livelihoods

Investing in agricultural water management: Pathways to a sustainable future

Other publication / International financing institutions must learn from past mistakes in agricultural water investment and direct their money to key promising approaches.

How corn links Jamaica’s food supply to climate change in the US Midwest

Feature / How will Jamaica's high dependency on maize from the American Midwest affect both the economy and food security in a changing climate?

Resilience & Management of Permafrost Wetlands

Past event / This event takes up why wetlands are a key for climate change and traditional livelihoods and discusses strengthening their restoration and conservation.

Designing a fair and feasible loss and damage finance mechanism

SEI brief / Financial support for countries that bear disproportionate effects of climate change has stalled for years. COP26 must spur real progress, researchers argue.

URBAN WASH

Project / The goal of URBAN WASH is to generate and promote evidence for more sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene policy and programming throughout the world.

Policy recommendations for environmental conservation in the Chindwin River Basin

SEI brief / This brief explores ideas for enhancing community-based conservation in the Chindwin River Basin.

Hydro-economic analysis for Rwanda

Project / SEI researchers used WEAP software to run water supply scenarios in Rwanda to analyse where and when shortages might occur and their economic impact.

Addressing the biodiversity losses embedded in global commodity trade

Perspective / New and existing research should be translated into actionable material to address biodiversity losses.

Seizing the urban opportunity: how national governments can recover from Covid-19, secure shared prosperity and tackle the climate crisis through cities

Other publication / Cities provide critical venues to advance climate resiliency and decarbonize. We examine six economies and propose how cities can lead on climate action.