Finance

SEI at climate COP30: topics to watch

Media advisory / At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, from 10-21 November, SEI researchers and experts will be on site to offer expert commentary and analysis on crucial topics.

Shaping the EU’s response to growing climate threats

Feature / SEI helped produce the first EU Climate Risk Assessment, exposing key climate risks and shaping priorities for the new EU Commission in 2024.

COP30 unpacked: why and how Belém could be a turning point for adaptation

Feature / Your guide to understanding the key issues expected to dominate the agenda at this year's COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

Leveraging supply chains for climate action: the outsized carbon-saving potential of seven companies

Feature / New analyses by Trase shows that seven major companies trading agricultural commodities have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025: Adaptation finance gap

Other publication / UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 finds that a gap in adaptation finance for developing countries is putting lives, livelihoods and entire economies at risk.

Moldova’s choice for Europe must now be matched by green reforms

Perspective / Lauri Tammiste argues that Moldova’s pro-EU mandate must now translate into real progress through energy, climate and governance reforms.

Business models for decentralized water services in urban and peri-urban areas

Journal article / This study examines decentralized drinking water services, through the lens of business model innovation.

Your guide to SEI at COP30

Collection / Explore expert insights, research and live updates on SEI’s events and engagement throughout the conference.

A bottom-up framework for product development in humanitarian, poor, and emerging markets

Journal article / Challenges across 'Product Development Processes' are examined to understand how they intersect with market typologies in resource-constrained contexts.