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Towards a multilevel modelling framework for coproducing feasible and equitable portfolios of land-based climate mitigation technologies

Journal article / A multilevel framework combining combining models and stakeholder coproduction to identify feasible, equitable land-based climate mitigation portfolios.

8 April 2026 / About Climate policy, Land use and Mitigation

Q&A: How SEI’s new AFOLU Tool allows policymakers to plan comprehensive emissions reduction

Feature / In this Q&A, Charlotte Wagner, a Senior Scientist at SEI US, discusses the importance of the new AFOLU tool, integrated in SEI's flagship software, LEAP.

26 January 2026 / About Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Forests, Fossil fuels and Land use

Women walking near a producing oil well near La Dorada village on a sunny day.

Inside the Atlas mapping oil and gas threats in the Amazon

Feature / After years of compiling data, a critical update arrived in December: a map of the Amazon that lays bare the real-time footprint of oil and gas expansion.

15 January 2026 / About Ecosystems, Forests, Fossil fuels, Water resources and Wellbeing

Agriculture in the state of Paraná in Brazil

Not an easy ride: economic research priorities for pro-environmental trade regulation

Journal article / A theory of change is used to explain the economics of pro‑environmental trade regulation, with the EUDR serving as the key example.

14 January 2026 / About Finance, Forests, Land use and Pollution

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.

3 December 2025 / About Adaptation and Food and agriculture

“It is the time of the forest!”

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

2 December 2025 / About Bioeconomy

Aerial view of clear-cut forest with felled trees next to freestanding trees

SEI Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) Tool

Tool / The AFOLU Tool assists with developing medium- and long-term greenhouse gas non-energy emission scenarios for agriculture, forestry and other land uses.

About Land use, Mitigation, Planning and modelling and Public policy

Offshore wind energy in Galerazamba, Colombia: challenges and opportunities for a just transition

Feature / How can we address the challenges and seize the opportunities presented by offshore wind energy in Galerazamba?

21 October 2025 / About Renewables and Water-energy-food nexus

Modeling of carbon sequestration with land use and land cover change in forest dominant hill district of Manipur Northeast India using InVEST

Journal article / This study aims to enhance the understanding of the relationship between LULC changes and carbon storage in Northeast India.

29 September 2025 / About Land use and Mitigation