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Gender and energy: overcoming energy poverty and advancing just energy transitions

Past event / SEI is co-hosting a side event at the 2023 Regional Forum for Sustainable Development to discuss the intersection of gender and energy.

28 March 2023 / About Energy access, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

A worker in a garment factory; Courtesy of Chandath Him

Air pollution and workers’ health in Cambodia’s garment sector

SEI brief / A new study on air pollution and garment workers in Cambodia aims to influence policy and interventions to protect their health, with benefits across the board.

24 March 2023 / About Pollution

aerial view of blue crashing waves in the sea

World Water Day 2023

Feature / Water is a central research topic at SEI. This World Water Day, explore SEI's latest research and perspectives on water.

22 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate services, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Participation, Planning and modelling, Pollution, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources, Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Wellbeing

A leaning tree frames a landscape view of Rwanda's Lake Ruhonda, flanked in the background by the Virunga Volcanoes.

A water-resilient economy: hydro-macroeconomic and climate change analysis in Rwanda

SEI brief / SEI experts analyse how water efficiency and storage methods can help Rwanda meet its sustainable development and economic growth goals.

21 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sustainable lifestyles, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Two birds siting on a pipe/water tap that is dripping with water during heat wave.

Regions4Climate to test innovative solutions for climate change adaptation

Feature / Pärnu City and County in Estonia plan to adapt to climate change using innovative societal solutions.

9 February 2023 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster Risk, Innovation and Mitigation

Power plant in Denmark emits pollutants against a pink and blue twilight sky.

SEI’s Jindan Gong talks flipping energy crises into energy transitions on podcast

Media coverage / Russia's invasion of Ukraine plunged Europe into an energy crisis. But it provides a chance to spark the green economy, Jindan Gong tells Podcast and Business.

3 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles

Join SEI’s Loss and Damage focus group to provide input on new global fund

Feature / COP27 ended with a decision to establish a Loss and Damage fund for countries most-affected by climate change. SEI and ICCCAD researchers want your insight.

30 January 2023 / About Disaster Risk, Ecosystems, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Participation, Public policy and Wellbeing

Brown sand pours through an hourglass with a light wooden outer frame in front of a white-painted brick wall

SEI’s Sivan Kartha provides peek behind the dial of the Doomsday Clock

Media coverage / The Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight than ever. SEI Senior Scientist Sivan Kartha, who leads the Clock's climate panel, offers reasons why.

24 January 2023 / About Disaster Risk and Geopolitics

SEI Currents 2023 – which trends will shape 2023?

Media advisory / SEI Currents 2023 taps the institute’s expertise and insights from SEI centres across five continents to identify trends emerging in 2023 and beyond.

3 January 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Finance, Innovation and Sustainable Development Goals