Sub-Saharan Africa

Black pot suspended over wood-burning fire

Low-cost interventions to reduce emissions and fuel consumption in open wood fires in rural communities

Journal article / This research explores how using grates and rock beds in open fire cooking can reduce harmful emissions and wood consumption in remote, low-income locations.

28 August 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Household energy, Pollution and Sustainable Development Goals

Person transporting tall stack of firewood by bicycle down mountain pass, Zomba, Malawi

Energy access and the ultra-poor: Do unconditional social cash transfers close the energy access gap in Malawi?

Journal article / This article explores the relationship between poverty and energy access in Malawi and whether unconditional social cash transfers help close the energy gap.

4 January 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Household energy, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Using a co-created transdisciplinary approach to explore the complexity of air pollution in informal settlements

Journal article / Novel co-created transdisciplinary research uses arts and humanities methods to explore air pollution in an informal settlement (Mukuru) in Nairobi, Kenya.

19 November 2021 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Solar panels on a house roof in a Berber village in Anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa

Perceived unknowns about gridless water, sanitation and energy services

SEI report / This SEI report outlines issues that stakeholders in water, sanitation and energy services believe are holding back uptake of promising gridless technologies.

18 November 2021 / About Business, Energy access, Household energy, Innovation, Renewables, Sanitation and Water resources

Leafy greens, squashes, root vegetables, tomatoes and flowers, Leichlingen, Rheinland, Germany, 2019

COP26’s “plant-forward” menu should be the starting shot for a protein transformation

Perspective / Policies can support a shift towards more plant-based food in high-consuming countries, with benefits for climate, public health and biodiversity.

12 November 2021 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy and Wellbeing

uareg crouching under dark clouds in front of large hut in desert waiting for rain, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Mali, West Africa

Five ways in which finance for climate adaptation in Africa falls short

Perspective / Climate finance for adaptation in Africa falls short in quantity; variation among countries; neglect of some sectors; difficulty spending funds and debt.

3 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation

Burkinabé woman carrying goods on her head wearing blue dress and carrying a black bag on countryside path surrounded by green grass and trees in background, Bobo-Dioulasso Department, Houet Province, southwestern Burkina Faso

Effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of funding modalities: a mixed methods systematic review protocol

SEI working paper / This mixed methods systematic review protocol provide a methodological plan for a review that aims to assess the effectiveness of climate adaptation finance.

7 October 2021 / About Adaptation and Finance

A blind child in a primary school in Tanzania receives instruction in using the Braille alphabet

Experiences of the deaf, blind, and deafblind in sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

SEI brief / This SEI discussion brief examines the impacts of the pandemic on the deaf, blind and deaf-blind communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

29 June 2021 / About Disaster risk and Wellbeing

Senegal's GHG black carbon training materials

Greenhouse gas and black carbon inventory: Training Africa’s experts

Feature / SEI, UNEP and the SWMU in Senegal trained national experts to use the greenhouse gas and black carbon inventory for the country's waste sector.

14 April 2021 / About Fossil fuels and Short lived climate pollutants