India

Industry transitions: a critical gap in national climate commitments

Feature / An SEI analysis shows that nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement are short on detail when it comes to cutting emissions from industry.

Using sales data to assess cooking gas adoption and the impact of India’s Ujjwala programme in rural Karnataka

Journal article / A government programme has not yet led to an increase in liquefied petroleum gas sales, suggesting the needs for policy revisions.

Adaptation at Altitude

Program / The Adaptation at Altitude program seeks to help mountain communities adapt to climate change.

Transforming urban water governance through social (triple-loop) learning

Journal article / How has social learning helped or hindered sustainability transformations in urban water governance?

UPMADE – towards a circular fashion industry

Feature / Fashion designer Reet Aus and SEI have joined forces to create a new design-based circular business model for battling industrial textile waste.

Three ways to navigate the risks along low-carbon transition pathways

Media coverage / Risks lurk along the whole pathway of low-carbon transitions. But, given the climate urgency, there is no time to wait, writes Stefan Bößner in EURACTIV.

When will we breathe easy?

Media coverage / TRT World featured SEI Policy Director Johan Kuylenstierna and air pollution experts in their programme Roundtable: When will we breathe easy?

Estimates of the global burden of ambient PM2.5, ozone, and NO2 on asthma incidence and emergency room visits

Journal article / This study estimates the number of annual asthma emergency room visits attributable to ozone and PM2.5.

Air pollution triggers up to 33 million emergency room visits for asthma annually, finds major new study

Feature / The first study to quantify the global burden of asthma linked to air pollution finds that it triggers up to 33 million annual emergency room visits.