South Asia's dense populations and rich cultural tapestries are set side by side with pressing environmental issues. SEI's work in this region focuses on renewable energy, gender equality, climate resilience and more.
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Perspective / Learning lessons from recent disasters to recover from Cyclone Amphan
Past event / This event seeks to build momentum for a more inclusive climate policy through engagement with indigenous peoples, with a focus on Indigenous Women.
Perspective / Asian River Deltas make up "the breadbasket of the world" but are sinking and shrinking due to climate change and poor management. How do we respond?
Feature / Investments in fossil fuel-based energy infrastructure confront new risks from climate change. The situation is especially pronounced in Southeast Asia.
Perspective / Freshwater springs are disappearing in Nepal, threatening people’s lives. Research efforts must step up before it is too late.
Other publication / Climate adaptation policies in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region must consider gender and its interactions with class/caste, ethnicity, and geography.
Journal article / Adaptation research needs re-framing to consider the climate change impacts in lived experiences of rural communities.
SEI brief / Women’s crucial contributions in fisheries often goes undocumented, and therefore invisible to most policy-makers.
SEI brief / This brief explores how gender inequality between and within groups at various societal levels plays out in the agriculture sector.









