Brazil

A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets

Journal article / STAR can be used by business, governments and civil society to identify actions to halt and reverse species extinction across the globe.

Leverage Points for a Sustainable Land-Use Transition for the Amazon

Project / This project applies transitions theory and leverage points research to the problem of persistent forest loss in the tropics.

TraseH2O

Project / Exploring trade-offs between water use, deforestation, and greenhouse gas emissions linked to soy and beef production and exports from Brazil.

The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil’s beef exports

Journal article / This study provides a wall-to-wall subnational map of the origin and supply chain of Brazilian meat, offal, and live cattle exports from 2015 to 2017.

Trase Finance brings transparency to more than $1 trillion in deforestation financing

Press release / Trase Finance, an initiative of Global Canopy, SEI and Neural Alpha, launches today, enabling financial institutions to clean up their portfolios.

Amazon study shows big conservation gains possible for imperilled freshwater ecosystems

Press release / A new study by a team of scientists in the Brazilian Amazon shows that redesigned conservation projects could deliver gains for critical freshwater ecosystems.

The Carbon Inequality Era

Other publication / This paper draws on new data examining the starkly different global distribution of carbon consumption emissions among individuals from 1990 to 2015 and beyond.

Carbon emissions of richest one percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity

Press release / Oxfam's report, ‘Confronting Carbon Inequality,’ is based on research conducted with SEI and released as world leaders prepare for the UN General Assembly.

Climate change, crops and commodity traders: subnational trade analysis highlights differentiated risk exposure

Journal article / Assessing individual commodity trader exposure to long-term climate change risk. The case of Brazilian soy production.