natural resources Archives

Buildings covered in green viewed from ground

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: why doubling down on the Green Deal is the best strategy

Media coverage / As part of the Think Sustainable Europe network, signatories, including SEI's Måns Nilsson, list six ways the EU Green Deal is important for Europe's safety.

10 March 2022 / About Climate policy, Disaster risk, Fossil fuels and Public policy

Jackup rig used for offshore oil and gas drilling stands under overcast sky in Scotland with rolling green hills in background, Cromarty Firth, Ross and Cromarty, UK

SEI scientists to UK: How to account for the “production gap” in future oil and gas leasing decisions

Feature / SEI scientists Ploy Achakulwisut and Peter Erickson advise a UK agency how the fossil fuel production gap informs the potential sale of new oil and gas leases.

3 March 2022 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Public policy

3D Render of a Topographic Map 3D View of Butte County, California. It shows lowlands dotted with agricultural fields to the bottom left giving way to tall, ragged mountains in the upper right corner, with some freshwater bodies scattered throughout.

Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge in California

Project / A NASA-funded project explored whether satellite imagery can help Indigenous tribes in California conserve land and water in ways that meet their needs.

2022 - 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate services, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Forests, Land use, Participation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Yellow and red excavators at mining site photographed while on assignment for Indonesia's largest coal mining company, South Kalimantan

Community climate resilience in critical mineral supply chains

Project / This project aims to accurately diagnose climate risk in critical mineral supply chains and build the resilience of communities embedded in the mining sector.

2022 / About Climate policy

Offshore oil rig in Mobile Bay in the Gulf of Mexico

SEI research features in US court ruling to throw out historic sale of Gulf of Mexico drilling leases

Feature / Citing climate change concerns, a United States federal judge used SEI research on greenhouse gas emissions to halt Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases.

28 January 2022 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Public policy

Three women wearing traditional dress and head coverings carrying wicker baskets on their backs with the woman in the centre also carrying a metal pot on top walking down a mountain path in the middle of rice paddies, North Viet Nam

Community agency and democratic resource conservation: Case of Baan Thung Yao forest community in Thailand

Perspective / Prioritizing stronger local community participation and gender-equal decision-making can ensure ecological and human dignity in forest conservation in Thailand.

28 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Mitigation, Participation and Sustainable lifestyles

The UK Soy Manifesto

Other publication / A collective industry commitment to work together to ensure all physical shipments of soy to the UK are deforestation and habitat conversion free.

9 November 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Town with factories and residential buildings with river and mountains in background under overcast sky, Brazil

The Bioeconomy–Biodiversity Nexus: Enhancing or Undermining Nature’s Contributions to People?

Journal article / The NCPs framework can help broaden synergies in the bioeconomy–biodiversity nexus, but inclusive governance remains critical.

24 January 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Climate services, Ecosystems and Participation

Four researchers standing beneath a tree with measurement equipment tied to a branch

Opportunity: Join the Programme Life Cycle Support

Feature / SweDev and the Development and Aid Policy Team is announcing an opportunity for development practitioners to show interest in the Programme Life Cycle Support.

12 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals