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

Juan Camilo Betancur Jaramillo; Daniela Maestre; Elisa Arond

Woman showing her hands covered in the natural colour obtained from the barks of the community forest.

Feature / Meet the Thai “agripreneurs” who are adapting to their local context by diversifying rural livelihoods.

25 August 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Cities, Food and agriculture, Land use and Sustainable Development Goals

A lake in Uyuni, Bolivia reflects the mountains above it and punctuates the brown desert highlands

World Water Week: Sanitation and watershed management cooperation for improved governance and investments

Past event / This online session at World Water Week reviews Bolivia WATCH, a program that connects water sanitation and watershed management in Bolivia.

24 August 2022 / About Cities, Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation and Water resources

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

Wetland ecosystem near Hman Pin Village in the Upper Chindwin Basin

Community co-management can help protect wetlands biodiversity in the Chindwin River Basin

Perspective / For International Biodiversity Day, SEI Asia researchers reflect on the challenges in conserving biodiversity in the wetlands of Myanmar's Chindwin River Basin.

19 May 2022 / About Water resources

Field of quarry solar panels in dry climate near Byron, California

Considerations for a just and equitable energy transition

Other publication / As the energy transition goes forward, it is our responsibility to make sure it is done in a just and equitable way.

18 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Energy access and Renewables

Aerial view of oil processing facility, Cabimas, Venezuela, near Maracaibo Lake, where an enormous deposit of oil discovered in the 1910s made Venezuela one of the world's major oil exporters

Q&A: What is carbon lock-in? SEI scientists give a primer

Feature / SEI researchers offer a deep dive into the concept of carbon lock-in and its effects in Latin America, where economies are entwined with fossil fuel production.

11 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Renewables

Young African woman picks coffee cherries at coffee farm, Kenya, East Africa

Improving Kenya’s coffee value chain: integration of sustainable consumption and production practices

SEI brief / Climate change threatens Kenya's coffee industry. These reforms across coffee's value chain can make the crop part of the solution.

4 May 2022 / About Business, Food and agriculture, Public policy, Supply chains and Sustainable Development Goals

Fracking well towering over the landscape beneath blue sky in Vaca Muerta region of Argentina

OBSERV.EARTH: tracking the fracking in Vaca Muerta, Argentina

Project / Experts at SEI US and Argentina's National University of Comahue track the environmental threats fracking wells pose in the Vaca Muerta region.

2022 - 2027 / About Fossil fuels, Pollution and Water resources

Yellow mesh recycling container shaped like soda bottle lying sideways, Mombasa, Kenya

Plastic waste management and recycling in Mombasa, Kenya: A scoping study of the value chain and its institutional, policy and regulatory frameworks

SEI report / This report focuses on the framework for establishing effective plastic waste management and recycling practices in Mombasa, Kenya.

25 April 2022 / About Supply chains