Venezuela

Bidding farewell to Venezuela’s last glaciers

Perspective / On World Glacier Day, Aljandra Melfo reflects on her experiences witnessing the loss of glaciers and "the life inside the ice" in Venezuela. 

Peak focus: addressing the increasing impacts of climate change on mountains

Feature / SEI's Kate Williamson and Rosie Witton discuss new insights about climate change adaptation in mountains, a region of growing policy and research attention.

Beyond the Belém Declaration: 10 pathways to enhance transboundary cooperation in the Amazon

Perspective / Research from SEI and ACTO shows how a new declaration can be strengthened to protect this tropical rainforest, in South America and beyond.

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.

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.

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.

The Carbon Inequality Era

Other publication / This paper draws on new data examining the starkly different global distribution of carbon consumption emissions among individuals from 1990 to 2015 and beyond.

A novel bioenergy feedstock in Latin America? Cultivation potential of Acrocomia aculeata under current and future climate conditions

Journal article

Modeling of Andean páramo ecosystems’ hydrological response to environmental change

Journal article / This paper describes the modelling of the Quiroz-Chipillico watershed in Peru to simulate impacts of possible changes within the hydrological system.