Editor’s choice
Editor’s choice
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Around 2.4 billion people use biomass fuels - wood, charcoal and animal dung - for their domestic energy needs. These are typically burned in inefficient stoves or on open fires, with serious consequences for health and the environment. SEI identifies and designs actions to help households transition to cleaner technologies and energy sources.
253 results / 16 of 29 pages
SEI brief / This brief synthesizes the findings from SEI's work on the inequality that exists in energy systems, on inclusive energy planning and on just transitions.
Feature / SEI researchers explain the gender dimensions of their work, and how these uncover opportunities for better sustainable development.
Feature / Explore the results from our Initiative on Behaviour and Choice, including a toolkit for behaviour-based development interventions and examples of its use.
Journal article / This article presents an interdisciplinary study of risk and uncertainty of sustainable charcoal policies in Kitui, Kenya.
Journal article / Datasets on the local impacts of biofuel feedstock production and the factors that influence adoption and/or sustained use of ethanol stoves in southern Africa.
Media coverage / Dagens Nyheter interviewed SEI Senior Research Fellow Francis X. Johnson as part of the newspaper’s investigation into the Swedish Energy Agency’s CDM program.
SEI brief / In what ways does the bioeconomy interact with the rapid developments in wind, solar and storage?
Past event / Nordic countries offer proven and scalable solutions for cutting emissions globally. What would the impacts be if more cities joined in?
Press release / SEI participated in the release of a report highlighting the contribution of innovative green solutions in Nordic cities to the reduction of carbon emissions.
