Africa

Senegal launches ambitious plan to cut methane and short-lived climate pollutants

Feature / Senegal has launched a national plan to cut methane and other short-lived climate pollutants, addressing climate change, air pollution and public health

Business-as-usual and fantasy planning – an analysis of equity within climate adaptation planning for sanitation in Nairobi

Journal article / This study shows how climate adaptation planning for sanitation in Nairobi reinforces inequality by favouring sewer systems over equitable solutions.

Call for funding proposals: economics of climate change adaptation in Africa

Feature / Raising Adaptation Impact and Ambition (RAIA) invites funding proposals to support research on the economics of climate change adaptation in Africa.

Cooking fuels and household air pollution in resource-constrained urban environments: a field assessment

Journal article / Household cooking contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants, especially where charcoal, kerosene are widely used.

Project launch: Senegal national SLCP plan and methane mitigation roadmap

Past event / Senegal launches a national effort with CCAC and SEI to tackle methane and other climate pollutants through a new SLCP plan.

Why nature data is becoming a business necessity

Perspective / Selorm Kugbega reflects on insights from Davos on why nature-based solutions must become core business investments.

Upgrading Ethiopian Meteorology Institute (EMI) Maproom

Project / This project aims to modernize the Ethiopian Meteorology Institute’s Maproom with a Python-based system that is more flexible, user-friendly and sustainable

Chad National SLCP Plan and Methane Mitigation Roadmap

Project / This project strengthens the capacity of Chad's Ministry of environment, water, and fisheries to identify sources of SLCPs and develop mitigation measures

Policy coherence for a just energy transition in Kenya’s electricity sector

SEI brief / This brief, based on an in-depth SEI report, explores the many ways in which policy coherence impacts the Kenyan government’s renewable energy policy.