Perspectives

How Europe can create an enabling environment for climate adaptation

Perspective / Heidi Tuhkanen examines adaptation trends in Europe – what has helped drive change and what needs to happen to break through longstanding bottlenecks.

How to help climate action reach at-risk communities and lands

Perspective / Alphayo Lutta gives the Paris Agreement a report card on its first 10 years and outlines ways to improve the grade over the next decade.

“It is the time of the forest!”

Perspective / Research Fellow Mónica Trujillo argues that forests should be a cornerstone of climate action going forward.

Connecting climate actions with the issues that resonate in people’s lives

Perspective / As the Paris Agreement approaches its 10-year anniversary, Sara Vigil reflects on its impact and future.

The Paris Agreement – interpreting the past decade and peering into the future

Perspective / Karen Brandon introduces a series of perspectives by SEI researchers examining the past and future of the Paris Agreement on its 10-year anniversary this month.

COP30 in Belém: collective effort, constrained ambition

Perspective / SEI experts share personal reflections from COP30, its key impacts, and what they may mean for 2026 and beyond.

Anajia Guajira: a just energy transition app for building community empowerment

Perspective / Anajia Guajira allows community members of La Guajira, Colombia, to give direct feedback on planned wind energy projects in their neighborhoods.

Advancing a research agenda on agroecology and degrowth: questions we need to ask

Perspective / SEI researchers call for integrating agroecology and degrowth to reshape knowledge, redistribute power and enable just food system change.

Cutting methane hailed as highly effective for tackling climate change at COP30, but Latin America must overcome 3 challenges to deliver

Perspective / SEI experts detail how Latin American cooperation with the EU can boost its efforts to cut methane emissions, which cause powerful and rapid global heating.