Renewables

China’s Belt and Road Initiative – how can finance help to make it sustainable?

Feature / A dialogue on how China and Sweden can work together on green finance for sustainable infrastructure in the ambitious trade strategy will be held in China.

27 June 2017 / About Business, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Renewables and Transport

Solar lights being used in a Malawian flood refugee camp. - stock photo In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of alnd, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a solar lamps being charged in the refugee camp of Chiteskesa refugee camp, near Mulanje.

LOCACONS – Conflict Prevention and Low-Carbon Development

Project / Climate change and security, renewable energy and development -- LOCACONS looks at the unintended consequences of the intersection of these arenas.

2017 / About Mitigation and Renewables

SEI and Tufts celebrate a decade of collaboration with Nexus Symposium

Past event / To mark 10 years of a close research affiliation between Tufts and SEI, Tufts University Institute for the Environment and SEI-US will host a public seminar.

11 February 2017 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Renewables and Water-energy-food nexus

Using carbon tax revenues to help attain climate goals: insights for Washington State from existing programs

SEI working paper / How to use revenues from a carbon tax to achieve climate and non-climate goals, based on insights from the State of Washington.

2 April 2017 / About Finance, Mitigation, Renewables and Transport

Cascading of woody biomass: the tricky path from principle to policy to practice

SEI brief / This discussion brief explains the principle of "cascade use" of wood and how it is being applied in the EU

15 March 2017 / About Renewables

SEI research synthesis: gender, development and sustainability – 2017 update

Other publication / Key findings from recent SEI research projects around the world focused on gender issues in the context of development and sustainability.

8 March 2017 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Household energy, Participation, Renewables and Sanitation

Sun rises over rocky banks of the Mekong River between Thailand and Lao PDR.

USAID Clean Power Asia

Project / The USAID Clean Power Asia project was an initiative to facilitate investments in environmentally friendly, grid-connected renewable energy in Southeast Asia.

2017 - 2021 / About Climate policy, Energy access, Finance, Participation, Planning and modelling and Renewables

Building sustainable energy infrastructure in Africa is a careful balancing act

Feature / Experiences in Tanzania and Zambia show the tensions between pursuing much-needed private investment and ensuring that benefits accrue to all citizens.

19 January 2017 / About Energy access, Finance, Mitigation, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals