Participation

Indigenous knowledge for the future – a talk with community leader Mama Aleta

Feature / Lauded indigenous leader from West Timur Mama Aleta recently spoke with SEI, urging the use of Indigenous knowledge to meet today's environmental challenges.

7 November 2019 / About Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation and Public policy

protester throws a chair in Santiago de Chile

After Chile pulls out of hosting COP 25, is it possible to reconcile goals for climate, sustainable development and just transitions?

Perspective / The protests in Chile and pulling out as host of COP25 show: Climate action, sustainable development, and just transitions are goals that have to be reconciled.

1 November 2019 / About Climate policy, Participation and Sustainable Development Goals

Indigenous Peoples of Southeast Asia reaffirm their rights

Perspective / The lands and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples in Southeast Asia face mounting threats. Their knowledge and rights are vital to addressing these threats.

28 October 2019 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Asia Pacific Urban Forum 7

Past event / The 7th Asia Pacific Forum will take place in Penang, Malaysia and focus on transformative pathways to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

16 October 2019 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Climate policy, Innovation, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Deltas face the brunt of unsustainable development and climate impacts – we must move beyond concrete to shore them up

Perspective / Asian River Deltas make up "the breadbasket of the world" but are sinking and shrinking due to climate change and poor management. How do we respond?

18 October 2019 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Participation and Public policy

The Green New Deal: what is a reasonable “realism” in the face of an existential threat?

Past event / In this webinar, SEI Senior Scientist Eric Kemp-Benedict will talk about the economics of climate change and the role of social trust in systematic changes.

09 October 2019 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Contention strikes back? The discursive, instrumental and institutional tactics implemented by coal sector incumbents in Colombia

Journal article / This article analyses the ways through which incumbent actors of the fossil fuel regime respond to socio-economic pressures and actively resist change.

23 September 2019 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Participation and Public policy

Recovering from Typhoon Haiyan: planned resettlement displaces farming communities

Feature / Resettlement planning after the devastating Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has led to displacement of farmers that had been living on land for generations.

30 September 2019 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Participation and Public policy

Towards improved participatory scenario methodologies in the Arctic

Journal article / Scenarios have a lot of potential to support sustainability in the Arctic. How can they be made more robust?

3 September 2019 / About Participation