economics Archives

Dino Talks: why do we still subsidize fossil fuels?

Event / In this March 2022 event, hosted by We Don't Have Time, panellists including SEI's Ploy Achakulwisut discuss the global impacts of fossil fuel subsidies.

About Business, Climate policy, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation and Public policy

wind turbine blades on train, Australia / Michael Hall / Getty

A pilot study on systems thinking in asset management

SEI report / A pilot study on how systems analysis could add value to capital management related to the SDGs identified financial stakeholders' ways forward.

24 April 2023 / About Finance and Sustainable Development Goals

Wide shot of farmer arranging large cardboard boxes on a the back of a pick-up truck.

Taking responsibility for supply chain impacts: who, why and how?

Other publication / The authors of this discussion paper discussed how to fairly allocate responsibility for production level impacts across supply chains.

17 April 2023 / About Food and agriculture, Public policy, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

A large boulder in the middle of a river, with the words

Sovereign anxiety in Myanmar: an emotional geopolitics of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Journal article / Researchers developed and tested the concept of "sovereign anxiety" to explore the emotional impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Myanmar.

4 April 2023 / About Geopolitics, Innovation and Public policy

open cocoa fruits with chocolate chips, gray background, seen from above.

Assessing tropical deforestation and biodiversity risk in Belgium’s agricultural commodity supply chains

Other publication / SEI research and tools have contributed to this Trase report for the Belgian government.

27 March 2023 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Supply chains and Sustainable Development Goals

Part of an informal settlement visible from the roadside just outside of Windhoek, Namibia

Exploring the benefits and dis-benefits of climate migration as an adaptive strategy along the rural-peri-urban continuum in Namibia

Journal article / Researchers investigated migration in Namibia, with findings indicating that climate hazards could be driving people from rural to to peri-urban areas.

22 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice and Climate policy

Buildings rattled by an earthquake in Nepal lie in ruins amid a summer monsoon, against a backdrop of lush forested mountains.

Locally led needs assessments of loss and damage finance

Past event / This session in this year's Gobeshona Global Conference will detail SEI's research on how to tailor Loss and Damage financial support to local needs.

14 March 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Participation and Public policy

Operational forecasting inundation extents using REOF analysis (FIER) over lower Mekong and its potential economic impact on agriculture

Journal article / This paper presented the forecasted inundation extents in 2020 and 2021 generated by FIER-Mekong and evaluated the forecasting skills.

14 February 2023 / About Water resources

Scaffolding covers an older building in Cologne, Germany, beneath a pale blue sky.

Q&A: The possibilities of green public procurement with Astrid Nilsson Lewis

Feature / A team of SEI experts published a report on the status of Green Public Procurement in the EU. Lead author Astrid Nilsson Lewis breaks down their findings.

9 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy, Supply chains and Transport