policy engagement Archives

Oil rig platform at sunset with bright sun and orange sky, Canada

Governments’ fossil fuel production plans remain dangerously out of sync with Paris limits

Press release / Over the next two decades, governments are collectively projecting an increase in global oil and gas production, and only a modest decrease in coal production.

20 October 2021 / About Climate policy and Fossil fuels

Five Japanese men and seven Japanese women on a screen clapping during a web conference along with woman watching on laptop, Japan

Building climate diplomacy back better: imagining the UNFCCC meetings of tomorrow – fact sheet

SEI brief / This summary presents key insights and recommendations on making the UN climate process more transparent, effective and inclusive by moving it online.

15 October 2021 / About Climate policy, Geopolitics, Innovation and Public policy

A water drop makes a splash in a green bucket filled with water

URBAN WASH

Project / The goal of URBAN WASH is to generate and promote evidence for more sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene policy and programming throughout the world.

2021 - 2026 / About Cities, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

Rear view of young Asian mother groceries shopping for baby products in a supermarket. She is standing in front of the baby product aisle and has no idea which product to choose from

The role of information and consumer behaviour in the food system

Perspective / For World Food Day 2021, researchers on the CANDIES project take a closer look at consumer behaviour and sustainable food choices.

15 October 2021 / About Food and agriculture

Building climate diplomacy back better

Past event / Can climate negotiations under the UNFCCC be made more effective, inclusive and transparent in the wake of the pandemic? A question discussed on 5 October.

05 October 2021 / About Climate policy, Innovation, Participation and Public policy

Solar cooker uses sun's energy to boil a kettle of water in Nepal

Defining and achieving clean cooking

Past event / SEI scientists join a panel of experts to unveil a new WHO household energy policy repository, which lists clean household energy policies for 30+ countries.

29 September 2021 / About Household energy

Sunset over neighbourhood with satellite dishes in front of house, Lagos, Nigeria

Integration of climate change mitigation and sustainable development planning: lessons from a national planning process in Nigeria

Journal article / In this journal article, researchers from SEI York discuss climate change mitigation and sustainable development planning in Nigeria.

16 September 2021 / About Cities, Pollution and Public policy

Older Vietnamese woman wearing straw hat shaking out maggots in a woven basket

Inclusiveness critical to bioeconomy efforts, says Thailand bioeconomy forum

Perspective / Thailand has long promoted the bioeconomy through various sectoral and national development strategies and adopted the Bio-Circular-Green Economy model.

23 September 2021 / About Bioeconomy

A Caucasian woman (left) chatting with an Asian woman (right) over a laptop with a bookcase of plants behind them

How to make climate entrepreneurship work for climate action in Southeast Asia?

Perspective / How can we nurture climate entrepreneurship in technology and innovation for climate action?

22 September 2021 / About Finance