Cities

More than 65% of the world's population are projected to live in urban areas by 2050, with major implications resource use, energy, water and sanitation, and health and well-being. At the same time urbanization can bring benefits, especially efficiency gains. SEI examines these challenges in the round to advance sustainable urbanization.

Equitable Mobility for City Health and Wellbeing

Project / Understanding health and wellbeing impacts of mobility and co-designing mobility infrastructure improvements.

2020 / About Cities, Participation and Transport

In-car particulate matter exposure across ten global cities

Journal article / Cars are a commuting lifeline worldwide, despite contributing significantly to air pollution.

19 November 2020 / About Cities, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Transport

How sustainable sanitation can drive us out of the pandemic crisis

Feature / This feature explains how to amplify impact and achieve lasting equitable outcomes by integrating social and technical sanitation solutions.

19 November 2020 / About Cities, Food and agriculture, Public policy, Sanitation and Wellbeing

Sustainable Development Forum 2020 – cities and human settlements in a changing climate

Past event / The Sustainable Development Forum took place for the 10th time and focused on cities and climate change.

11 November 2020 / About Cities, Climate policy and Climate services

Measuring health and wellbeing in rapidly growing cities

Feature / SEI's Initiative on City Health and Wellbeing uses novel approaches to understand how growing cities can impact wellbeing.

5 November 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Transport and Wellbeing

Assessing the level of inter-sectoral policy integration for governance in the water–energy nexus: a comparative study of Los Angeles and Beijing

Journal article / This article examines policy coordination within and between the water and energy sectors, and explores which factors best foster their integration.

7 October 2020 / About Cities, Public policy, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

RISKSEC 2.0 Local climate change adaptation: from risk governance to securitisation strategies

Project / The RISKSEC 2.0 project studies local climate change adaptation – from risk governance to securitization strategies.

2020 - 2024 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk, Innovation and Public policy

The Ocean and Biodiversity

Feature / Our Strategy for the Ocean and Biodiversity focuses on bridging science and policy within sources of marine pollution, coastal resilience and biodiversity loss.

28 September 2020 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Cities, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Finance, Land use, Public policy and Water resources

Manufacturing pollution in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: implications for the environment, health and future work

Other publication / This study is an overview of key manufacturing industries causing environmental degradation and impacts on human health in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

9 September 2020 / About Cities and Pollution