Sustainable Development Goals

Mangrove roots in Mochima, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea.

High Level Panel: Building Resilience from Source to Sea

Past event / This World Water Week event will explore the benefits of adopting the source-to-sea approach when designing actions that tackle Sustainable Development Goals.

26 August 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Innovation, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Aerial view of Mekong River and forest, Thailand

Transformative Water Governance for Resilient and Fair Societies

Past event / This session introduces conceptualization and application of transformative water governance principles on ongoing water governance research in Asia and Africa.

26 August 2021 / About Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Man washing his hands at an old-fashioned water pump, street scene in Old Delhi

An avalanche of collaboration triggering maximum SDG6 and SDG13 synergies

Past event / Collaboration among aid agencies, NGOs, governments and local actors is key to achieve effective climate change adaptation and mitigation in the water sector.

25 August 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

COVID recovery is an issue of policy coherence – Do we build back as quickly as possible, or build back greener and better? And what does this look like? – SEI Executive Director Måns Nilsson

What does policy coherence look like in a post-COVID world?

Feature / COVID recovery is an issue of policy coherence – Do we build back as quickly as possible, or build back greener and better?

10 August 2021 / About Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Creative workshop participants sharing solutions to transport issues

Six modes of co-production for sustainability

Journal article / A study describes different approaches for co-production and develops a new tool to open up reflexive dialogues.

6 August 2021 / About Participation and Sustainable Development Goals

Two men walking in mountains with reindeer

No green future without securing indigenous peoples’ rights

Feature / The government's inability to secure Sámi rights threatens the climate transition in Sweden.

30 July 2021 / About Ecosystems, Forests, Land use, Participation and Sustainable Development Goals

Scenic view of Mae Arb reservoir and mountains against sky, Thoen, Lampang, Thailand

SEI at World Water Week 2021

Feature / Take part in SEI-hosted online sessions at World Water Week from 23-27 August as we discuss water governance, sanitation, blue finance and sustainability.

19 July 2021 / About Business, Finance, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

A reservoir fueled by an ancient hydraulic system is surrounded by the town of Kairouan, Tunisia, a semi-arid community that has used the hydraulic system since the 9th century.

WEAP routine for sub-basin calculation of water stress in Algeria and Tunisia

Project / SEI is helping FAO meet sustainable development goals by training technicians to assess water stress at the sub-basin level in Algeria and Tunisia.

2021 / About Adaptation, Planning and modelling, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

SDG Synergies tool developed by SEI with research input from Mistra Geopolitics

Mistra Geopolitics and SEI contribute to Sweden’s review of SDGs

Feature / We review the SDG Synergies tool and country examples to see how analysing synergies and trade-offs between the SDGs will support implementation of Agenda 2030.

9 July 2021 / About Geopolitics, Participation and Sustainable Development Goals