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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SEI brief / This policy brief summarizes research on gender, age and other socioeconomic and cultural factors that lead to air pollution exposures in Viet Nam's workplaces.
SEI report / This scoping report assesses the interlinkages between air pollution and the world of work in East and Southeast Asia, to identify knowledge gaps to be filled.
Perspective / On World Food Day, we look at Sweden's just transition towards net-zero carbon emissions by diving into three key categories: footprints, health, and fairness.
Perspective / Informal waste collectors play a key role in urban waste management but are often ignored in policy measures to make their lives and livelihoods better.
Feature / In close collaboration with Kalmar and Umeå Municipalities and the company InsightOne, SEI developed and launched the Consumption Compass in April 2022
SEI brief / Read about a novel effort to map-making in rural Ethiopia using digital tools, and working with groups of people previously excluded from map-making.
Past event / Given the turbulent times and global challenges, SEI Tallinn's 30th anniversary celebration focused on building resilience through sustainability.
Other publication / This policy brief highlights the importance of minimizing food loss and waste, which accounts for some 30% of current global production.
Feature / SEI Affiliated Researcher Pete Erickson lays out the benefits and drawbacks – mostly benefits – in the recently passed transformative climate law in the US.
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