Sustainable adaptation to climate change: prioritising social equity and environmental integrity

Solar and wind power in Colombia: 2022 policy overview

SEI brief / This brief provides a snapshot of the renewables landscape for wind and solar in Colombia as of 2022.

9 March 2023 / About Renewables

SEI early career researcher Sharon Onyango

International Women’s Day: Q&A with Sharon Onyango

Feature / SEI's Sharon Onyango reflects on the significance of International Women's Day and her exciting work at SEI Africa.

8 March 2023 / About Participation

The sun shines through blue sky and white clouds upon a wetland.

From talk to action: 3 priorities for a water-secure future

Perspective / A diverse array of leaders will gather in a rare UN water conference. SEI experts suggest three ways to foster a more water-resilient world.

2 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources, Water-energy-food nexus and Wellbeing

Plastic garbage litters a lagoon in the island nation of Tuvalu.

The missing link between inequality and the environment in SDG 10

Other publication / A book chapter co-written by SEI experts shines a light on the oft-neglected link between social and environmental inequality.

1 February 2023 / About Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable lifestyles

Side view of man sitting next to wood-burning stove in hut

Scaling up gas and electric cooking in low- and middle-income countries: climate threat or mitigation strategy with co-benefits?

Journal article / A novel analysis shows the global climate and health benefits of switching biomass cookstoves in low- and middle-income countries to electricity and LPG.

14 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

A tea kettle rests upon a stone bordering a wood-fired pit.

New research on the benefits of cleaner cooking: Q&A with Rob Bailis

Feature / SEI's Rob Bailis led research for a journal article featuring the first known analysis of the health and climate consequences of large-scale fuel transitions.

7 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Join SEI’s Loss and Damage focus group to provide input on new global fund

Feature / COP27 ended with a decision to establish a Loss and Damage fund for countries most-affected by climate change. SEI and ICCCAD researchers want your insight.

30 January 2023 / About Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Participation, Public policy and Wellbeing

Robert Watt in Reuters: ‘Wave of crises’ threaten climate action and social stability

Media coverage / Robert Watt comments on our environmental challenges and the democracy deficit in an article by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

13 January 2023 / About Climate policy, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Exposure to barbeque smoke in Vientiane, Lao PDR: gendered disparities and unequal exposures for grillers

SEI brief / Improving air quality and protection for workers in the grilled food sector means addressing the various dimensions of the impacts of grill smoke.

10 January 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Fossil fuels and Pollution