Americas

SEI Currents – which trends will shape the coming year? – online event 17 January

Media advisory / SEI Currents 2024 leverages expertise from SEI centres across five continents, presenting trends that will shape 2024 and beyond.

The European Union and United Kingdom’s deforestation-free supply chains regulations: implications for Brazil

Journal article / New legislation may present challenges for suppliers: Brazil's coffee sector faces few barriers to compliance, but other sectors may face significant hurdles.

Looking beyond Indigeneity: impacts of green transition on Indigenous Peoples

Perspective / Explore the diverse impacts of green energy on Latin America's Indigenous communities, beyond a one-size-fits-all approach.

Enabling factors of social acceptance of wind energy projects in La Guajira

SEI report / The authors identify enabling factors of social acceptance for wind energy projects and, more broadly, of a just energy transition in La Guajira.

The Global South Alliance for a Just Transition to Renewable Energy (JustRE)

Project / A new alliance championing socially responsible renewable energy implementation with meaningful participation and benefits for communities across the globe.

Uma “decadência da ação” na Década de Ação? Entendendo a inércia e rompendo as barreiras à implementação dos ODS

Project / ¿Más colaboración es siempre algo positivo? ¿Cuándo – y con quién – tiene sentido colaborar en materia de sostenibilidad?

¿Una “decadencia de la acción” dentro de la Década de Acción? Entendiendo la inercia y desbloqueando las barreras a la implementación de los ODS

Project / ¿Más colaboración es siempre algo positivo? ¿Cuándo – y con quién – tiene sentido colaborar en materia de sostenibilidad?

A “decay of action” within the Decade of Action? Understanding inertia and unlocking SDG implementation barriers

Project / Is more collaboration always a good thing? When – and with whom – does it make sense to collaborate in sustainability work?

Navigating a just energy transition from coal in the Colombian Caribbean

SEI working paper / Researchers review the power dynamics and distributional politics that shape resistance to phasing out coal and to opportunities for change in Colombia.