resilience Archives

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

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

Wind turbines on land and offshore in a storm

Navigating the winds of change: strategic foresight and the power of weak signals

Journal article / Strategic foresight uses weak signals to anticipate disruption, reveal systemic risks, and strengthen resilience in an uncertain world.

27 March 2026 / About Climate policy, Geopolitics and Public policy

Night cityscape of the big city. Awesome bright, multi colored light in thick fog at empty streets. Apartment buildings in bedroom community, commuter town area.

Europe’s green transition is now a matter of energy security

Perspective / The war in Ukraine shows that to build resilience, European energy systems must embed local renewables, writes SEI Tallinn Expert Erika Tšerkašina.

26 March 2026 / About Energy access, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics and Renewables

European Commission, European Flags in front of the EU building

Boosting resilience and sustainability through regional cooperation

Past event / This event brought together EU institutions, member states, and regional stakeholders from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and Western Balkans countries.

18 March 2026 / About Geopolitics and Public policy

Intergenerational groups of three are working together. One group dominates the foreground while another is chatting in the background.

Global environments of ageing: towards co-designing climate resilience environments and communities for ageing well

Other publication / Analyzes two projects through which older people's perspectives on climate change enabled the co-design of more inclusive, resilient and sustainable places.

5 March 2026 / About Adaptation

The relationship between international development cooperation and national security policy

Project / This project investigates the "nexus" between development and security, exploring how international aid acts as a tool to address modern challenges.

2026 / About Finance, Geopolitics and Public policy