Americas

Illegal deforestation in Mato Grosso: how loopholes in implementing Brazil’s Forest Code endanger the soy sector

Journal article / The article explores how loopholes in Brazil’s Forest Code enable illegal deforestation in Mato Grosso’s soy sector and the need for full compliance to stop it.

11 February 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Sparks fly as a worker takes a sample of molten iron flowing from a blast furnace at the Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe steelworks on November 09, 2021 in Duisburg, Germany.

Competition and climate policy in the steel transition: comparing costs and subsidies in the US and the EU

Journal article / This study compares subsidies and renewable energy costs in low-carbon steelmaking in the US and EU, highlighting the trade-off between competition and climate.

11 February 2025 / About Fossil fuels, Innovation and Renewables

Three silver spherical oil tanks stand in a row behind a framework of metal pipes and a green pump.

Las narrativas sobre la producción de petróleo y gas en Colombia y Nigeria después del Acuerdo de París

SEI brief / Este informe está dirigido a investigadores académicos y organizaciones de la sociedad civil que trabajan en política climática, transiciones energéticas.

10 February 2025 / About Participation and Public policy

A Health agent of the City of Rio de Janeiro performs a COVID-19 rapid test on Aloizio dos Santos, 78, while another writes down the information of the person at Morro da Mangueira (favela) on September 3, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gore capitalism and necropolitics in Brazil’s malgovernance of the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal article / In this article, the authors analyze Brazil’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic through a critical analytical lens.

7 February 2025 / About Disaster risk, Public policy, Sanitation and Wellbeing

A happy woman riding a bicycle in the countryside road, surrounded by green trees, bushes and other plants.

Looduspõhistel lahendustel tuginevad teenused, mis toetavad kohalikku elurikkust, heaolu ja vajadustele kohandatavaid lahendusi

Project / NBSPLUS projekti eesmärk on aidata kasutusele võtta looduspõhistele lahendustele tuginevaid teenuseid.

2025 - 2027 / About Adaptation, Land use, Mitigation and Wellbeing

NBS services promoting local biodiversity, wellbeing and scalable solutions (NBSPLUS)

Project / The NBSPLUS project aims to launch the concept of nature-based solution (NBS) services into practice.

2025 - 2027 / About Adaptation, Land use, Mitigation and Wellbeing

Innovando la industria turística con tecnología digital y emprendimiento sostenible en Colombia.

Project / SEI contribuye a la innovación, sostenibilidad y la adopción de nuevas tecnologías en el turismo de Colombia.

2025 - 2026 / About Sustainable lifestyles

Aerial view of a Lempa River reservoir in El Salvador, flanked by mountains beneath a blue sky filled with white clouds

Evaluating the effectiveness of an interactive tool for water governance in transboundary basins: a participation-based approach and visualization of water security from a vulnerability perspective

Journal article / This article details an effort to test a tool designed to provide decision-makers with insights on water resource vulnerability a Central American river basin.

20 January 2025 / About Participation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Global nitrous oxide assessment

Other publication / The 2024 Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment identifies opportunities to reduce nitrous oxide emissions by over 40%, focusing on the food systems sector.

13 November 2024 / About Cities and Food and agriculture