Science, Research and Innovation for Harnessing the Blue Economy

Other publication / This book is a partial synthesis of presentations made at the Science and Research Symposium of the Global Sustainable Blue Economy Conference 2018 in Nairobi.

8 June 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Food and agriculture, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Vegetable farmer Sabita Yadav uses solar pumps for irrigation, Kamalpur, Surunga Municipality 2, Saptari, Nepal

The global food crisis – a threat or opportunity for young smallholder farmers and agripreneurs?

Past event / Join our event on 1 June 2022 to explore themes related to agriculture, forests and the people who live and make their livelihoods from them.

01 June 2022 / About Food and agriculture

Chickens graze in a field of green grass

Sustainable development matters for animals too

Perspective / More experts agree that human, nonhuman and environmental health are linked. Yet nations largely neglect animal welfare in sustainable development governance.

1 June 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Climate services, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

The scope for agroecology to support integrated implementation of the three Rio Conventions through food system transformation

Past event / The event looks at agroecology providing an integrating function in strengthening implementation of the three Rio Conventions though food system transformation.

30 May 2022 / About Food and agriculture

Great blue heron perched near a California wetland stream, Ballona Wetlands, Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA

Institutions and the economic efficiency of managed aquifer recharge as a mitigation strategy against drought impacts on irrigated agriculture in California

Journal article / This study analyses how managed aquifer recharge might affect irrigated agriculture in California's Kings Groundwater Basin during drought.

28 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Cows in pasture at sunset, Bourgogne, France. animal welfare sustainable development

Animal welfare and sustainable development: key linkages, collective responsibilities and policy opportunities

Past event / Watch this webinar recorded on 25 May 2022 on the interdependence of animal welfare, public health and environmental conservation.

25 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Land use, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable lifestyles

Open letter: Experts call on governments to include animal welfare in sustainable development governance

Journal article / Ahead of Stockholm+50, more than 200 experts call for governments to account for animal welfare as part of a holistic sustainable development policy.

25 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Harvested field on fire. Symbolizing burnings, air, punjab, crop-residue, rice-wheat burnings.

Q&A: SEI’s Amar Čaušević explains the effects of rice-wheat burnings in India

Feature / In this Q&A, SEI Policy Fellow Amar Čauševic explains the wider consequences of rice-wheat burnings in India, as well as the tricky system causing them.

23 May 2022 / About Food and agriculture, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants