Climate policy

Several drops of water sit on green blades of grass.

The Sustainable Development Goals viewed through a climate lens

SEI brief / The NDC-SDG Connections tool shows there is great potential for policy coherence between implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement.

13 December 2018 / About Climate policy, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

Photo of Earth as seen from space, with city lights illuminating an otherwise dark side of our planet.

Accelerating action and support for adaptation

Past event / The new Global Commission on Adaptation will host its first public event since its launch at the UN climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland.

12 December 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster risk and Geopolitics

Leveraging the multiple-benefits of integrated action on climate and clean air to enhance ambition in nationally determined contributions

Past event / This side event, organized the the Climate & Clean Air Coalition, will showcase both the CCAC's multiple benefits pathway framework and SEI's LEAP-IBC tool.

12 December 2018 / About Climate policy, Planning and modelling and Short lived climate pollutants

Fossil fuel phase-out and an equitable and just transition: necessary steps towards the Paris goals

Past event / At this COP24 side event panelists will discuss how extraction limits, transition plans, subsidy reform and other policies can equitably increase ambition.

10 December 2018 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Public policy

Delivering Multiple Benefits for Clean Air and Climate

Past event / This COP24 side event will feature representatives from Cote d'Ivoire, SEI and CCAC discussing the benefits of coordinated climate and air quality action.

10 December 2018 / About Climate policy, Planning and modelling and Short lived climate pollutants

The Baltic Course: Seizing the potential of climate solutions – and making the Baltics leaders in green economy

Media coverage / A recent study by SEI Tallinn & Finnish innovation fund Sitra reveals that scaling up Nordic solutions can be the key to the Baltics to reach climate targets.

10 December 2018 / About Climate policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles

Map of the world traced onto a pair of hands.

Exploring transboundary climate risks and opportunities: catalysing action for adaptation as a global public good

Past event / This session will address transboundary climate risks, drawing on case studies from around the world, to explore the implications for national adaptation plans.

07 December 2018 / About Adaptation and Climate policy

Old man carrying huge sacks of coal on his bicycle in a narrow street of Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa.

The clean, the dirty and the unwanted: capacity building for energy transitions

Past event / Researchers discusss the preliminary findings of TRANSrisk, an international project examing low-carbon transition pathways, at an official side event at COP24.

06 December 2018 / About Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Mitigation, Planning and modelling and Renewables

Increasing ambition in the low-carbon transition: challenges and implications of the 1.5 and 2 degree targets

Past event / This COP24 side event will provide answers to a number of key questions on how to reach the goal of the Paris Agreement.

06 December 2018 / About Climate policy, Innovation, Mitigation, Renewables and Transport