Climate services

Future climate solutions: systematic reviews help deal with evidence overload

Perspective / Introducing new methods to synthesize evidence on what works in climate change solutions.

30 November 2018 / About Climate policy and Climate services

The private sector, agriculture and climate change: connecting the dots

Perspective / Nella Canales and Richard J.T. Klein examine the role the private sector can play in helping agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa to adapt to a changing climate.

15 October 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Finance, Food and agriculture, Mitigation and Sustainable Development Goals

Emissions from cargo shipping make up a large but overlooked share of global greenhouse gas emissions.

A spatially explicit data-driven approach to calculating commodity-specific shipping emissions per vessel

Journal article / This article presents a new method for accurately calculating GHG emissions from marine cargo shipping, and attributing them to countries, vessels and products.

17 September 2018 / About Climate services, Pollution, Supply chains and Transport

Words matter: using language and technology to better inform the climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction communities

Other publication / The authors advocate for the creation of a climate change "translator" to help climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction communities communicate better.

31 January 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate services and Disaster risk

Second rate or a second chance? Assessing biomass and biodiversity recovery in regenerating Amazonian forests

Journal article / Secondary forests can be vital to conserve biodiversity and trap carbon, but are still no substitute for undisturbed primary forest.

4 October 2018 / About Climate policy, Climate services and Forests

Farmer cultivating a field with a buffalo

Constraints to the capacity of smallholder farming households to adapt to climate change in South and Southeast Asia

Journal article / Based on discussions with almost 600 people, this paper explores how smallholder rural households can adapt to climate variability and change.

6 March 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate services, Food and agriculture and Public policy

Every farmer is different. Why should they adapt to climate change the same way?

Feature / A recent study identifies key indicators of adaptive capacity, allowing climate adaptation efforts to be customised for the needs of farming communities.

17 July 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate services, Food and agriculture and Public policy

230,000 people have used SEI’s climate calculator to track their carbon footprint

Feature / The climate calculator estimates people's carbon footprint and helps them adapt their lifestyles.

12 July 2018 / About Climate services and Sustainable lifestyles

SEI signs memorandum of understanding to boost capacity building for climate change

Feature / SEI signed an MoU formalising its participation in a global network of climate centres to address capacity development in climate change.

30 May 2018 / About Climate policy and Climate services