Aerial view of cows grazing and ruminating in a green grassy field.

Project / The world’s appetite for animal products continues to grow, with profound implications for the environment, human health and animal welfare.

2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Supply chains, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Aerial view of cattle near body of water in Lindoeste, Pará State, Brazil

TraseH2O

Project / Exploring trade-offs between water use, deforestation, and greenhouse gas emissions linked to soy and beef production and exports from Brazil.

2021 - 2025 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use, Public policy, Supply chains and Water resources

Citizen science for quantifying and reducing food loss and food waste

Journal article / This paper identifies citizen science opportunities to address food waste related SDGs.

17 December 2020 / About Food and agriculture and Sustainable lifestyles

I’m dreaming of a green Christmas

Past event / This holiday season, get simple tips to make your holidays greener from our panel of sustainability experts, including SEI's Sarah West.

10 December 2020 / About Climate policy

The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil’s beef exports

Journal article / This study provides a wall-to-wall subnational map of the origin and supply chain of Brazilian meat, offal, and live cattle exports from 2015 to 2017.

2 December 2020 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Building a climate-resilient and just future for all: managing cascading climate risk in global supply chains

Past event / A dialogue to explore actions to strengthen the resilience of global supply chains to better manage the cross-border effects of climate change

10 November 2020 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Supply chains

Carbon inequality

Project / This project explores the link between social and economic inequality and the unsustainable carbon dioxide emissions that fuel human-caused climate change.

2020 / About Climate policy, Energy access, Geopolitics, Public policy, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Display of fruit and vegetables in a market

Mitigating climate change via food consumption and food waste: a systematic map of behavioural interventions

Journal article / Read about a systematic map that catalogues existing research on behavioural interventions aimed at changing food consumption and waste patterns.

16 October 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture and Mitigation

Tackling the extinction crisis is everyone’s responsibility — and time is running short

Perspective / The BBC documentary 'Extinction: The Facts' by Sir David Attenborough, makes the need for action very clear. Read op-ed by Toby Gardner in The Independent.

15 September 2020 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems and Supply chains