Perspectives
Interested in key sustainability issues? Read our science-based blog posts and op-ed pieces – our perspectives.
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The authors of a widely debated Nature Climate Change article on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline respond to a detailed critique of their analysis.
India is likely to miss its target for sanitation access. Here are insights on sanitation's crucial role and challenges of introducing it to rural areas.
$100 billion USD per year was pledged for climate finance starting in 2020. Today, the Fund is not operational, but climate finance should still begin.
Even though catastrophic flood events do not happen in Sweden, not investing in flood preparedness does carry significant socio-economic risks.
A "nexus" approach to addressing water, energy and food security could be a useful model for developing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Rather than praising the work of Africa’s women farmers, we should focus on legal rights, market access, community-based support, and more equitable households.
Reflections on the growing push to use carbon finance as a way to supplement farmers’ incomes and make agroforestry more economically viable.
Reflections on the viability of public-private partnerships as a means to scaling up agroforestry strategies and improving rural livelihoods.
Global demand for energy continues to grow, and despite rapid growth in renewable technologies, it is fossil fuels that still dominate the market.
SEI's Executive Director reflects on the challenges of transitioning to a low-carbon economy, and the perception that it is too difficult to be feasible.
The global population is ageing at a time when human-induced environmental change is exceeding critical ecological limits, raising concerns for society.
Highlights of business-relevant findings from the new IPCC report and an explanation of why climate action cannot be postponed in favour of economic interests.
How the new IPCC report is relevant to businesses, and insights from a seminar with business leaders hosted by SEI, the Haga Initiative and NORDEA.
Atmospheric CO2 is about to hit a record high. This won’t immediately plunge the world into chaos, but that doesn’t make 400ppm just a symbolic level.
Despite a surge in interest in the socio-economic and environmental values of cycling, not much is being done to make UK roads more bike-friendly.