livelihoods Archives

A farmer wearing a hat crouches down to a parched patch of earth to clear weeds in dry rice fields in preparation for the next planing season at Penujak village on 13 October 2026 in Lombok, Indonesia.

How El Niño is shaping a planet in crisis

Collection / In a new series, SEI experts explore how the 2026–27 El Niño is deepening existing vulnerabilities on a planet already under accelerating climate change.

About Adaptation, Climate services, Disaster risk and Food and agriculture

Young woman farmer wearing a straw hat steps through the shallows of a river in Thailand.

Why mining impacts marginalized populations differently: lessons for critical mineral extraction

Perspective / SEI experts highlight the inequalities that must be considered ahead of developing critical minerals mining sites throughout the world.

3 November 2026 / About Participation, Pollution and Wellbeing

Women traditionally washing and cleaning wool in the river in Andac, Van in Eastern Turkey

How marginalization shapes mineral mining impacts on local populations: a review of evidence and mechanisms

Journal article / A comprehensive literature review of studies on local mineral mining impacts show that mining negatively affects the health and wellbeing of women and children.

28 October 2026 / About Participation, Pollution and Wellbeing

The gender-energy nexus: evidence and gaps in Colombia’s coal transition

Other publication / This report examines the gender and intersectional dimensions of coal mining and phase-out in Cesar, Colombia.

9 July 2026 / About Fossil fuels

The power to define nature-based solutions: insights from coastal aquaculture communities in Cambodia

Perspective / This piece looks at the gap between policy labels and lived reality when livelihood practices are branded as nature-based solutions.

17 July 2026 / About Food and agriculture

On the far bank of a river, white, brown and tan buildings are punctuated by a aquamarine-green one, with grey, white and orange ships on the water's edge below, small boats, trees and people.

Rights of rivers in practice: lessons for equitable river governance

SEI brief / This brief is based on a report on implementation of rights of rivers in practice, with lessons from the Turag and Atrato rivers cases.

30 June 2026 / About Innovation

Blue grey clouds stretch to the yellow glow of the setting sun at the horizon, reflected in the river below, with several boats in the foreground and a quay, and small lights indicating houses and boats at the dark treelined bank on the far side.

Case study report on rights of rivers in practice in Bangladesh and Colombia

SEI report / This report examines how the rights of rivers are being implemented in practice through comparative analysis of the Turag and Atrato rivers cases.

29 June 2026 / About Innovation

Driving regenerative development: a beacon of hope inside the Tropical Andes

Feature / In Colombia's Tropical Andes, land once shaped by conflict is becoming a living laboratory for agroecological regeneration.

9 June 2026 / About Bioeconomy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use and Participation

A group of women farmers in a big white tent white aprons and hairnets at a workshop gathered around a big table, watching and listening to a woman instructing

From shelf to field: turning science into food systems change

Past event / Drawing on a decade of AgriFoSe2030 experience we will zoom in on change, successes and lessons from Uganda’s dairy sector.

28 May 2026