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SEI Currents 2024

Event on 17 January / What risks and opportunities are surfacing as we begin 2024? What issues warrant greater attention? Tune in as expert panelists offer their perspectives.

Online dialogue: COP28 post-match analysis

Event on 19 December / After COP28, SEI hosts an online dialogue with Linköping University in collaboration with Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research and Mistra Geopolitics

LeadIT 2.0 – partnerships for a just and equitable industry transition

Event on 10 December in Dubai / This official COP28 side event will address how to accelerate a just and equitable industry transition.

The path to a fossil fuel phase-out

Event on 05 December in Dubai / SEI experts will discuss opportunities for policy and leadership in phasing out fossil fuels at COP28.

The forgotten generation: older people and climate change

Other publication / Older people have an active role to play in contributing to climate action and must be further engaged in initiatives to tackle climate change.

How small and locally led grants can address loss and damage: early lessons from the Scottish government’s 2021 funding commitment

SEI report / The authors assessed and evaluated how the first GBP 1 million of Scottish government funding was disseminated and used, with implications for L&D finance.

Will animal welfare be COP28’s sacrificial lamb?

Perspective / Researchers call for a renewed focus on animal welfare and the ethical price being paid for a narrow and inattentive focus on emissions reduction.

Climate adaptation funds are not reaching frontline communities: what needs to be done about it

Perspective / Katherine Browne explains the barriers found in Madagascar and Mauritius, and insights on how to improve financing of climate adaptation projects.

Climate justice in an ageing world

Other publication / Our research contributed to this report for HelpAge International, which makes recommendations for supporting ageing populations through the climate crisis.