Opinion

Authorities in Yakutia respond to DiCaprio with promise to deal with forest fires

Media coverage / SEI Research Associate Eleni Michalopoulou highlights the value of celebrity involvement in environmental issues.

The EU Adaptation Strategy is everybody’s cup of coffee

Perspective / The EU's Adaptation Strategy recognizes for the first time that adaptation creates winners and losers, and presents a vision for 'just' resilience.

Voluntary carbon markets carry risks

Perspective / In this piece for Reuters Breaking Views, SEI's Derik Broekhoff explains how to avoid a "train wreck" amid a surge in voluntary demand for carbon credits.

Policy – not capital – is the chief barrier to decarbonizing heavy industry in Sweden

Perspective / The chief barrier to industrial transition is not a lack of capital, but the absence of clear policies on incentives for green transition.

Tackling the extinction crisis is everyone’s responsibility — and time is running short

Perspective / The BBC documentary 'Extinction: The Facts' by Sir David Attenborough, makes the need for action very clear. Read op-ed by Toby Gardner in The Independent.

No green recovery for poor countries without loss and damage finance

Perspective / A loss and damage fund linked to rich countries’ mitigation efforts could levy new funds to address "perfect storm" of flooding, COVID-19 and economic hardship.

Our children warned us but we didn’t listen

Media coverage / The pandemic is a wake-up call to address climate change once and for all.

Covid-19 is a stark reminder to conserve nature

Media coverage / This is the time to safeguard our biological resources to ensure long-term well-being of humans through sustainable economies.

Four key issues the EU’s recovery plan needs to address to tackle both the economic and the climate crisis

Perspective / It's not enough to address the COVID-19 economic crisis: the EU recovery plan must also support a just transition to a carbon-neutral Europe.