consumption Archives

Alpine Capra Ibex Looking Standing On The High Rocks Stone In Dombay Mountains, North Caucasus

SEI shares five recommendations ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference

Feature / SEI shares five policy recommendations ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17).

6 October 2026 / About Bioeconomy, Disaster risk, Finance and Supply chains

Modern timber-clad residential building with rows of balconies and a tree in the foreground

Unravelling the drivers of European urban and rural carbon footprints over time

Journal article / This article maps consumer carbon footprints by urban density in Europe, revealing what drives the changes.

4 September 2026 / About Cities and Sustainable lifestyles

Arial view of roofs of apartment buildings with solar arrays and plants on the roofs.

Modelling degrowth policies with system dynamics: towards policy coherence

Journal article / The authors use the iSDG-Sweden system dynamics model to study the impacts and dynamics of combined degrowth policies in a high-income country.

14 August 2026 / About Behaviour and choice and Public policy

Designing roadmaps to reduce consumption-based emissions

SEI report / This report provides guidance for Malmö to leverage sufficiency-oriented approaches to reduce consumption-based emissions and engage citizens in climate action.

29 April 2026 / About Innovation, Participation and Public policy

Devising strategies to reduce consumption-based emissions

SEI report / This report explores the value of - and offers guidance for - engaging citizens in governance to build climate-neutral, sustainable and resilient cities.

29 April 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities and Sustainable lifestyles

Ship with containers leaving a busy port in Brazil.

Trase: Forest-friendly sourcing from just seven companies could cut emissions equivalent to the Netherlands’

Press release / By implementing zero-deforestation & peat-free sourcing, seven agricultural trading giants could make a major contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

3 November 2025 / About Business, Climate policy, Public policy and Supply chains

Aerial view of rust-colored rooftops beneath a gray sky in São Paulo, Brazil.

Q&A: How income inequality translates to emissions inequality

Feature / SEI researcher Emily Ghosh explains how SEI experts calculated the "emissions inequality" that informs a new Oxfam report.

29 October 2025 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Silhouette of industrial buildings on a body of water with smokestacks extending into the gray winter sky, emitting plumes

Climate plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

Other publication / A new Oxfam report draws on SEI research highlighting the disproportionate greenhouse gas emissions generated by upper-income populations.

29 October 2025 / About Climate policy, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Mitigation and Sustainable lifestyles

Aerial view of a farmer standing in a dry, ruined cornfield with sparse, withered stalks.

Critical intervention points for European adaptation to cascading climate change impacts

Journal article / Identifying where EU adaptation can reduce systemic climate risks using stakeholder-informed network analysis from the CASCADES project.

15 October 2025 / About Climate policy, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture and Supply chains