Wellbeing

A man renovating the roof of a house standing on scaffolding.

Local leadership is the key missing ingredient in the UK’s retrofit revolution

Perspective / The UK should shift from national, top-down retrofit schemes to locally led delivery, explains SEI’s Luke Gooding in an Inside Housing op-ed.

4 February 2026 / About Household energy and Wellbeing

A senior couple sit on the sofa in front of an electric fan during a summer heat wave.

Forecasting heat-related impacts with multivariate multi-step time series models using advanced deep learning

Journal article / This research compares forecasting models for predicting heat-related health impacts across Sweden, using data from all 21 counties.

2 February 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk and Wellbeing

Women walking near a producing oil well near La Dorada village on a sunny day.

Inside the Atlas mapping oil and gas threats in the Amazon

Feature / After years of compiling data, a critical update arrived in December: a map of the Amazon that lays bare the real-time footprint of oil and gas expansion.

15 January 2026 / About Ecosystems, Forests, Fossil fuels, Water resources and Wellbeing

Heating, transport and participation in life

Project / This project explores how a lack of access to energy for mobility and transport interacts with energy access in the home impacts quality of life.

2026 - 2029 / About Energy access, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Transport and Wellbeing

Projection of a fire onto a white radiator, symbolizing past and present experiences of energy poverty.

Underconsumption in the Anthropocene? Past, present and future of energy poverty in Sweden

Project / This project traces how experiences of energy poverty in Sweden have changed since the 1950s to inform more critical, sufficiency-oriented energy policymaking.

2026 - 2029 / About Energy access, Household energy, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Multiracial group of young men and young women people students raise hands to volunteer help together in local community garden

The Whole School Food Approach: A European framework and implementation to promote healthy and sustainable school food systems

Journal article / The journal article describes the development of the Whole School Food Approach framework and its implementation in 12 European countries.

17 December 2025 / About Food and agriculture and Wellbeing

Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development officials are shown signing the National Integrated Clean Cooking Strategy.

Clean cooking strategy positions Uganda for a just energy transition

Feature / Over 93% of Ugandan households rely on wood and charcoal for fuel. A new strategy sets a timeline through 2040 to support a clean energy transition.

12 December 2025 / About Energy access, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Pollution, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Five female red deer stand in a group, ears perked up and eyes peering forward, in a wooded meadow in the UK.

Integrating animal health and welfare into the 2030 Agenda and beyond

Other publication / This report argues that animal welfare should be embedded in the 2030 Agenda and other sustainability goals to benefit environment, humans and animals alike.

9 December 2025 / About Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

Two teachers talking in a classroom, one holding a tablet while the other smiles and gestures, with empty chairs stacked on tables and pupil work displayed on the walls in the background.

CHEPA (Classroom HEPA) impact calculator

Tool / CHEPA is an easy-to-use calculator that helps schools assess how a HEPA filter impacts classroom air quality and energy use.

About Cities, Participation, Pollution and Wellbeing