Latin America and the Caribbean

Eight takeaways from the IPCC report on climate mitigation

Perspective / The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on the state of climate mitigation. SEI researchers offer their main takeaways.

Meet Mónica Trujillo, Research Fellow

Meet SEI / Meet SEI Research Fellow Monica Trujillo, who sees a world of opportunities to develop the bioeconomy in Latin America.

It’s time to move beyond “carbon tunnel vision”

Perspective / As we decarbonize our energy system, we must also address the harmful public health and environmental impacts of oil and gas extraction.

Water Week 2022

Past event / To commemorate World Water Day, which is celebrated on 22 March each year, SEI Latin America is co-organizing Water Week 2022 in Colombia from 22–24 March 2022.

A tool in the toolkit: can true cost accounting remove siloed thinking about food loss and waste?

Other publication / A report from the Global Food Security Policy Lab explores using True Cost Accounting to support collaborative efforts to help reduce food loss and waste.

Narratives from the Campoalegre watershed, where opportunity is scarce

Feature / Rural communities in Colombia's Campoalegre watershed struggle to meet basic needs. SEI researchers aim to connect them to policymakers to improve their lives.

World Water Day 2022

Feature / SEI is observing World Water Day 2022, with the agenda "Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible", through the following events, perspectives and features.

Community climate resilience in critical mineral supply chains

Project / This project aims to accurately diagnose climate risk in critical mineral supply chains and build the resilience of communities embedded in the mining sector.

Global assessment shows need to support “bottom-up” adaptation

Perspective / A recent global assessment finds current climate adaptation insufficient. We need to scale up financial support and shift to small-scale locally driven models.