Americas

Study links EU diet to deforestation footprint in the tropics

Media coverage / A new publication presents a quantification of carbon emissions from agriculture- and forestry-related deforestation across the tropics.

What is equitable resilience?

SEI brief / This discussion brief outlines four key elements for equitable resilience-building in development and disaster risk management.

Calculating maritime shipping emissions per traded commodity

SEI brief / Precise calculations of the carbon emissions and air pollution linked to a commodity shipment by sea are now possible with a new data-driven methodology.

Launch of the SuSanA Latin America Chapter

Past event / The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) will strengthen regional knowledge on inclusive and sustainable water and sanitation, tailoring to local needs.

Development aid for energy in Small Island Developing States

Journal article / Has aid to Small Island Developing States increased following international commitments to support their efforts to tackle climate change?

REVAMP: Bringing urban waste into the circular economy

Feature / In Chía, Colombia, inadequate waste management is putting lives and ecosystems at risk. We worked with locals to crunch data and calculate scenarios for change.

Impact assessment and indigenous self-determination: a scalar framework of participation options

Journal article / What options are there for Indigenous Peoples to take part in impact assessments? This paper offers a scalar framework of options.

Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions

Journal article / A pan-tropical survey of emissions, coupled with supply-chain mapping, links emissions to consumer markets.

Primeras impresiones: La visita a una cuenca vulnerable revela la necesidad de una mejor gestión del agua

Perspective / Dos investigadores de SEI reflexionan sobre un recorrido reciente por la cuenca de Tupiza en Bolivia, donde sus residentes lo han "perdido todo".