policy engagement Archives

Visualization of the Adaptation Without Borders launch event at COP26

Launch of Adaptation Without Borders: A New Era in International Cooperation on Climate Change

Past event / The event launched the partnership on the cross-border and cascading impacts of climate risks for international and multilateral cooperation on adaptation.

09 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster risk

British food firms vow to stop soy imports from deforested areas

Media coverage / On 9 November 2021, the UK Soy Manifesto was launched, with 27 companies already signed up to this new industry commitment. Bloomberg covers the story.

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

Drone aerial view of deforestation in Amazon rainforest, trees cut and burned on illegally to open land for agriculture and livestock in Jamanxim National Forest, Para, Brazil

UK industry leaders unite to cut deforestation- and conversion-linked soy from supply chains by 2025

Press release / The UK Soy Manifesto is a commitment from UK industry to source deforestation and conversion-free soya by 2025 and to support others to do the same.

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

PEMEX gas station in Mexico at night, July 2020

Pandemic recovery efforts undermine a just energy transition in Latin America

Perspective / The vulnerability of fossil fuel-producing countries in Latin America has been exacerbated by Covid-19, but countries are only investing more in fossil fuels.

7 November 2021 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Public policy

Technical tour in Honduras: promising sites for water harvesting in Nacaome

Climate change as a subjacent factor of migration and mobility

Perspective / What is the nexus between migration and climate change? Why is it important to understand it?

4 November 2021 / About Climate policy, Disaster risk and Public policy

Close-up of woman's hand plugging in charger to electric car, Stockholm, Sweden

Putting people at the centre of climate action

Perspective / Taking social considerations into account is essential for ensuring that climate action in Bosnia and Herzegovina is economically and socially fair.

3 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Mitigation and Renewables

uareg crouching under dark clouds in front of large hut in desert waiting for rain, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Mali, West Africa

Five ways in which finance for climate adaptation in Africa falls short

Perspective / Climate finance for adaptation in Africa falls short in quantity; variation among countries; neglect of some sectors; difficulty spending funds and debt.

3 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation

Climate finance needs to acknowledge the unmitigated debt crisis

Perspective / SEI's Zoha Shawoo outlines three key opportunities for climate finance negotiators at COP26 to start grappling with the debt crisis of developing countries.

2 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance, Geopolitics and Participation

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