Climate policy

Technical tour in Honduras: promising sites for water harvesting in Nacaome

Climate change as a subjacent factor of migration and mobility

Perspective / What is the nexus between migration and climate change? Why is it important to understand it?

4 November 2021 / About Climate policy, Disaster risk and Public policy

Sky view of factory chimney billowing smoke under blue-green sky

Assessing crediting scheme standards and practices for ensuring unit quality under the Paris agreement

Journal article / This paper presents a framework for assessing the standards and practices of voluntary carbon market crediting schemes related to unit quality.

29 October 2021 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Public policy

“The Global Methane Pledge is a good start”

Media advisory / SEI's Johan Kuylenstierna comments on the Global Methane Pledge in which world leaders have signed up to cutting global methane emissions by 30% by 2030.

2 November 2021 / About Climate policy, Climate services, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

High-angle photo of group of people sitting in chairs

Social capital, economic development and carbon emissions: Empirical evidence from counties in Sweden

Journal article / The authors examine "the nexus between social capital, income and Swedish county-level per capita CO2 emissions".

16 September 2021 / About Climate policy, Participation and Public policy

Olive trees on the island of Djerba, Southern Tunisia, North Africa.

Cascading climate risks: perspectives from around the world

Past event / This virtual roundtable showcases the case studies of cross-border climate risks, the bottlenecks for progress and the solutions at different scales.

01 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster risk

Vapour rises from cooling towers in distance on hazy day with grass in front, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Chris Malley speaks to BBC Radio York from COP26

Media coverage / Chris Malley speaks to BBC Radio York from COP26 on the challenges and opportunities that the climate talks bring.

1 November 2021 / About Cities, Climate policy, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Cascade on Una River with bridge in background snd church and minaret further in distance, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Climate change and natural hazards in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a gender equality, social equity and poverty reduction lens

SEI brief / This discussion brief explains how climate change and natural hazards in Bosnia and Herzegovina are related to gender inequality, social inequity and poverty.

29 October 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy and Public policy

Passengers riding half-empty bus in daytime with dark blue seats, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

To bus or not to bus: unpacking the nexus between public health, disaster risk reduction and urban planning

Perspective / On the occasion of World Cities Day, SEI Research Associate Minh Tran reflects on urban planning from a health emergency and risk reduction perspective.

31 October 2021 / About Cities, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Pollution and Transport

Four red train carriages carrying coal under a cloud-filled blue sky in the desert, Mongolia

The Production Gap Report 2021

Other publication / The 2021 report reveals that countries' fossil fuel production plans remain dangerously out of sync with the limits consistent with the Paris Agreement.

20 October 2021 / About Climate policy and Fossil fuels