Africa

SEI Initiative on City Health and Well-being

Initiative / This initiative investigates how rapidly growing cities affect residents' wellbeing and how this interacts with the overall health of city systems.

SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways

Initiative / This initiative aims to guide decision-makers towards more cohesive and constructive governance of bioeconomy pathways, with a focus on the Global South.

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Project / The project examines what enables and obstructs the coordination of climate finance.

Mechanisms and indicators for assessing the impact of biofuel feedstock production on ecosystem services

Journal article / This paper synthesizes the current knowledge about the impact of biofuels on ecosystem services.

Biofuels in Malawi: local impacts of feedstock production and policy implications

Other publication / An assessment of whether sugarcane and jatropha production have helped tackle poverty in rural Malawi

CIREG

Project / Climate information for Integrated Renewable Electricity Generation (CIREG) supports a West African energy transition to renewables.

Empowerment in WASH index

Project / The empowerment in WASH index (EWI) project measures empowerment and social inclusion of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions.

Beyond climate-proofing: gender dimensions of water insecurity in Burkina Faso

Perspective / Sarah Dickin introduces a research project that hopes to develop an index of empowerment to use in water and sanitation interventions.

Household air pollution in low and middle income countries

Journal article / Household air pollution, caused by use of biomass fuels and coal, is a major problem in low and middle income countries