methodology Archives

Palm oil plantation at edge of peat land swamp rainforest, Beaufort, Sabah, Malaysia

Trading deforestation – why the legality of forest-risk commodities is insufficient

Journal article / Consumer countries and blocs are developing laws to tackle deforestation linked to commodity imports but they are insufficient to address this global issue.

23 November 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply Chains

Using a co-created transdisciplinary approach to explore the complexity of air pollution in informal settlements

Journal article / Novel co-created transdisciplinary research uses arts and humanities methods to explore air pollution in an informal settlement (Mukuru) in Nairobi, Kenya.

19 November 2021 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

snapshot of the cities map of circular economy literature associated

Circular cities: an evidence map of research between 2010 and 2020

Journal article / An evidence map describes the literature published in the past decade on cities' circular economy strategies and focus.

17 November 2021 / About Innovation and Public policy

Technical documentation for an experimental statistic estimating the global environmental impacts of UK consumption

SEI report / This report describes the methodologies of a new experimental statistic that will act as an indicator of the global environmental impacts of UK consumption.

28 October 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Supply Chains, Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable lifestyles

Woman's hand dropping plastic bottle on top of pile of plastic packaging for recycling.

Corporations and plastic pollution: Trends in reporting

Journal article / This analysis provides a starting point for a more nuanced consideration of the private sector's role in addressing plastic pollution and suggests priorities.

21 October 2021 / About Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Burkinabé woman carrying goods on her head wearing blue dress and carrying a black bag on countryside path surrounded by green grass and trees in background, Bobo-Dioulasso Department, Houet Province, southwestern Burkina Faso

Effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of funding modalities: a mixed methods systematic review protocol

SEI working paper / This mixed methods systematic review protocol provide a methodological plan for a review that aims to assess the effectiveness of climate adaptation finance.

7 October 2021 / About Adaptation and Finance

Nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal article / A systematic review of the evidence for outdoor nature-based interventions to improve adult mental health, identifying effective types, format and dose.

1 October 2021 / About Cities, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Aerial view of deforestation area for pasture, livestock and agriculture soy farm with forest in foreground, Amazon rainforest, Brazil

Which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts? A rapid evidence synthesis

Journal article / This paper describes a rapid evidence synthesis to identify which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts.

24 September 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply Chains

High-angle photo of group of people sitting in chairs

Social capital, economic development and carbon emissions: Empirical evidence from counties in Sweden

Journal article / The authors examine "the nexus between social capital, income and Swedish county-level per capita CO2 emissions".

16 September 2021 / About Climate policy, Participation and Public policy