resilience Archives

Varadero: a living lab exploring coastal resilience in Colombia

Feature / The coral reef in Varadero, Colombia, offers a striking lesson in resilience and is home to a SEI-led living lab.

8 June 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk and Ecosystems

Mangrove seedling with bright green leaves growing among dark tangled roots on a coastal mudflat.

Conviction-led capital: what a new report on Asian philanthropists means for SEI’s climate finance work

Perspective / A small group of Asian philanthropists is funding the risky climate solutions others will not, and SEI can learn from how they work.

4 June 2026 / About Adaptation, Finance, Innovation and Participation

The UK faces growing climate threats – where is the response to match?

Perspective / In this perspective for Climate Home News, Kate Williamson and Magnus Benzie outline how the UK can build public support for climate adaptation policy agendas.

26 May 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Innovation, Participation and Public policy

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.

30 April 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk and Participation

Fresh fish and vegetables at a local market, representing food supply chains and local food systems.

New SEI and WFP collaboration to boost food assistance

Feature / SEI and the World Food Programme launch collaboration on green and resilient food supply chains and stronger local food systems in humanitarian contexts.

22 April 2026

Two people without faces on the background, golding screen and mini windmill model. On the table model houses and solar panels and papers.

Climate Neutrality Tool

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

About Mitigation and Planning and modelling

Mountain forest landscape with grassy clearing and trees under a partly cloudy sky.

Armenia strengthens its biodiversity agenda ahead of COP17: why it matters now

Feature / Armenia’s biodiversity push ahead of COP17 highlights how ecosystems underpin daily life, resilience and sustainable development.

16 April 2026 / About Adaptation, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Public policy

A vibrant underwater coral reef scene with colorful corals and sponges, surrounded by a large school of fish swimming through clear blue ocean water.

SEI research on coastal resilience endorsed for the Ocean Decade

Feature / Resilient Coasts – Caribbean Sea has officially been endorsed as a Decade Action under the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

8 April 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Innovation and Water resources

A hand is holding up a thermal camera and pointing it toward residential flats to record thermal patterns.

Understanding urban heat: climate knowledge for the next generation of urban heat islanders

Project / The project makes the hidden heat risks of climate change visible and helps young people and communities better understand urban heat islands and their effects.

2026 / About Adaptation, Cities and Wellbeing