Brazil Archives

Advancing super pollutant action towards COP30

Past event / Ahead of COP30, SEI researchers joins Brazil roundtable on super pollutants to share policies, experiences and cooperation opportunities.

14 October 2025 / About Cities

A close-up shot of a large heap of mustard-yellow soybeans. The background is a wide landscape dominated by open fields.

Power and sustainability governance in the soy-animal protein global value chain

Journal article / Due to increasingly hybrid approaches in sustainability governance, researchers will need to attend to both chain and out-of-chain actors in their assessments.

7 October 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use and Sustainable Development Goals

Complementary perspectives and metrics are essential to end deforestation

Journal article / By proposing a unified framework for classifying deforestation metrics, this article aims to provide clarity and consistency in sustainability reporting.

6 October 2025 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Forests and Land use

Performer suspended upside-down in a greenhouse during a dance or circus act, with an audience seated among green plants watching attentively.

Growing differently: where degrowth and agroecology converge

Perspective / Facing hunger, waste and ecological harm, degrowth and agroecology call for a radical shift in how we grow, share and value food.

29 September 2025 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Participation, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Trase: “It is essential to combine perspectives to limit deforestation”

Perspective / To effectively monitor deforestation, policymakers must combine territorial and supply chain metrics that reflect both past impacts and future risks.

25 September 2025 / About Public policy, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Intelligence for sustainable trade: Trase strategy 2025-2030

Other publication / Trase’s new strategy for 2025–2030 sets out new priority investments and innovations, based on its core mission.

1 September 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

International reliance on Brazil’s water through soy and beef supply chains

Journal article / The study links Brazilian soy and beef exports to China and the EU with river basin water use and scarcity.

25 August 2025 / About Food and agriculture, Supply chains and Water resources

Piles of plastic -- mostly white, but some yellow containers, green rope and black netting -- on a beach under cliffs and a sunny bright blue sky.

Marine plastic pollution and extended producer responsibility in the G20

SEI report / This scoping review resulted in recommendations for policymakers to advance EPR and other complementary measures to prevent further growth of plastic pollution.

8 August 2025 / About Behaviour and choice and Cities

Tent settlement for reindeer herders in the midnight sun at the north of Sweden

Finding the cracks: How do frontline officials maneuver state institutions to advance Indigenous rights to land and environment?

Journal article / This study examines four cases across continents, showing how officials navigate colonial institutions to support Indigenous rights.

21 July 2025 / About Land use and Participation