Participation

Gender, equity and climate policy

SEI podcast / In this episode we talked about how climate solutions needs to recognize the interconnections between gender, equity, poverty and sustainability.

29 November 2021 / Environment and policy in Asia / Climate policy, Disaster risk, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

African woman washing clothes in the yard next to the washing line were few blankets are drying

Quality of Government and Access to Clean Water and Sanitation: A New International Network and Research Agenda

Past event / Welcome to a virtual session on quality of government and access to clean water and sanitation, as part of the AfricaSan 6 conference.

24 November 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation and Water resources

Two wind turbines tower over field of red tulips, Lelystad, Netherlands

Industrial decarbonization done right: Identifying success factors for well-functioning permitting processes

SEI brief / In order to ensure a smooth transition away from carbon-intensive industry, an efficient and effective permitting process must help pave the way.

23 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Business, Fossil fuels, Participation and Public policy

Woman's hand dropping plastic bottle on top of pile of plastic packaging for recycling.

Corporations and plastic pollution: Trends in reporting

Journal article / This analysis provides a starting point for a more nuanced consideration of the private sector's role in addressing plastic pollution and suggests priorities.

21 October 2021 / About Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Aerial view of Bonn with Post Tower on Rhine River

SDG localization baseline

SEI report / Local actors drive change and advance the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals.

29 October 2021 / About Participation and Sustainable Development Goals

Assessing inequalities in wellbeing at a neighbourhood scale in low-middle-income-country secondary cities and their implications for long-term livability

Journal article / To ensure future sustainability, cities need to consider concepts of livability and resident wellbeing alongside environmental and economic development equity.

8 November 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

Climate finance needs to acknowledge the unmitigated debt crisis

Perspective / SEI's Zoha Shawoo outlines three key opportunities for climate finance negotiators at COP26 to start grappling with the debt crisis of developing countries.

2 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance, Geopolitics and Participation

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

Schoolchildren in Lusaka, Zambia looking at a map of transport hotspots

Participative solutions in urban transport planning

Past event / In this INTALInC webinar, experts explore promising approaches aimed at overcoming exclusion in East African urban transport planning.

28 October 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Innovation, Participation, Pollution, Public policy, Transport and Wellbeing