Perspectives

Viability over volume: from mobilizing capital to making projects bankable

Perspective / SEI experts see a blueprint for ways to create bankable projects for sustainable development in low- and lower-middle-income countries in a time of crisis.

Data challenges in transboundary rivers: My experience in the Meghna Basin across Bangladesh and India

Perspective / Modelling the transboundary Meghna River (India/Bangladesh) at SEI Asia reveals a stark reality: data scarcity and geopolitics are key challenges.

Why should we care about places we will never see? Rethinking distance in climate adaptation

Perspective / In this perspective, Peter Lange explains why empathy, imagination and cultural memory are as crucial to climate adaptation as technology and finance.

Why gender-inclusion matters in building climate resilience in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta


Perspective / This blog sheds light on how GS4Infra project integrates resilience and inclusivity into the communities’ infrastructure in Vietnam's Cù Lao Dung district.

Strengthening justice in the Asian energy transition

Perspective / SEI's Stefan Bößner and Huiling Zhu discuss the implications of their work on AI-supported analysis of energy transition policies in China and Southeast Asia.

Camaraderie in chaos: using play to build needed trust in uncertain times

Perspective / Serious games offer a way to help foster the trust that underpins needed collaboration on climate, environment and sustainable development issues.

Grid expectations: how mini-grid firms are managing investment and regulatory uncertainty in Kenya

Perspective / Gridless Solutions initiative researchers share insights from a recent study of two firms in Kenya, plus recommendations for companies, governments and donors.

The missing link: how GEIC helps us understand the biodiversity impacts of consumption

Perspective / Trase highlights how the Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption (GEIC) indicator informs fairer, clearer and stronger policies to protect biodiversity.

Blackouts aren’t new – but is Europe’s grid ready for the next one?

Perspective / The Spanish blackout shows Europe’s energy transition needs urgent grid investment, smarter technology and stronger resilience to avoid future failures.