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2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance

Past event / The 2022 Toronto Conference will be organized around the five analytical lenses structuring the new earth system governance research agenda.

20 October 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Finance, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Woman wearing straw hat driving wooden boat, Mekong Delta, Viet Nam

Make Rights Real talk: A healthy environment as a human right – what difference does it make?

Past event / This interactive podcast of Make Rights Real talk with SEI Asia's Sushmita Mandal focuses on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

30 September 2022 / About Pollution, Sanitation and Water resources

Great blue heron perched near a California wetland stream, Ballona Wetlands, Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA

Institutions and the economic efficiency of managed aquifer recharge as a mitigation strategy against drought impacts on irrigated agriculture in California

Journal article / This study analyses how managed aquifer recharge might affect irrigated agriculture in California's Kings Groundwater Basin during drought.

28 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Chickens graze in a field of green grass

Sustainable development matters for animals too

Perspective / More experts agree that human, nonhuman and environmental health are linked. Yet nations largely neglect animal welfare in sustainable development governance.

1 June 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Climate services, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

Cows in pasture at sunset, Bourgogne, France. animal welfare sustainable development

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.

25 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Land use, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable lifestyles

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.

25 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Rainbow trout swimming among fallen logs, Minnesota, US

Assessing Reservoir Re-Operations to Improve Aquatic Habitat

Past event / Two SEI scientists will present a case study on how they used WEAP to improve habitat conditions for local Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in California.

19 May 2022 / About Adaptation and Public policy

Solar panels installed in fish pond with tall wind turbine in distance under blue sky with white and grey clouds. Yancheng, Jiangsu, China towards multifunctionality: nature society dichotomy, nature, adaptation, climate, landscape

Towards multifunctionality: adaptation beyond the nature–society dichotomy

Other publication / Viewing landscapes as having multiple uses for both humans and nature can lead to better goals and adaptation for nature-based solutions among other issues.

18 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Innovation, Land use and Mitigation

A pair of giraffes stand together in a meadow at a Kenyan natural preserve.

Animal welfare and sustainable development

Project / Animal welfare matters for sustainable development; and sustainable development matters for animals.

2022 / About Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles, Water resources, Water-energy-food nexus and Wellbeing