Australia and Oceania

Two Humpback whales are swimming together among icebergs in the arctic ocean, in Ilulissat, Greenland. On the iceberg there is a pool formation due to the ice melting. The picture has been taken with a drone

Lanzamiento de “Nuestra casa común: una guía para el cuidado de nuestro planeta vivo”

Past event / Únase al lanzamiento de una publicación única que conecta la ciencia del cambio climático, la biodiversidad y la sostenibilidad con los mensajes de Laudato si'.

14 February 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Mitigation

Join SEI’s Loss and Damage focus group to provide input on new global fund

Feature / COP27 ended with a decision to establish a Loss and Damage fund for countries most-affected by climate change. SEI and ICCCAD researchers want your insight.

30 January 2023 / About Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Participation, Public policy and Wellbeing

Siti Khatijah Market, Kelantan, Malaysia

Impacts of climate change on global food trade networks

Other publication / This paper investigates the long-term (2070–2099) potential impacts of climate change on global food trade networks of three key crops: wheat, rice and maize.

25 January 2023 / About Adaptation and Food and agriculture

Children walking to a nearby river to get water in Lao PDR

Systematic mapping of gender equality and social inclusion in WASH interventions: knowledge clusters and gaps

Journal article / This review collates the literature on GESI outcomes in the context of WASH interventions and highlights knowledge gaps and clusters in the evidence base.

25 January 2023 / About Sanitation and Water resources

Brown sand pours through an hourglass with a light wooden outer frame in front of a white-painted brick wall

SEI’s Sivan Kartha provides peek behind the dial of the Doomsday Clock

Media coverage / The Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight than ever. SEI Senior Scientist Sivan Kartha, who leads the Clock's climate panel, offers reasons why.

24 January 2023 / About Disaster risk and Geopolitics

Small Lochen in Peatlands on Isle of Lewis, Scotland

No ‘one size fits all’ heather management method for protecting carbon-rich peatlands

Press release / A major study has provided answers on how to tackle the impacts of climate change and biodiversity losses on carbon-rich peatlands.

23 January 2023 / About Climate policy, Land use and Public policy

A section of the Amazon rainforest in Peru is clear-cut, leaving behind a wasteland of fallen trees against a background of lush green forest

Derik Broekhoff speaks to ClimateWire about wild carbon market landscape

Media coverage / In the wake of a Guardian investigation into carbon offsets, SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff weighs in on carbon markets' validity as a climate solution.

20 January 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Mitigation, Pollution and Public policy

Robert Watt in Reuters: ‘Wave of crises’ threaten climate action and social stability

Media coverage / Robert Watt comments on our environmental challenges and the democracy deficit in an article by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

13 January 2023 / About Climate policy, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

SEI Currents 2023

Past event / What risks and opportunities are surfacing as we begin 2023? What issues warrant greater attention? Tune in as expert panellists offer their perspectives.

11 January 2023 / About Climate policy and Public policy