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

Photo - of a member of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), wearing a mask - Marcello Casal JR/ABr on Wikimedia CC3.

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.

15 September 2018 / About Land use and Participation

BuildERS

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

2018 - 2022 / About Public policy

A typology framework for trade-offs in development and disaster risk reduction: a case study of Typhoon Haiyan recovery in Tacloban, Philippines

Journal article / This paper presents and tests a conceptual framework for analysing the trade-offs that underpin the relationship between development and disaster risk.

8 June 2018 / About Disaster risk

Ozone air pollution and gender inequality in India

Perspective / The socioeconomic impacts of air pollution and crop losses need more understanding – especially when it comes to gender.

5 June 2018 / About Food and agriculture, Participation, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Photo of woman by eroded river bank in Bangladesh - Taneesha Mohan

What is equitable resilience?

Journal article / This paper, based on an analytical literature review, reveals four themes essential in understanding equitable resilience in practice.

8 May 2018 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk and Participation

Resilience realities: resilience and development practice in Vanuatu

SEI report / The aim of this work is to use themes and critical perspectives from the academic literature to provide insights and alternative perspectives on resilience.

20 December 2017 / About Adaptation and Disaster risk

Empowerment in WASH index

Project / The empowerment in WASH index (EWI) project measures empowerment and social inclusion of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions.

2018 / About Adaptation, Public policy, Sanitation and Wellbeing

Woman lifting jerry cans into trailer in Centre-East, Burkina Faso

Beyond climate-proofing: gender dimensions of water insecurity in Burkina Faso

Perspective / Sarah Dickin introduces a research project that hopes to develop an index of empowerment to use in water and sanitation interventions.

24 January 2018 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Participation and Sanitation

People sitting in a meeting at the Launch of the Ethical Declaration at COP23

Do we really need another ethical declaration on climate change?

Feature / COP23 saw the launch of a new Declaration on Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change. Måns Nilsson talks about its origins, purpose and prospects.

1 December 2017 / About Climate policy