Africa

Saneamiento, gestión de aguas residuales y sostenibilidad: de la eliminación de residuos a la recuperación de recursos

Other publication / Este libro muestra cómo una mejor gestión del saneamiento y las aguas residuales puede beneficiar tanto a los seres humanos como al medio ambiente.

17 June 2021 / About Food and agriculture, Innovation, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Active snow cannon at Portes du Soleil, Champéry, Switzerland

Understanding the new “normal”: putting climate change into its proper perspectives

Perspective / SEI's Andreas Hoy examines what “normal” weather is in light of climate change and the World Meteorological Organization's recent updates to reference periods.

15 June 2021 / About Adaptation

Succeeding at home and abroad: accounting for the international spillovers of cities’ SDG actions

Journal article / This article explores the challenges of "spillovers" when it comes to city-level SDG strategies and how they can be better accounted for.

11 June 2021 / About Cities, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Aerial view of cultivated field on left for biomass and on right for corn

Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: scale and sustainability

Journal article / This article explores the use of bioenergy in climate change mitigation efforts and summarizes the state of knowledge concerning potential costs and benefits.

11 June 2021 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Land use, Mitigation, Planning and modelling and Renewables

Evolving Perspectives of Stewardship in the Seafood Industry

Journal article / There is an urgent need to embrace a broader notion of ocean stewardship that extends beyond seafood.

11 June 2021 / About Food and agriculture, Geopolitics and Pollution

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Off-grid solutions for energy and WASH services

Media coverage / SEI's Olle Olsson speaks on the transformation of electrification to development of off-grid innovation in the WASH sector on the "Inside Ideas" podcast.

11 June 2021 / About Business, Energy access, Finance, Fossil fuels, Innovation and Renewables

Rundown buildings in the capital city of Madagascar, Antananarivo

Finance for climate adaptation: what the G7 can do to increase and improve it

Perspective / G7 leaders should not only ramp up climate finance in general, but that for adaption in particular. Which financial instruments finance comes in also matters.

11 June 2021 / About Adaptation and Finance

Harmony Gold Mine, Welkom, Free State, South Africa

Collapse of the Free State Goldfields, South Africa: lessons from industrial transitions

SEI brief / This brief examines the downturn of gold mining in the Free State province, part of a series that aims to provide lessons for ongoing and future transitions.

9 June 2021 / About Business, Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Public policy

Stream of water pouring into children’s hands in southern Burkina Faso

Launch of the African Sanitation Policy Guidelines

Past event / The African Sanitation Policy Guidelines (ASPG) will enable African states to develop functional sanitation and hygiene policies.

10 June 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing