Africa

Trading deforestation – why the legality of forest-risk commodities is insufficient

Journal article / Consumer countries and blocs are developing laws to tackle deforestation linked to commodity imports but they are insufficient to address this global issue.

Nationally Determined Contributions as instruments for promoting national development agendas? An analysis of small island developing states (SIDS)

Other publication / The authors of this book chapter analyse the potential for Nationally Determined Contributions to promote development agendas.

The carbon cost of Christmas

Journal article / Get ideas for reducing the environmental impact of your Christmas celebrations while still having a wonderful time.

Health and wellbeing in cities – Cultural contributions from urban form in the Global South context

Journal article / This paper explores the links between urban public realm spaces, both natural and built, and residents' wellbeing in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Euronews: Another planetary boundary exceeded

Media coverage / Referring to a report co-authored by SEI Affiliated Researcher Linn Persson, Euronews noted that chemical pollution has now passed the safe limit for humanity.

Safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, exceeded, say researchers

Press release / For the first time, researchers in a new study published today conclude that the safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, has been exceeded.

Pastoralism, farming and a changing climate in the Sahel region

Feature / The impacts of climate change that threaten livelihoods in the Sahel region cut across borders. No country alone can overcome the challenges.

Una evaluación global muestra la necesidad de apoyar la adaptación “ascendente”

Perspective / Una reciente evaluación mundial considera que la actual adaptación al clima es insuficiente. Hay que aumentar el apoyo financiero y los modelos locales.

Global assessment shows need to support “bottom-up” adaptation

Perspective / A recent global assessment finds current climate adaptation insufficient. We need to scale up financial support and shift to small-scale locally driven models.