Africa

The new climate economy has the momentum to withstand U.S. withdrawal

Media advisory / President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement will put poor countries at greater vulnerability, according to scientists at SEI.

LOCACONS – Conflict Prevention and Low-Carbon Development

Project / Climate change and security, renewable energy and development -- LOCACONS looks at the unintended consequences of the intersection of these arenas.

Your city could be exporting deadly air pollution – here’s why

Perspective / Transboundary air pollution still a major threat to human health and well-being.

SEI at the 5th International Conference on Climate Services

Feature / More than 250 people will meet in Cape Town to explore how capacity-building and education can improve the use of climate information in decision-making.

Dialogue for decision-making: unpacking the ‘City Learning Lab’ approach

SEI working paper

Mapeo del Valor de Recursos (REVAMP)

Tool / REVAMP ayuda a los planificadores de las ciudades a estimar el valor de los recursos y potencial financiero de reutilizar las aguas residuales de una ciudad.

REVAMP

Tool / Resource Value Mapping (REVAMP) helps city planners estimate resources and reuse potential in a city's wastewater and their financial values.

In the search for food security, how can African scientists make themselves heard?

Feature / Large parts of the Horn of Africa are in the midst of a drought and 15 million people are facing food and water shortages. In Kenya 1,3 million need food relief

Preterm birth associated with maternal fine particulate matter exposure: A global, regional and national assessment

Journal article / This article presents the first global assessment of the association between preterm births and exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution.