Americas

The state of Haiti’s tree-cover: A new picture is emerging

Perspective / With aggressive interventions, Haiti can avoid the worst effects of degradation and even restore some of the landscape.

How can climate finance work better for Small Island Developing States?

Perspective / Record figures of global climate finance hide a less impressive reality when looking at specific regions, especially Small Island Developing States.

Latin American countries review progress on implementing the 2030 Agenda

Feature / New policy brief relates insights from an Independent Research Forum retreat for Latin American policy-makers.

SEI selected to host Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow

Feature / SEI has been selected by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) as a host organization for the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program.

Bolivia WATCH

Project / Bolivia WATCH preparará a las instituciones del país con la información y la capacidad para conectar saneamiento seguro y gestión de cuencas hidrográficas.

Synthesis of multiple knowledge sources on the impacts of mining

Project / As mining in the Arctic increases, there is an urgent need to assess social and environmental impacts as well as mitigate negative impacts.

UrbanCircle

Project / Urban waste into circular economy benefits (UrbanCircle) is developing a way to integrate waste management and resource recovery into a circular economy.

Flood governance: a multiple country comparison of stakeholder perceptions and aspirations

Journal article / Stakeholders in Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden perceive that current flood governance arrangements fall far short of inclusive ideals.

Lessons from Latin America on implementing the 2030 Agenda: learning from a regional retreat

Other publication / This policy brief summarizes discussions at an informal retreat for policy-makers in Bogota, Colombia.