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SEI Initiative on Integrated Climate and Development Planning

While it is broadly understood that the intertwined objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Agenda require integrated planning responses, countries are struggling to make these a reality. This initiative enables low- and middle-income countries to integrate planning to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions and Sustainable Development Goals – the measures that underpin the two global missions.

Active project

2020–2024

Initiative contact

Jason Veysey / jason.veysey@sei.org

The Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development raise significant planning, policy and implementation challenges for the countries charged with achieving their aims.

Both missions affect a complex array of social, technical, political and economic issues; and both require vigorous action now. Recognizing the stakes and the interconnectedness of the underlying systems, parties to these accords have endorsed integrated planning approaches to address climate change mitigation and sustainable development.

Yet between theory and practice lies a substantial gap. Fragmented and deficient plans are the result. Moreover, an inability to link disparate development objectives can contribute to lower national ambitions at a time when greater ambition is needed.

The SEI Initiative on Integrated Climate and Development Planning responds to these challenges. Working with national planners and decision makers in lower-income countries, the initiative enables strategic approaches reach both climate and development aims. The initiative leverages technological and methodological advances. It builds and reinforces capacity of in-country planners to achieve their goals, and to enhance their ambitions.

The Integrated Climate and Development Planning Initiative builds on SEI’s existing research on assessing interdependencies between NDCs and SDGs, as well as work in the completed Initiative on Low Emission Development Pathways.

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Julia Barrott

Impact and Learning Officer

Global Operations

SEI Oxford

Karen Brandon
Karen Brandon

Senior Communications Officer and Editor

Communications

SEI Oxford

Charles Heaps

Senior Scientist

SEI US

Kevin Hicks

Senior Research Fellow

SEI York

Eric Kemp-Benedict
Eric Kemp-Benedict

SEI Affiliated Researcher

SEI US

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Emily Ghosh

Scientist

SEI US

Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna

Reader / Research Leader

SEI York

Chris Malley

Senior Research Fellow

SEI York

Cassilde Muhoza

Research Fellow

SEI Africa

Albert Salamanca
Albert Salamanca

Senior Research Fellow

SEI Asia

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Jason Veysey

Energy Modeling Program Director and Senior Scientist

SEI US

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Charlotte Wagner

Scientist

SEI US

Douglas Wang

Software Developer

SEI York

Anderson Kehbila

Programme Leader

SEI Africa

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