Technical "solutions" for human health or the environment introduced through development interventions, such as clean cookstoves, often fail to take hold because people never truly embrace them. SEI explores individual and household behaviour to better understand how and why people take up new technologies.
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Journal article / A novel analysis shows the global climate and health benefits of switching biomass cookstoves in low- and middle-income countries to electricity and LPG.
Feature / A team of SEI experts published a report on the status of Green Public Procurement in the EU. Lead author Astrid Nilsson Lewis breaks down their findings.
Feature / SEI's Rob Bailis led research for a journal article featuring the first known analysis of the health and climate consequences of large-scale fuel transitions.
SEI report / A comprehensive qualitative case study of Urban Deli investigated how digital tools support the retailer with necessary information to become more sustainable.
Feature / An additional 6 million metric tons of plastic waste was generated in 2021 compared to 2019. SEI's Toby Gardner says decisive government action is needed.
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.
Past event / This event will focus on how to incorporate the circular economy principles and criteria on the strategic level in local municipalities.
Past event / SEI's Eric Kemp-Benedict will speak at a hybrid meeting hosted by the US National Academies 23 January 22 about the overlap between climate and macroeconomics.
Media coverage / In the wake of a Guardian investigation into carbon offsets, SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff weighs in on carbon markets' validity as a climate solution.
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