equity

Call for collaboration: SEI seeks concept notes for environmental and sustainable development policy forums

Feature / SEI is providing support for regional environmental policy forums that advance environmental and sustainable development policy dialogue. The call is open now.

Realizing a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels

SEI brief / Do transition policies address the needs of the most disadvantaged? This brief examines policies in the US and Thailand to highlight key equity considerations.

Policy coherence between the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030

Program / A program on aligning climate action, reduced inequalities and sustainable development.

The SEI Initiative on City Health and Wellbeing

SEI brief / This initiative investigates how rapidly growing cities affect residents' wellbeing and how this interacts with the overall health of city systems.

Just transitions: what you need to know for COP24

Feature / A key focus of this year’s UN climate negotiations is ensuring a “just transition” away from fossil fuels. SEI’s experts explain what that means.

Whose carbon is burnable? Equity considerations in the allocation of a “right to extract”

Journal article / This paper lays out principles for equitably sharing the costs of a decarbonization transition and prioritizing which fossil resources can still be extracted.

Measuring water and sanitation inequality – beyond taps and toilets

Perspective / A new tool – the WASH Insecurity Scale – reveals detailed patterns of WASH inequality in an African informal settlement.

Brazil’s landless movement and rights ‘from below’

Journal article / This study considers how agrarian movements develop and apply their own rights discourses to further demands for social justice.

BuildERS

Project / BuildERS works on increasing the social resilience capital of European communities and citizens by co-designing processes and tools.