Africa

A wind turbine towers over the viewer, on a blue sky with scattered white clouds.

Examining the role of risk mitigation and transfer for renewable energy investments: case studies in East Africa

A rising river is flooding a shrub tree in the foreground with grassy banks, and a forested mountain is in the background under cloudy skies.

Climate finance landscape in arid and semi-arid counties of Kenya

blue sky with fluffy white clouds above a hilltop with three wind towers and several satellite towers, with green hills to the horizon.

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

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Two women in exercise clothes chat happily as they walk through a park in Thailand

Understanding psychophysiological responses to walking in urban settings in Asia and Africa

Journal article / Researchers analysed the mental and physical responses of people walking in urban settings in cities in Kenya and Thailand, with unexpected results.

24 March 2023 / About Cities, Public policy and Wellbeing

Tibetan woman washing dishes near Lo Manthan in Mustang. Mustang

How to make the Water Action Agenda gender transformative: connecting policy, practice, and research

Past event / SEI is co-hosting a Side Event at the UN 2023 Water Conference to discuss gender equality from policy, practice and research perspectives.

23 March 2023 / About Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Young pepper plants grow in a dry, cracked field at a farm in Meki Batu, Ethiopia

New WEAP feature calculates water stress at the local level

Feature / A new feature of SEI’s WEAP tool allows users to gain insight on water stress at the local scale, enabling accurate SDG reporting and regional water planning.

23 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Enabling food and water security for all through circularity and collaboration

Past event / On World Water Day 2023, Swedish EU Presidency, FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, and SIANI, are hosting a seminar on sustainable water and sanitation management.

22 March 2023 / About Food and agriculture, Sanitation, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Part of an informal settlement visible from the roadside just outside of Windhoek, Namibia

Exploring the benefits and dis-benefits of climate migration as an adaptive strategy along the rural-peri-urban continuum in Namibia

Journal article / Researchers investigated migration in Namibia, with findings indicating that climate hazards could be driving people from rural to to peri-urban areas.

22 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice and Climate policy

A man carries a basket of freshly picked coffee beans by a greenhouse on a rural farm in Colombia.

Foros Regionales de la ONU deben catalizar la implementación local de los ODS

Perspective / Los Foros Regionales de la ONU sobre Desarrollo Sostenible en 2023 han sido claros: el tiempo apremia y los avances son menores de lo de lo esperado.

22 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Land use, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Water resources