Colombia

Assessing the impacts of nationally appropriate mitigation actions through energy system simulation: a Colombian case

Journal article / Using a new model of Colombia's energy system, this paper finds that two proposed policies could prevent the emission of 4.71 million tons of CO2 equivalent.

Policy dialogue on a bioeconomy for sustainable development in Colombia

SEI report / Read a summary of discussions from a workshop in Colombia on different visions for the country's bioeconomy.

New ways of thinking about sustainable water planning

Feature / SEI's Marisa Escobar, Alison Dyke, and Hector Angarita introduce the new SEI Initiative on Water Beyond Boundaries.

Integrating the water planetary boundary with water management from local to global scales

Journal article / Read about a new approach in which the planetary boundary for water could guide sustainable water management.

Extraction and development: fossil fuel production narratives and counternarratives in Colombia

Journal article / This article explores an obstacle to supply-side policy: the national government's narrative that fossil fuel extraction is necessary for development.

Colombian coffee futures: Trase data highlight opportunities for more sustainable production

Feature / Introduction to a new Trase dataset, including an indicator of future deforestation risk linked to climate change

Modelling water stress vulnerability in small Andean basins: case study of Campoalegre River basin, Colombia

Journal article / This study seeks to analyze conflicts using a disaggregated quantitative approach, to better understand existing and potential water stress.

SEI Initiative on Water Beyond Boundaries

Initiative / Our work aims to transform current decision making around access to water, the greatest risk to global prosperity, and addressing the SDGs.

Contention strikes back? The discursive, instrumental and institutional tactics implemented by coal sector incumbents in Colombia

Journal article / This article analyses the ways through which incumbent actors of the fossil fuel regime respond to socio-economic pressures and actively resist change.