Africa

What does resilience mean for urban water services?

Journal article / How resilience thinking can be translated into urban water practice to develop the conceptual understanding of transitions toward sustainability

Climate change and hydropower in the Southern African Power Pool and Zambezi River Basin: System-wide impacts and policy implications

Journal article

Building sustainable energy infrastructure in Africa is a careful balancing act

Feature / Experiences in Tanzania and Zambia show the tensions between pursuing much-needed private investment and ensuring that benefits accrue to all citizens.

Catalysing investment in sustainable energy infrastructure in Africa: overcoming financial and non-financial constraints

SEI working paper / Challenges and tensions arise in financing energy infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa. We explore this through case studies from Tanzania and Zambia.

International training programme on sustainable urban water and sanitation

Program / SEI's sanitation experts collaborate with NIRAS and WaterAid on a Sida-funded capacity development program for sustainable sanitation in cities.

The AIR Network

Project / The AIR (Action for Interdisciplinary Air Pollution Research) Network uses a transdisciplinary method to address air pollution in informal settlements in Kenya.

Bridging climate information gaps to strengthen capacities for climate informed decision-making in Africa

Project / The goal of this project is to strengthen the capacities of relevant stakeholders and deploy appropriate climate information and best practices.

Towards healthy communities

Project / Towards healthy communities: Citizen science for improved air quality in Nairobi and Addis Ababa is a project addressing health problems from air pollution.

AQD-Nairobi

Project / Air quality drivers for sub-Saharan Africa (AQD-Nairobi) identifies drivers of exposure through measurements of air pollutants and air quality monitoring.