Behaviour and choice

Christmas present with recyclable wrapping paper placed in a Christmas tree

SEI’s Sarah West speaks on BBC Breakfast about how to have a more sustainable Christmas

Media coverage / SEI York Centre Director Sarah West spoke on BBC Breakfast about the steps people can take to have a greener Christmas.

19 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice and Sustainable lifestyles

How to have a greener Christmas this year

Feature / SEI researchers offer advice on how to have a more environmentally friendly Christmas this year.

17 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Household energy and Renewables

Black pot suspended over wood-burning fire

Low-cost interventions to reduce emissions and fuel consumption in open wood fires in rural communities

Journal article / This research explores how using grates and rock beds in open fire cooking can reduce harmful emissions and wood consumption in remote, low-income locations.

28 August 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Household energy, Pollution and Sustainable Development Goals

Person transporting tall stack of firewood by bicycle down mountain pass, Zomba, Malawi

Energy access and the ultra-poor: Do unconditional social cash transfers close the energy access gap in Malawi?

Journal article / This article explores the relationship between poverty and energy access in Malawi and whether unconditional social cash transfers help close the energy gap.

4 January 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Household energy, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Large black pot on cookstove, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

In-use emissions from biomass and LPG stoves measured during a large, multi-year cookstove intervention study in rural India

Journal article / The study aimed to measure in-home emissions from a variety of stoves in rural Indian communities.

23 November 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Household energy and Pollution

Forest, farms and fuelwood: Measuring changes in fuelwood collection and consumption behavior from a clean cooking intervention

Journal article / Researchers examined fuelwood use in two rural Indian districts where clean cooking solutions were implemented.

3 March 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Forests, Household energy and Pollution

Low-cost interventions to reduce emissions and fuel consumption in open wood fires in rural communities: Evidence from field surveys

Journal article / Researchers measure the effectiveness of a grass-roots campaign in Western Kenya to increase cooking with rock-beds for open fires and simple woodstoves.

13 July 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Household energy and Pollution

Passengers disembarking train onto green grass and mud with green hills and green trees in distances, Hsipaw, Myanmar, March 2018

Tinker, tailor or transform: Gender equality amidst social-ecological change

Journal article / This article explores how different social-ecological narratives implicate gender equality.

13 December 2021 / About Adaptation and Behaviour and choice

Flags of UN line grass in front of UN building, Geneva, Switzerland

Human Rights Day 2021

Feature / Celebrate the United Nations Day of Human Rights 2021.

10 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy and Sustainable lifestyles