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

Workshop in Halmstad Municipality © UNCHAIN / SEI

Weather, wealth and well-being: cascading effects of water-related hazards and social vulnerability in Halmstad, Sweden

SEI brief / The authors propose using current municipal assessments as a starting point to better understand social vulnerability to weather-related disasters.

18 October 2022 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk and Public policy

Co-authored SEI study on post-2025 climate finance in Eco Magazine

Media coverage / Eco Magazine wrote about a co-authored study written by inter alia Pieter Pauw, Zoha Shawoo and Richard J. T. Klein on climate finance.

13 September 2022 / About Finance

Experts raise five key priorities for setting the post-2025 climate finance target

Press release / A new study by leading climate finance experts identifies the difficulties hampering climate finance to date.

12 September 2022 / About Climate policy and Finance

Klamath River

Project / SEI is building a water allocation and hydrology model in the Upper Klamath River basin.

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

Two female farmers harvesting corn, Jalal-Abad Oblast, Kyrgyzstan, 14 August 2012

Investing in agricultural water, sustainably: recent trends in financing institutions

Other publication / A new FAO report co-authored by SEI researchers identifies agricultural water investment trends since 2019 and outlines priorities for future financing.

22 August 2022 / About Finance, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

A women from the Japo Ande Liggeye association supported by local NGO Symbiose draws water from a cistern to water her garden, Keur Bara, Senegal, 25 July 2018. The association uses the 50 m3 cisterns built by FAO to provide irrigation supplement at the end of the rainy season.

Let’s talk about water: new directions for agricultural water investment

Feature / A new FAO report co-authored by SEI scientists carefully targeted investments in agricultural water can have a major impact on sustainable development.

22 August 2022 / About Finance, Food and agriculture, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Abstract image of a pasture in the Brazil Pantanal.

Net carbon dioxide exchange in a hyperseasonal cattle pasture in the northern Pantanal wetland of Brazil

Journal article / Seasonally flooded cattle pastures in the Brazilian Pantanal may be an important regional source of carbon for the atmosphere.

1 August 2022 / About Food and agriculture and Mitigation

A white house in a background hillside overlooks a nearly-dry lake bed near Friant Dam, outside of Fresno, California.

Hydrological and operations forecasting in the Central Valley of California

Project / SEI researchers are developing a long-range automated water forecasting tool for the California State Water Resources Control Board.

2022 - 2024 / About Cities, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling and Water resources

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