Wellbeing

African older woman sitting on the floor and eating her lunch in front of a village house.

Webinar: global ageing and climate change – regional dialogue Africa

Past event / SEI and HelpAge International hosted an online dialogue to explore challenges around ageing in a changing climate in Africa.

17 July 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Wellbeing

Five hands from diverse people, each holding a leaf that differs from the others in terms of shape or colour.

Fostering diversity and inclusivity in citizen science: a collective exploration

Past event / SEI York's Citizen Science Group ran a panel session exploring four related narratives at the Science in Public 2024 conference in Birmingham, UK.

08 July 2024 / About Participation, Pollution, Renewables and Wellbeing

Three young adults sitting at a table with laptops, notebooks and drinks and laughing.

Citizen science and youth mental health: co-creating future research

Past event / See Rhys Archer's insights from the Youth LIVES project, as shared at the European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation (ENMESH) conference.

04 July 2024 / About Wellbeing

Estonian schools celebrate a year of healthier, more sustainable meals

Feature / Fifteen Estonian schools are participating in the SchoolFood4Change project, aiming to instil healthy and sustainable eating habits in students.

18 June 2024 / About Food and agriculture and Wellbeing

Close-up of a woman's hand holding a ladle, stirring a large metal pot filled with stew, set over a basic, open metal stove on a concrete floor.

Household carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations in a large African city: an unquantified public health burden?

Journal article / Carbon monoxide exposure poses a health risk to many urban residents in sub-Saharan Africa, with concentrations at their highest as evening meals are prepared.

24 May 2024 / About Pollution and Wellbeing

Laughing senior couple working with mature daughter in community garden

Webinar: global ageing and climate change – regional dialogue Asia and the Pacific

Past event / SEI and HelpAge International hosted an online dialogue to explore challenges around ageing in a changing climate in the Asia-Pacific region.

23 May 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Wellbeing

Africano Baobab (Adansonia digitata) en Zambia - Fotografía de stock

SDG interactions analysis in Zambia: climate action, one health and policy coherence

Project / SEI aids Irish Embassy in Lusaka, Sustainable Food Systems Ireland, and Self Help Africa transform Zambia's food system with focus on Climate Action, One Health

2024 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Public policy, Supply chains, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

High angle shot of a street on a rainy day. Two red trams are on the left-hand side of the image, and a line of cars, brake lights visible, queues at a red traffic light on the right. Drifting smoke partially obscures the bottom half of the image. Pedestrians move around the space, crossing the road through the smoke and getting onto one of the trams.

Improving consistency in estimating future health burdens from environmental risk factors: case study for ambient air pollution

Journal article / Researchers developed an enhanced methodology to estimate future health burdens from air pollution. The new estimates improved strikingly upon previous metrics.

24 April 2024 / About Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

A future for planetary health and human wellbeing 2050

Other publication / This report provides the content of the discussions and critical insights from a series of backcasting exercises from UNEP Regional Foresight Workshop.

5 April 2024 / About Finance, Public policy and Wellbeing