planning

Untangling the complex web of water rights in the western US using SEI’s WEAP tool

Feature / This story explores how SEI's WEAP tool empowers planners and policymakers to build resilient and adaptable water systems across the drying western US.

A Multi-Criteria Policy Coherence Index for Water–Energy–Food Nexus Governance and Energy Transition Pathways in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal article / This study examines how water, energy, and agricultural policies in Mali, South Africa, Malawi, and Tanzania support WEF nexus integration and energy transition

Publicly accessible data and computer vision for retrofit planning: evidence from London social housing

Journal article / Publicly accessible housing data and machine learning hold genuine promise for large-scale urban retrofit strategy.

LEAP training in South Africa: register today

Past event / SEI and CCAC are hosting an in-person hands-on training workshop 22–26 June in Pretoria on SEI's LEAP software for climate and clean air planning in Africa.

Electricity transmission in Colombia: 2025 overview

SEI report / This document offers a snapshot of the electric transmission sector in Colombia as of 2025.

At the crossroads of changing politics, a changing climate, youthful expression and artistic endeavour in Hungary

Feature / SEI and partners created a climate village at a historic arts festival in Hungary to bring youth views and artistic expression into climate policy discussions.

Post-participatory intentions in design for ecological citizenship and collective wellbeing

Journal article / The authors engage with debates on ecological citizenship and design justice by reflecting on the co-creation of a bespoke, future-visioning card deck.

Climate Neutrality Tool

Tool / This modelling tool helps to plan the national-level transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Building urban climate resilience street by street

Perspective / Andreas Hoy argues that a measure of the Paris Agreement's success will be the degree to which urban areas can become resilient to climate change.