sustainable development

SEI at CBD COP17

Event on 19 October – 30 October in Yerevan / Join SEI at CBD COP17 in Armenia where our research will help advance global biodiversity action and sustainable development.

Media briefing 13 October: SEI experts highlight the key topics to watch at biodiversity COP17

Media advisory / SEI invites journalists to a media briefing where its experts will share their perspectives on key topics ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17).

Critical minerals in Africa: local value creation and trade integration

SEI report / This report analyses the extent to which African policies and practice aid the value and trade of critical minerals for the continent's renewable energy future.

Ukraine’s green recovery starts with documenting war damage

Feature / Ukraine’s green recovery begins with documenting environmental destruction now -- essential to accountability, restoration and sustainable reconstruction.

Lessons for development research beyond results reporting

Perspective / New research reveals that much learning happens at earlier stages of the project cycle.

The future is care: visioning inclusive and resilient care systems in Asia and the Pacific

Past event / SEI Asia's Cynthia McDougall will join an ESCAP panel on climate change, care work and futures at the APFN conference in Bangkok.

No need to wait for reporting − examining learning from results-based management practices in development cooperation

Journal article / This study examines how results-based management practices shape organizational learning in international development cooperation.

Meet SEI at World Water Week 2026

Past event / Meet SEI experts at World Water Week 2026, with the theme Water for People and Progress.

Modelling degrowth policies with system dynamics: towards policy coherence

Journal article / The authors use the iSDG-Sweden system dynamics model to study the impacts and dynamics of combined degrowth policies in a high-income country.