The politics of coherence

Adis Dzebo

doi:10.51414/sei2026.014

A group of women farmers in a big white tent white aprons and hairnets at a workshop gathered around a big table, watching and listening to a woman instructing

From shelf to field: turning science into food systems change

Past event / Drawing on a decade of AgriFoSe2030 experience we will zoom in on change, successes and lessons from Uganda’s dairy sector.

28 May 2026

Large flock of starlings throng in a shifting mass above a wood at dusk in the Netherlands.

The politics of coherence

SEI brief / What have seven years of research revealed about aligning climate action and sustainable development?

19 May 2026 / About Climate policy, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Climate experts link methane pollution to food insecurity and health risks

Media coverage / Climate experts and development partners have called for a unified national approach to methane reduction

19 May 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Pollution

How Kenya can escape from the grip of global oil disruption and shocks

Media coverage / SEI’s Alphayo Lutta emphasizes that one way Kenya can reduce its vulnerability to global oil disruptions is to give greater attention to its bioeconomy.

4 May 2026 / About Bioeconomy

Masai man, wearing traditional blankets, overlooks park as the colorful sunset fills the sky. Wild grass in the foreground.

State of the Climate in Kenya 2025

Other publication / This report examines key weather events during the year and puts them in the context of 1991–2020 climatology.

23 March 2026 / About Cities

ground-mounted solar panels installed in a grassy field under a clear sky

Why cheap renewable power is still expensive in Kenya

Media coverage / In a Daily Nation Opinion, SEI Researcher Cassilde Muhoza explains why Kenya’s expansion of renewable energy has not automatically translated into lower tariffs

5 March 2026 / About Climate policy, Energy access and Renewables

Hand holding small black charcoal-like fragments.

Biochar is not one-size-fits-all: lessons from Kenya and Colombia

Perspective / Biochar looks simple, but its role is not.

2 March 2026 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Food and agriculture and Public policy

Business-as-usual and fantasy planning – an analysis of equity within climate adaptation planning for sanitation in Nairobi

Journal article / This study shows how climate adaptation planning for sanitation in Nairobi reinforces inequality by favouring sewer systems over equitable solutions.

17 February 2026 / About Adaptation and Sanitation

Cooking fuels and household air pollution in resource-constrained urban environments: a field assessment

Journal article / Household cooking contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants, especially where charcoal, kerosene are widely used.

11 February 2026 / About Household energy, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants