Energy access

A clean, affordable, reliable supply of energy for basic needs is widely seen as a necessary for lifting people out of poverty and improving well-being. SEI examines how energy needs for human and economic development can be met in a way that is compatible with long-term sustainable development.

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Initiatives

Governing bioeconomy pathways

Rohingya Refugees Mark Two Years Since The Crisis

Gridless solutions

Projects and tools

Group of tree trunks cut and stacked in the forest with sun rays

Deployment of biobased value chains

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Solar panels on a house roof in a Berber village in Anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa

Perceived unknowns about gridless water, sanitation and energy services

This SEI report outlines issues that stakeholders in water, sanitation and energy services believe are holding back uptake of promising gridless technologies.

Oil refinery, St. Clair River, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, viewed from Port Huron, Michigan

It’s time to hold governments to task for fossil fuels they permit

Countries need to pair their emission reduction commitments with clear and transparent plans to wind down fossil fuel production.

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