Publications

Business-as-usual and fantasy planning – an analysis of equity within climate adaptation planning for sanitation in Nairobi

Journal article / This study shows how climate adaptation planning for sanitation in Nairobi reinforces inequality by favouring sewer systems over equitable solutions.

17 February 2026 / About Adaptation and Sanitation

Cooking fuels and household air pollution in resource-constrained urban environments: a field assessment

Journal article / Household cooking contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants, especially where charcoal, kerosene are widely used.

11 February 2026 / About Household energy, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Worker dressed in black and a red helmet inspects a steel pipe, its opening taller than the person

2025: a year in review for green steel

Other publication / This brief reviews the performance of the global green steel and green iron sectors in 2025, giving policy signals and developments to watch in 2026.

11 February 2026 / About Business, Innovation, Mitigation, Public policy and Supply chains

Aerial view of the city of Tupiza, Bolivia, on a sunny day. Buildings line the Tupiza River, cutting through the middle of the foreground, with a bridge that runs across it. Mountains line the background and the sun shines in the blue sky.

Socially responsive water adaptation planning: lessons from community informed water modelling in Bolivia and Cambodia

Journal article / This journal article describes how community-informed water systems modelling has fostered more resilient, equitable water management in Cambodia and Bolivia.

11 February 2026 / About Planning and modelling and Water resources

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Clarifying what is meant by greenhouse gas ‘removals’ and categorising types of ‘removal-related activities’

Journal article / This journal article explores the question: What exactly is a greenhouse gas "removal"?

5 February 2026 / About Business, Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Mitigation

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Geographic SDG spillovers: how state-level policies influence the metropolitan level in Monterrey

SEI brief / This brief demonstrates the SDG Synergies tool's new geographic spillovers feature by comparing metropolitan and state climate policies in Monterrey, Mexico.

11 February 2026 / About Climate policy, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Steam and exhaust rise from a chemical company on a cold winter day In Germany.

A reporting statement for corporate mitigation intervention impacts

Other publication / This paper introduces a Mitigation Intervention statement to better quantify the real impacts of corporate climate actions beyond traditional GHG inventories.

5 February 2026 / About Fossil fuels and Mitigation

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ResPT – steps to a resilient electric bus system

SEI report / This report provides insights and concrete actions to anticipate and mitigate real-world disruptions in electrified bus systems.

4 February 2026 / About Transport

Heritage governance in Bali and Ifugao ricescapes: exploring the dynamic roles of Indigenous intermediaries in cultural preservation and development

Journal article / This article analyses the impact of informal intermediaries on heritage governance within indigenous rice-farming communities in Southeast Asia.

4 February 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Water-energy-food nexus

Uncovering trader water reliance and risks in Brazilian soy and beef supply chains

Other publication / This report highlights the hidden reliance of Brazilian soy and beef supply chains on water and the associated risks within global trade.

3 February 2026 / About Disaster risk, Food and agriculture and Supply chains

Communal sustainable development goals, belonging and involvement: engaging with the SDGs

Journal article / This study investigates how Indigenous Peoples and other Traditional Communities in Western Bahia, Brazil, understand and practice sustainability in daily life.

3 February 2026 / About Sustainable Development Goals

Photo shows crystal blue water and mossy green grass in front of the mountain Lenine Peak in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyz Republic country climate and development report

Other publication / This World Bank report details how climate action in the Kyrgyz Republic can not only support the environment, but also improve its economy and agriculture.

23 January 2026 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Mitigation and Renewables

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Policy coherence for a just energy transition in Kenya’s electricity sector

SEI brief / This brief, based on an in-depth SEI report, explores the many ways in which policy coherence impacts the Kenyan government’s renewable energy policy.

21 January 2026 / About Public policy and Renewables

A long brick building with a glass cupola on the roof sits in floodwaters halfway up the lower floor windows, with lights spilling out and mirrored on the surface, a skeletal tree, gray cloudy sky, and city skyline in the background.

Insurance and reinsurance under climate stress: managing systemic risk in global supply chains

SEI working paper / How are the insurance and reinsurance sectors responding to climate vulnerability in supply chains, and what does this mean for economic stability?

20 January 2026 / About Finance

Contested borders of fire and reindeer

Journal article / Official reports of Swedish wildfire impacts are compared with Sámi reindeer herders' own perception and navigation of the events.

16 January 2026 / About Adaptation, Forests, Land use and Mitigation