Nature and resources Archives

A vibrant underwater coral reef scene with colorful corals and sponges, surrounded by a large school of fish swimming through clear blue ocean water.

SEI research on coastal resilience endorsed for the Ocean Decade

Feature / Resilient Coasts – Caribbean Sea has officially been endorsed as a Decade Action under the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

8 April 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Innovation and Water resources

Exploring the interplay between public and interpersonal trust in participation for sustainable water management: an international comparison

Journal article / How interpersonal and public trust interact in participatory water management, based on four international cases and their implications for governance.

1 April 2026 / About Participation, Public policy and Water resources

Colorful fruit salad in a plastic see-through cup with a plastic lid, open from the centre. A plastic fork has been stuck in fruit. Around the cup are other cups of fruit and behind are colorful stalls of fruit.

Municipalities can lead the shift away from single-use plastics

Feature / The BALTIPLAST project developed practical tools for municipalities to turn single-use plastic reduction ambitions into action.

30 March 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Traditional way of making food on open fire in old Indian kitchen in a village

Powering health with energy in low-income and middle-income countries

Journal article / Access to clean, reliable energy is a cornerstone of public health, yet energy poverty continues to undermine health and equity in many lower income countries.

25 March 2026 / About Fossil fuels, Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

A man on the right side of the image walks across a dry yellow and brown landscape, with occasional brown and green scrub brush and green trees at the horizon that stand among a cluster of clay brick houses, some square with flat roofs, some cylindrical with conical metal roofs.

Sanitation, soil and food security: insights from 20 years of productive sanitation in Burkina Faso

Perspective / Inherently connected, the nutrients needed on the fields are the same nutrients that sanitation systems could capture and reuse.

24 March 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Sanitation

Water injustice in a changing climate: a literature review of empirical cases across OECD river basins

Journal article / Systematic review of water injustice across OECD countries, highlighting key challenges and implications for research and practice in a changing climate.

19 March 2026 / About Climate policy and Water resources

Trase: the “Beijing-Brasília effect” – the USD 47 billion trade nexus that could turn the tide for forests

Press release / Brazil and China can use their trade partnership to help curb deforestation and reduce climate change without compromising food security and economic stability.

18 March 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

In South Africa, two Shangaan women cook around a fire.

Impacts of improved cookstove interventions on personal exposure to carbon monoxide and particulate matter in Zambia

Journal article / This journal article explores the effects of different cooking fuels, stoves and greater environment on users' air pollution exposure.

21 September 2025 / About Energy access, Household energy, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Different kinds of wooden pellets in flames.

Biomass cookstove emissions—a systematic review on aerosol and particle properties of relevance for health, climate, and the environment

Journal article / Biomass cookstoves remain a major source of harmful air pollution. This article analyses the research and policy landscape on these cookstoves' emissions.

11 April 2025 / About Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Sustainable lifestyles