Trase: Commodity-driven deforestation and peatland loss emits more carbon than Germany

Feature / Trase quantifies the emissions caused by deforestation and peatland degradation linked to countries’ production and consumption of key commodities.

5 December 2023 / About Forests, Public policy and Supply chains

Small village just outside a Swedish town. Sidsjö, Sweden

Municipalities can contribute to the strengthening of carbon sinks

Other publication / Read about the opportunities and challenges related to the strengthening of carbon sinks in municipalities across the Nordic countries.

31 October 2023 / About Forests, Land use and Mitigation

White wind turbines situated in a green agricultural field beneath a blue sky with white billowy clouds

Webinar: Four new tools to support Integrated Climate and Development Planning

Past event / SEI teams have developed tools that can support long-term integrated climate and development planning using the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP).

24 October 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Forests, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Pollution, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

Bornean Orangutan female and her baby sitting on forest floor

Natural climate solutions and fire mitigation: early findings on the path to net zero

SEI working paper / How do forest fires affect natural climate solution projects and their viability on the voluntary carbon markets?

19 October 2023 / About Forests and Mitigation

Trase: Doubts over legal compliance put Brazil’s soy exports to the EU at risk

Feature / Traders will struggle to prove that soy from Brazil complies with its environmental laws due to data gaps, shows a new report by Trase and ICV.

5 October 2023 / About Food and agriculture and Supply chains

Truck body full of freshly harvested soybeans. Truck full of soybeans traveling in a road.

Demand-side actors in agricultural supply chain sustainability: an assessment of motivations for action, implementation challenges, and research frontiers

Journal article / This article examines the limitations of current demand-side action on agricultural supply chain sustainability to understand how further progress can be made.

26 September 2023 / About Supply chains

A trees route deep in Versailes palace gardens

Potentials and barriers to land-based mitigation technologies and practices (LMTs)—a review

Journal article / This study presents a detailed classification and analysis of the barriers to the adoption and scaling up of land-based mitigation technologies and practices.

26 September 2023 / About Land use and Mitigation

Capacity gaps in land-based mitigation technologies and practices: a first stock take

Journal article / This article investigates capacity gaps to successfully facilitate land-based mitigation technologies (LMTs) adoption and/or scaling in different regions.

15 September 2023 / About Land use

Herbal medicine promotion for a restorative bioeconomy in tropical forests: a reality check on the Brazilian Amazon

Journal article / This article examines Brazil's context and policy framework on herbal medicine promotion, using the Amazon as an emblematic case study.

19 September 2023 / About Bioeconomy and Forests