Perspectives

Adult bald eagle with two chicks in cliffside tree nest, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Sixty years after Silent Spring, the time has come to heed its call to curb harmful chemicals

Perspective / Sixty years after Silent Spring launched the environmental movement, the world should heed the call to stop the proliferation of harmful chemicals.

23 February 2022 / About Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Man in fluorescent yellow T-shirt stands beneath palm trees on a Colombian hillside, backed by lush rolling hills and a mostly cloudy sky

Addressing climate change equitably requires a better understanding of policy coherence

Perspective / SEI US Associate Scientist Zoha Shawoo outlines why countries must strengthen policy coherence when implementing climate goals.

22 February 2022 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Business, Climate policy, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

Young people doing a jig at the SEI Science Forum hosted by SEI Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, October 2019

Remedying the injustice of ignoring youth in development

Perspective / Young people are central in achieving a more sustainable and healthier planet. They play a role in instigating change and action on pressing global challenges.

18 February 2022 / About Participation and Pollution

Young people in Africa attending sporting event

Engaging young people in environmental research and policy to contribute to climate action

Perspective / Participatory research and policymaking are gaining acceptance and relevance in responding to issues of legitimacy, ethics and validity in research findings.

18 February 2022 / About Climate policy, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Silhouette of woman with nature background, Serbia

How can the use of research in development policy increase?

Perspective / Per Trulsson, Christina Hartler, SEI's Janet Vähämäki and Magnus Walan discuss how to improve collaboration in development research and policy.

15 February 2022 / About Sustainable Development Goals

Female farmer working in green rice field balancing two wicker baskets on each side using left shoulder with pole, Myanmar

Five ways researchers can help shift unequal power dynamics through their work

Perspective / This perspective, originally published by Earth System Governance, lists five ways researchers can help shift power dynamics through climate change research.

31 January 2022 / About Behaviour and choice and Participation

Indian women in purple, yellow and red costumes drumming in parade with red and yellow-trimmed coverings on drums, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Shifting power through research: 10 authors, 10 reflections

Perspective / The 10 female co-authors of the SEI discussion brief "Shifting power through climate research" reflect on the resonance of the issue in their lives and work.

28 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Climate policy and Participation

Three women wearing traditional dress and head coverings carrying wicker baskets on their backs with the woman in the centre also carrying a metal pot on top walking down a mountain path in the middle of rice paddies, North Viet Nam

Community agency and democratic resource conservation: Case of Baan Thung Yao forest community in Thailand

Perspective / Prioritizing stronger local community participation and gender-equal decision-making can ensure ecological and human dignity in forest conservation in Thailand.

28 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Mitigation, Participation and Sustainable lifestyles

In October 2021, flash floods damaged the market in Mae Sai district along the Thailand-Myanmar border

Assessing ways to reduce flash flood risks in a transboundary river basin in northern Thailand

Perspective / SEI Asia is working to assess and reduce the risks of floods in the Sai-Ruak transboundary river basin in Mae Sai, northern Thailand along the Myanmar border.

18 January 2022 / About Disaster risk and Water resources