Water injustice in a changing climate: a literature review of empirical cases across OECD river basins

Mathilda Englund; Sofia Karlsson; Karin André; Åsa Gerger Swartling; Water injustice in a changing climate: a literature review of empirical cases across OECD river basins

doi:10.1080/13549839.2026.2613389

SEI Currents 2023

Feature / Watch our Currents 2023 event from 11 January and read the perspectives by our researchers on topics to follow in the coming year.

20 December 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Innovation, Mitigation, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

The cost-of-living crisis: accelerating or delaying a green transition?

Perspective / This perspective examines the implications of the global cost-of-living crisis and whether surging prices will speed up or delay a green energy transition.

20 December 2022 / About Business, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Innovation, Public policy, Renewables and Supply chains

A bench and play equipment are inundated with water amid flooding at a public park in Pakistan.

Op-ed: What’s next for Loss and Damage? Three principles for helping those most in need

Media coverage / COP27's establishment of a Loss and Damage fund is a crucial victory. Now it must prioritize the most vulnerable communities, SEI researchers say.

13 December 2022 / About Geopolitics and Public policy

an aerial view of a white grey quarry with a blue pool in the middle

MEFadapt: the minerals–energy–food complex and transboundary climate risk

Project / Helping policymakers to develop strategies for sustainable governance of natural resources and adaptation to transboundary climate risks.

2022 - 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Renewables, Supply chains and Water-energy-food nexus

Scott River

Project / SEI is working with UC Davis and the California State Water Resources Control Board to implement the Drought Emergency Regulation in the Scott River watershed.

2022 / About Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

Rice field. Photo: Jakkree Thampitakkull, EyeEm / Getty images

Video: Why climate adaptation must be a globally shared responsibility

Feature / This video lays out how impacts from climate change are a shared risk - and adaptation to climate change must become a shared reality.

15 November 2022 / About Adaptation

An assessment of strategies for sustainability priority challenges in Jordan using a water-energy-food nexus approach

Journal article / This study aimed to support robust decision-making for planning and management of water-energy-food (WEF) nexus systems in the country of Jordan.

7 July 2022 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Mitigation, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Drip irrigation hoses snake through rows of tiny green sprouts emerging from dry, cracked ground in Spain.

RECLAMO: the contribution of water reuse to a resource-efficient and sustainable water management for irrigation

Project / Growing pressure on water resources and climate uncertainty call for alternatives to over-pumping aquifers. RECLAMO explores the potential of reclaimed water.

2022 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Testing the impact chain model: exploring social vulnerability to multiple hazards and cascading effects

SEI brief / The project brief shows how the impact chain method can be used to explore social vulnerability to multiple hydrometeorological hazards and cascading effects.

20 October 2022 / About Disaster risk

drought