Mexico Archives

A vibrant underwater coral reef scene with colorful corals and sponges, surrounded by a large school of fish swimming through clear blue ocean water.

SEI research on coastal resilience endorsed for the Ocean Decade

Feature / Resilient Coasts – Caribbean Sea has officially been endorsed as a Decade Action under the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

8 April 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Innovation and Water resources

A small herd of glossy black cows stand facing the camera. They are standing in a sunny plain, with a background of shrubs, small trees, and rolling hills in the distance.

Embryonic upgrading in agri-food value chains: an analysis of small-scale environmental initiatives in the Mexican beef sector

Journal article / Initiatives to improve the sector's environmental sustainability are gaining momentum, but a "generalizable" upgrade model is yet to emerge.

6 March 2026 / About Supply chains

Aerial view of Monterrey, Mexico, featuring a wide sprawl of buildings in the foreground and mountains on the horizon under a lightly clouded blue sky

Geographic SDG spillovers: how state-level policies influence the metropolitan level in Monterrey

SEI brief / This brief demonstrates the SDG Synergies tool's new geographic spillovers feature by comparing metropolitan and state climate policies in Monterrey, Mexico.

11 February 2026 / About Climate policy, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Urban circularity in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative case study of Bogotá and Mexico City

Journal article / Exploring circular economy efforts in Bogotá and Mexico City, this study reveals how urban transitions can become more inclusive and sustainable.

15 December 2025 / About Innovation and Sustainable lifestyles

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

Fostering EU-LAC regulatory and technical cooperation for methane emissions reduction

Project / This project aims to foster political convergence and strengthen cooperation on methane mitigation

2025 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Pollution and Public policy

A wall display hand made out of coloured card and paper, with a large alarm clock split into thirds with the words 'mañana', 'tarde' and 'noche' and corresponding illustrations indicating morning, afternoon and night, surrounded by coloured cards with text and pictures of water bottles, buckets and footprints.

SEI at the Conference for Advancing the Participatory Sciences: the Mexico WASH citizen science project

Past event / Rachel Pateman shared methods and lessons from a co-created project to understand unhoused people's access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in Mexico City.

05 June 2024 / About Cities, Sanitation and Water resources

Transition or lock-in? Tracking institutional support for gas in two Latin American case studies

SEI working paper / This working paper examines cases in Colombia and México where gas infrastructure is expanded with little market justification, risking gas lock-in.

22 November 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Energy access, Fossil fuels and Public policy

Citizen scientist undertaking data collection with community member

Q&A: exploring citizen science’s role in water sanitation and equity

Feature / Co-created citizen science empowers communities, reshaping research to reflect their real needs and priorities.

14 November 2023 / About Cities, Participation and Sanitation