Asia

Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations

Journal article / This paper by SEI's Jonathan Green explores how co-production processes can enable sustainability transformations.

IRDR Working Paper Series (Vol. 3): The state of knowledge on disaster risk

SEI report / This paper provides context, baseline information and a 'state of knowledge' on disaster risk science.

Health and wellbeing in cities – Cultural contributions from urban form in the Global South context

Journal article / This paper explores the links between urban public realm spaces, both natural and built, and residents' wellbeing in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Euronews: Another planetary boundary exceeded

Media coverage / Referring to a report co-authored by SEI Affiliated Researcher Linn Persson, Euronews noted that chemical pollution has now passed the safe limit for humanity.

Safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, exceeded, say researchers

Press release / For the first time, researchers in a new study published today conclude that the safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, has been exceeded.

Assessing ways to reduce flash flood risks in a transboundary river basin in northern Thailand

Perspective / SEI Asia is working to assess and reduce the risks of floods in the Sai-Ruak transboundary river basin in Mae Sai, northern Thailand along the Myanmar border.

Disaster risk reduction and health in the Asia-Pacific region

SEI brief / In the Asia-Pacific region, policies that address disaster risk reduction and health increasingly recognize the synergies between the two sectors.

Global assessment shows need to support “bottom-up” adaptation

Perspective / A recent global assessment finds current climate adaptation insufficient. We need to scale up financial support and shift to small-scale locally driven models.

Agrobiodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia depends on enhancing local community stewardship

Perspective / Providing recognition for land tenure and empowering local communities can promote successful biodiversity conservation in food production.