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

Patricio Calles Almeida; Claudia Strambo; Elisa Arond

doi:https://doi.org/10.51414/sei2023.058

Swedish and EU flags outside Riksdagen, Sweden's Parliament

Four ways to step up environmental ambitions during Sweden’s EU presidency

Perspective / Sweden takes over the Council of the EU presidency, January 2023. It should use its mandate to increase the EU's sustainability ambitions, say SEI researchers.

14 November 2022 / About Climate policy, Climate services, Energy access, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Woman wiping solar panel in Hore Mondji, southern Mauritania

Seven priorities for COP27

Perspective / COP27 has been called the "Adaptation", "Implementation" and "African COP". SEI experts examine what it takes for COP27 to live up to the expectations.

2 November 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Finance, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Supply Chains

Latin American Sanitation Conference (LatinoSan) 2022

Past event / SEI Research Associates Carla Liera and Nhilce Esquivel and Research Fellow Linus Dagerskog will take part in both side events and the LatinoSan conference.

07 October 2022 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Vista aerea del Cristo de la Concordia, Cochabamba, Bolivia

SEI highlights Bolivia WATCH and sustainable sanitation at LatinoSan 2022

Feature / SEI's Sanitation and Health team will participate at the VI Latin American Sanitation Conference (LatinoSan) 2022, highlighting Bolivia WATCH and sanitation.

6 October 2022 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Traffic jam fills flooded street in India

How G7 nations can address loss and damage finance with the urgency it requires

Perspective / Loss and Damage funding is a matter of extreme urgency, SEI Scientist Zoha Shawoo argues. G7 leaders can start addressing this matter now.

27 June 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Mitigation and Public policy

Residents walking down flooded street, Mumbai, India

Latest report on global disaster risk stresses need for transformative approaches to deal with new risk landscapes

Perspective / SEI researchers share their reflections on the latest Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, launched ahead of the 2022 Global Platform for DRR.

20 May 2022 / About Disaster Risk

Aerial view of oil processing facility, Cabimas, Venezuela, near Maracaibo Lake, where an enormous deposit of oil discovered in the 1910s made Venezuela one of the world's major oil exporters

Q&A: What is carbon lock-in? SEI scientists give a primer

Feature / SEI researchers offer a deep dive into the concept of carbon lock-in and its effects in Latin America, where economies are entwined with fossil fuel production.

11 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Renewables

Cattle graze on yellow grass near watering hole in dry Brazilian landscape in front of mountains, Porteirinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Beyond deforestation: water use in global agricultural commodity supply chains

SEI brief / Deforestation is not the only factor that should be considered in a crop's environmental footprint. Water use is often overlooked in agricultural policy.

2 May 2022 / About Business, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Public policy, Supply Chains and Water resources

Stepping up knowledge exchange between climate adaptation platforms: synthesis report from the KE4CAP project

Other publication / This report synthesizes the findings of the Knowledge Exchange for Climate Adapations Platforms (KE4CAP) project.

8 February 2022 / About Adaptation

Mexico