Determinants of risk: Exposure and vulnerability

Lisa Schipper; Frank Thomalla

Estimation of cascading hydroclimatic hazard impacts on supply systems and associated economic shocks

Journal article / This article examines damages on Swedish supply systems and economy caused by hydroclimatic hazards, particularly floods, droughts and heatwaves.

26 September 2025 / About Disaster risk, Mitigation and Supply chains

Father and son working in communal garden. Watering plants

Europe’s heatwave cities: lessons from Estonia’s fight to keep cool

Perspective / Estonian cities are starting to adapt to climate change – the summer heatwaves make it increasingly dangerous not to.

21 August 2025 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk and Wellbeing

Aerial view of flood plain in Malawi's Shire Valley, consisting of brown pools punctuated by grassy green tufts of land.

SEI’s Nella Canales in The Independent: aid cuts threaten vulnerable nations’ climate disaster preparation

Media coverage / Research Fellow Nella Canales weighs in on The Independent's reporting on how aid cuts stall climate adaptation in vulnerable countries.

24 July 2025 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk and Finance

Climate Wisdom

Project / This project will support people with dementia and their communities to take part in inclusive, creative climate action that builds resilience and wellbeing.

2025 - 2030 / About Adaptation, Participation and Wellbeing

Advancing the right to a healthy environment in Southeast Asia: addressing implementation gaps and opportunities

SEI brief / The authors discuss the importance of procedural rights in advancing the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (RtHE) in Southeast Asia.

8 April 2025 / About Participation and Public policy

Engagement around risk, informality and nature-based solutions in Nakuru, Kenya

Journal article / This study explores at risks in informal settlements from hazards and inequalities, highlighting the potential of nature-based solutions for equitable planning.

4 April 2025 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk and Wellbeing

Who bears the hidden costs of disasters? Gendered care work and crisis planning

SEI podcast / This episode explores the overlooked gendered burden of care work during crises and emphasize the pressing need for equitable and inclusive disaster response.

31 March 2025 / Power in balance / Adaptation and Disaster risk

A Health agent of the City of Rio de Janeiro performs a COVID-19 rapid test on Aloizio dos Santos, 78, while another writes down the information of the person at Morro da Mangueira (favela) on September 3, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gore capitalism and necropolitics in Brazil’s malgovernance of the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal article / In this article, the authors analyze Brazil’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic through a critical analytical lens.

7 February 2025 / About Disaster risk, Public policy, Sanitation and Wellbeing

Particulate matter pollution in central Bangkok: assessing outdoor workers’ perceptions and exposure

Journal article / This study aims to explore how local residents and outdoor workers in central Bangkok experience air pollution in their daily life.

3 February 2025 / About Cities and Pollution