Perspectives
Interested in key sustainability issues? Read our science-based blog posts and op-ed pieces – our perspectives.
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Reflections on how discussions about the Arctic have changed since 20 years ago, and what place environmental policy has in these new priorities.
Claims for infrastructure projects are a lot like alchemy and divert attention away from other, more sustainable, options for job creation.
Climate action can’t wait until we have spare cash, or until green technologies are cheap. We know what we have to do.
30,000 people from 150 countries converged in Abu Dhabi for events focused on energy, water, and how to build a more sustainable and climate-resilient future.
In the aftermath of COP18, exhausted but satisfied negotiators talk about making progress while negotiators, NGOs and think tanks suggest a failed process.
We look at key factors that led to the failure of a major sustainable-sanitation project in Erdos, China, and how it will inform future work in sanitation.
Following suggestions that the climate change movement means the death of environmentalism, we argue that healthy ecosystems are essential to human well-being.
The case for a carbon tax has not been destroyed – only any notion that only any notion that a carbon tax alone will solve all problems.
This article describes an economic valuation of ecosystem services from the oceans as part of the forthcoming SEI-coordinated book Valuing the Ocean.
The challenge of keeping global temperature increases under 2°C also creates opportunities for innovation.
Frank Ackerman comments on the massive effect that climate change will have on the oceans and the services they provide.
Aaron Atteridge summarises findings that raise questions about the viability of private-sector finance as a major source of support for adaptation.
For some, damages from climate change will not outweigh the cost of mitigation efforts until well into the 22nd century. Others will suffer much sooner.