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Car, bicycle and foot traffic coalesce amid a monsoon in the New Market area of Kolkata, India.

Operationalizing finance for loss and damage

Project / Vulnerable countries are already experiencing severe losses and damages from unavoidable climate change impacts. They urgently need financial support.

2022 - 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Participation and Public policy

Civil society representatives demand finance for loss and damage at COP26

How the Glasgow Dialogue can deliver on loss and damage finance

Perspective / COP26 established a dialogue to explore ways to cover the cost of major climate impacts that can no longer be avoided. Here are five principles to guide it.

20 December 2021 / About Climate policy and Finance

Aerial view of swimmer in waves, Malé, Maldives

Breakdown or breakthrough: currents and turning points in 2022

Perspective / SEI Currents 2022 taps the institute’s expertise and insights from eight offices on four continents to examine trends emerging in 2022 and beyond.

20 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Climate services, Ecosystems, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Innovation, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Transport, Water resources and Wellbeing

Aerial view of Bingham Copper Mine covered in snow, Utah, US, 2019

Is the world entering a commodities supercycle?

Perspective / Agricultural and mining commodities prices are at the forefront of economic trends that shape the global economy and affect the ability to reach climate goals.

20 December 2021 / About Ecosystems, Finance, Food and agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals

SEI Currents 2022

Feature / The world is in transition. What trends are emerging in 2022?

20 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Climate services, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Innovation, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Transport, Water resources and Wellbeing

COP26 President Alok Sharma at the Exploring Loss and Damage event at COP26

COP26: what it delivered and what’s next

Feature / The COP26 outcomes have sunk in and it is time to take stock of what happened on fossil fuels, loss and damage and other questions and look ahead.

13 December 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation

Blue water leaking from melting earth illustration with two blurry men in background.

COP26 analysis with SEI and Mistra Geopolitics experts

Past event / Join this COP26 post match analysis with Professor Björn-Ola Linnér, Mattias Frumerie, SEI's Åsa Persson and Mathias Fridahl organized by Linköping University.

18 November 2021 / About Climate policy

EU Pavilion at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland

Adaptation Without Borders launches collaboration with DG CLIMA to scale up international action on cross-border climate risks

Press release / At COP26, the Adaptation Without Borders initiative that SEI co-leads launched a strategic collaboration with the European Commission's DG CLIMA.

15 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster risk

Glasgow on the River Clyde at night with lit buildings and bridge

How successful was COP26? SEI’s Chris Malley shares his thoughts

Media coverage / As COP26 comes to a close, SEI's Chris Malley speaks to BBC Radio York about his thoughts on the conference.

12 November 2021 / About Cities, Climate policy and Pollution