism from Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo

Perspective / This article offers lessons from Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, on turning circular economy policy into local action.

11 August 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Business and Cities

Making space for diverse knowledge systems in climate adaptation

Perspective / To observe the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Alice Chautard reflects on the growing role of Indigenous knowledge in climate adaptation.

11 August 2026 / About Adaptation

Aquaculture producers gather before the 20th Community Based Adaptation Conference in Manila, Philippines.

Whose nature, whose solutions? Indigenous and local priorities for aquaculture nature-based solutions

Perspective / Indigenous and local aquaculture producers reflected on the future of aquaculture nature-based solutions (NbS) at CBA20.

20 July 2026 / About Adaptation

The power to define nature-based solutions: insights from coastal aquaculture communities in Cambodia

Perspective / This piece looks at the gap between policy labels and lived reality when livelihood practices are branded as nature-based solutions.

17 July 2026 / About Food and agriculture

Shining a 36°C spotlight on UK climate adaptation

Perspective / The heatwave that coincided with London Climate Action Week underscores the UK's urgent need to adapt to limit the threats to schools, the economy and society.

26 June 2026 / About Adaptation and Climate policy

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Are climate weeks becoming the new engine of climate delivery?

Perspective / Wanaporn Yangyuentham reflects on why "climate weeks" like Yeosu are turning climate pledges into delivery on the ground.

25 June 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance and Participation