Africa

A man on the right side of the image walks across a dry yellow and brown landscape, with occasional brown and green scrub brush and green trees at the horizon that stand among a cluster of clay brick houses, some square with flat roofs, some cylindrical with conical metal roofs.

Sanitation, soil and food security: insights from 20 years of productive sanitation in Burkina Faso

Perspective / Inherently connected, the nutrients needed on the fields are the same nutrients that sanitation systems could capture and reuse.

24 March 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Sanitation

Chad launches national effort to tackle air pollution and methane

Feature / Chad has launched a national initiative to address air pollution and reduce methane and other short-lived climate pollutants

17 March 2026 / About Cities

In South Africa, two Shangaan women cook around a fire.

Impacts of improved cookstove interventions on personal exposure to carbon monoxide and particulate matter in Zambia

Journal article / This journal article explores the effects of different cooking fuels, stoves and greater environment on users' air pollution exposure.

21 September 2025 / About Energy access, Household energy, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Different kinds of wooden pellets in flames.

Biomass cookstove emissions—a systematic review on aerosol and particle properties of relevance for health, climate, and the environment

Journal article / Biomass cookstoves remain a major source of harmful air pollution. This article analyses the research and policy landscape on these cookstoves' emissions.

11 April 2025 / About Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Sustainable lifestyles

Rethinking poverty: income, environmental health and dignity

SEI podcast / How we define poverty shapes how effectively our policies and investments respond to real needs.

6 March 2026 / Power in balance / Participation and Sanitation

Busy streets of Lagos with lots of trucks in Apapa area of Lagos creating traffic.

Cutting costs, cutting emissions: climate action and finance opportunities in Nigeria webinar

Past event / This webinar explores how businesses in Nigeria can reduce emissions, become more competitive and access funding.

05 March 2026 / About Finance and Pollution

ground-mounted solar panels installed in a grassy field under a clear sky

Why cheap renewable power is still expensive in Kenya

Media coverage / In a Daily Nation Opinion, SEI Researcher Cassilde Muhoza explains why Kenya’s expansion of renewable energy has not automatically translated into lower tariffs

5 March 2026 / About Climate policy, Energy access and Renewables

Aerial view of farmers in boats navigating through floating gardens in Bangladesh.

Call for proposals: strengthening evidence on the outcomes of locally led adaptation

Feature / Submit a proposal to co-develop a forward-looking agenda that aims to strengthen evidence on outcomes of locally led adaptation.

3 March 2026 / About Adaptation, Climate services and Disaster risk

City of Mogadishu along the Indian ocean

Strengthening national air quality governance in Somalia

Project / This project strengthens Somalia’s national air quality governance through policy development and targeted capacity building

2026 - 2027 / About Cities