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Communal sustainable development goals, belonging and involvement: engaging with the SDGs

Journal article / This study investigates how Indigenous Peoples and other Traditional Communities in Western Bahia, Brazil, understand and practice sustainability in daily life.

3 February 2026 / About Sustainable Development Goals

Rows of glass lotion and other dispensers stand on a table with people in the background at a trade conference.

Las especialidades: repensando las cadenas de valor de los trópicos

Perspective / Especialidades pueden ofrecer mejores oportunidades económicas y encajar mejor en estrategias de desarrollo basadas en la conservación de la biodiversidad.

27 January 2026 / About Bioeconomy

Hand holding small black charcoal-like fragments.

Biochar y acción climática: Oportunidades desde las realidades locales

Perspective / el valor del biochar no es homogéneo ni universal, depende en gran medida de las necesidades locales, las capacidades institucionales y la escala de aplicación

23 January 2026 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Food and agriculture and Public policy

Beginning flood at river Salzach in July 2021, southern Germany.

Climate risks to insurance and reinsurance of global supply chains – a new report from SEI shows

Press release / Insurance and reinsurance systems are central to managing climate risks in global supply chains, according to a new SEI report.

20 January 2026 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate, Economy, Finance and Supply chains

Women walking near a producing oil well near La Dorada village on a sunny day.

Inside the Atlas mapping oil and gas threats in the Amazon

Feature / After years of compiling data, a critical update arrived in December: a map of the Amazon that lays bare the real-time footprint of oil and gas expansion.

15 January 2026 / About Ecosystems, Forests, Fossil fuels, Water resources and Wellbeing

Agriculture in the state of Paraná in Brazil

Not an easy ride: economic research priorities for pro-environmental trade regulation

Journal article / A theory of change is used to explain the economics of pro‑environmental trade regulation, with the EUDR serving as the key example.

14 January 2026 / About Finance, Forests, Land use and Pollution

several people walk through low scrub bushes across dry brown dusty ground toward a low building below four wind turbine towers grayed out in the distance.

Creando valor local: Subastas de energías renovables en Colombia

SEI working paper / Las subastas de energías renovables en Colombia pueden promover una transición energética justa e inclusiva al integrar las dinámicas socioeconómicas y la parti

13 January 2026 / About Public policy and Renewables

Beyond the billions: the unequal path of climate finance

SEI podcast / As climate impacts intensify, financing climate adaptation is becoming just as important as how much money is available.

14 January 2026 / Power in balance / Adaptation and Finance

Aerial view of the Amazon River flowing through dense rainforest.

Trase: Traders exposed to water scarcity risks in Brazilian beef and soy supply chains

Feature / A new Trase report illuminates hidden dependencies and risks regarding freshwater use in Brazilian soy and beef supply chains.

13 January 2026 / About Forests, Public policy, Supply chains and Water resources