vulnerability Archives

Policy forum on inclusive air quality management in Bangkok: research and policy perspectives

Past event / This event will discuss inclusive air quality management and air pollution policies in Bangkok, Thailand.

12 July 2022 / About Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Traffic jam fills flooded street in India

How G7 nations can address loss and damage finance with the urgency it requires

Perspective / Loss and Damage funding is a matter of extreme urgency, SEI Scientist Zoha Shawoo argues. G7 leaders can start addressing this matter now.

27 June 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Mitigation and Public policy

Solar panels installed in fish pond with tall wind turbine in distance under blue sky with white and grey clouds. Yancheng, Jiangsu, China towards multifunctionality: nature society dichotomy, nature, adaptation, climate, landscape

Towards multifunctionality: adaptation beyond the nature–society dichotomy

Other publication / Viewing landscapes as having multiple uses for both humans and nature can lead to better goals and adaptation for nature-based solutions among other issues.

18 May 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Innovation, Land use and Mitigation

Times square lighting up at night showing a version of prosperity. human social redefine prosperity

Redefining prosperity

Other publication / We need to redefine prosperity in order to avoid overuse of materials and resource beyond Earth's biophysical boundaries.

18 May 2022 / About Adaptation and Climate policy

Green and yellow coffee cherries hang from the branch of a coffee plant

The coffee supply chain illustrates transboundary climate risks: Insights on governance pathways

SEI brief / When a crop like coffee links countries together, they also share associated climate risks. This brief details options for managing transboundary climate risks.

26 April 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Supply chains

People with cupped hands holding up seedlings in soil together

Human Rights in the Process of National Adaptation Planning: Insights from a Review of Submitted NAPs

SEI report / This paper shows the context-specific nature of adaptation planning, with each plan describing a country’s unique vulnerabilities, priorities, and capacities.

19 April 2022 / About Climate policy

Scenic view of palm trees by lake against sky, Georgetown, Guyana

Tackling cascading climate risk to meet global adaptation challenge: which countries have the interest, capacity and responsibility to act?

Perspective / Leadership and action on transboundary and cascading climate risks are urgently needed, and the latest analysis shows what this means to climate diplomacy.

2 March 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster risk

Yellow on green signposts with Climate Change and right arrow on and left arrow and CORONA underneath

Lessons from COVID-19 for managing transboundary climate risks and building resilience

Journal article / The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how hard it is to manage a global crisis. What can we learn from the pandemic to help fight climate change and build resilience?

1 February 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply chains

Flooding high water next to factory on Rhine River, Germany

A framework for analysing cross-border climate change impacts, responses and their propagation

SEI report / A conceptual framework for describing and analyzing cross-border climate change impacts, presented at the EGU General Assembly 2021.

28 April 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply chains