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.

Strengths and weaknesses of the WHO urban air pollutant database

Journal article / This paper recommends improvements to the WHO's 2018 global ambient air quality database to enable better city comparisons.

25 April 2020 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Launch of five-year strategy for tackling Asia’s environmental challenges

Feature / SEI Asia’s five-year strategy aims to address many of Asia’s urgent environmental issues with a people-centred approach.

13 May 2020 / About Cities, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Participation and Sustainable Development Goals

Advancing the 2030 Agenda in African cities through knowledge co-production: Urban experiments led by early-career African scientists

Other publication / This report sheds light on what it takes to co-produce transdisciplinary knowledge on sustainable urban development in Africa.

7 May 2020 / About Cities and Sustainable Development Goals

Young woman learns how to prevent Covid-19

SEI works with Kenya’s government to tackle Covid-19

Perspective / The Ministry of Health in Kenya asks for SEI’s support in tackling Covid-19-related infectious waste.

24 April 2020 / About Cities and Public policy

What can you do for the planet while in lockdown?

Perspective / Citizen science initiatives that can help you connect with and support nature.

21 April 2020 / About Cities and Wellbeing

As coronavirus forces lockdowns, city dwellers head to parks

Media coverage / Diane Archer, SEI Asia in a short interview with Thomson Reuters.

24 March 2020 / About Cities

Four pointers for sustainable urban sanitation

Perspective / Success for the world’s urbanization hotspots depends on matching sanitation services to city realities.

11 February 2020 / About Cities and Sanitation

World Urban Forum Side Event: Partnerships towards an inclusive culture of health in cities

Past event / Join us for a networking event at the World Urban Forum 2020

10 February 2020 / About Cities, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation and Wellbeing

B.Green – Baltic Green Urban Infrastructure Planning

Project / B.Green aims at improving urban planning by developing a tested new green infrastructure planning concept into the pre-planning process in Helsinki and Tallinn.

2020 - 2022 / About Cities and Pollution