food

Animal welfare and sustainable development: key linkages, collective responsibilities and policy opportunities

Past event / Watch this webinar recorded on 25 May 2022 on the interdependence of animal welfare, public health and environmental conservation.

Open letter: Experts call on governments to include animal welfare in sustainable development governance

Journal article / Ahead of Stockholm+50, more than 200 experts call for governments to account for animal welfare as part of a holistic sustainable development policy.

Q&A: SEI’s Amar Čaušević explains the effects of rice-wheat burnings in India

Feature / In this Q&A, SEI Policy Fellow Amar Čauševic explains the wider consequences of rice-wheat burnings in India, as well as the tricky system causing them.

Bee Farming and Food Security in Africa: towards a resilient food system and sustainable livelihood

Past event / On the eve of World Bee Day, join us during an interactive, participatory and informative webinar led by the youth featuring SEI Africa's Anderson Kehbila.

Information as an enabler of sustainable food choices: A behavioural approach to understanding consumer decision-making

Journal article / A new study from SEI's CANDIES project looks at how consumer food choices can be influenced to become more sustainable.

A radically new consumption – What could climate commitments imply?

Past event / The webinar discusses the implications of Sweden possibly becoming the first country in the world to have a consumption-based climate target. What does it mean?

Conflicts threaten food security and biodiversity. How can we overcome these challenges?

Perspective / The consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on food security and biodiversity go beyond the countries' borders. How can we overcome these challenges?

Addressing indirect sourcing in zero deforestation commodity supply chains

Journal article / This article examines indirect sourcing in sectors with high rates of commodity-driven deforestation – a major blind spot for sustainable sourcing.

Beyond deforestation: water use in global agricultural commodity supply chains

SEI brief / Deforestation is not the only factor that should be considered in a crop's environmental footprint. Water use is often overlooked in agricultural policy.