Wellbeing

An urban park with a pond, palm trees, and dense greenery, surrounded by modern high-rise buildings in the background.

Project / The project assessed how Bangkok’s pocket parks enhance urban wellbeing, accessibility, and environmental benefits, informing inclusive urban planning policies.

2024 - 2026 / About Cities, Participation and Wellbeing

Skyline of Nairobi, Kenya, showing modern skyscrapers and lush greenery of Uhuru Park under a partly cloudy sky.

Urban green spaces in rapidly urbanizing cities: a socio-economic valuation of Nairobi City, Kenya

Journal article / Urban green spaces play a vital role in enhancing health, livability and attractiveness in rapidly urbanizing cities.

30 September 2024 / About Cities, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Portrait of an older man. He is sitting on a wall on the edge of a stone path. He is wearing a dark tweed hat and a black wool coat. He is using his right index finger to use his smartphone which he holds in his left hand. A black umbrella is hooked over his right wrist. Soft focus greenery makes up the background.

Weathering the storm: protecting the human rights of older persons in a changing climate

Journal article / Older persons have a vital role in shaping responses to climate change and building a sustainable future.

30 September 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Wellbeing

Landscape shot of a street. Traffic moves away from the camera. In the foreground is an older man on a bicycle.

Why we need to talk about older people and climate change in Africa

Perspective / Gary Haq in The Conversation: governments and institutions must collect more data on how climate change impacts older adults to develop inclusive policies.

30 September 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Wellbeing

Aerial view of a dry, cracked earth landscape with scattered small green shrubs casting long shadows on the ground. The soil appears parched and fragmented, indicating severe drought conditions.

Webinar: global ageing and climate change – regional dialogue Eurasia and the Middle East

Past event / SEI and HelpAge International are hosting an online dialogue to explore challenges around ageing in a changing climate in Eurasia and the Middle East.

26 September 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Wellbeing

weADAPT puts together a toolbox to help address climate anxiety

Feature / weADAPT has created a toolbox to help people find articles, resources, courses and avenues for discussion about the impacts of climate change on mental health.

23 September 2024 / About Adaptation and Wellbeing

Dead Vlei sand dunes, Sossusvlei, Namibia

Combating air pollution to control desertification and improve food security in Africa

Other publication / The Africa Clean Air Program brief gives recommendations on how reducing air pollution can benefit human health, climate and crop production.

29 August 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Pollution and Wellbeing

Classroom in Nairobi, full of students in blue shirts, sitting down watching a presentation on the wall about creative ways to address health issues, given by an ACT-employee standing in the end of the room

Using creative methods for public health messaging

SEI report / This SEI report gives an overview about a participatory public health project conducted during the pandemic in an informal settlement of Nairobi.

14 August 2024 / About Cities and Wellbeing

A group of people, including children, walk across a wooden footbridge over a river in a grassy landscape under an overcast sky.

Q&A: How can we make volunteer biological recording more inclusive?

Feature / In this Q&A, Rachel Pateman, a Research Fellow at SEI York, discusses the importance of inclusivity in volunteer biological recording.

28 July 2024 / About Participation and Wellbeing