In recent years the world has seen impacts of climate change rapidly intensify with more severe, frequent and unpredictable extreme weather events, as well as sea rise level that threatens communities and countries all over the world. The private sector …
Peter Bentley, Adaptation and Resilience Team Lead at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, said his country’s third national adaptation plan currently under development will take the international aspects of climate adaptation into …
The overall theme for the annual meeting is “research for impact in policy and practice – how to translate science into policy and practice that can make a difference for nature and people?” After many online meetings, we now encourage in-person …
Interaction between stakeholders from the same cities and towns has been essential, as teams with participants from the same cities but different institutions have worked together often without knowing each other beforehand. “We brought them together to …
The bioeconomy can turn into the engine to enhance bio-based economies. This event will have Spanish/English intepretation. Este evento contará con interpretación en español/inglés. The aim of this seminar is to invite three experts to discuss about …
A just transition according to the ILO means greening the economy by simultaneously addressing the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development in a way that is as fair and inclusive as possible to everyone concerned, creating …
Phonekeo Vangna, from the Lao PDR Farmer’s Network, says farmers have had to learn new ways of planting and caring for crops. “We need to find ways to cultivate rice which reduces the amount of water in farming,” she says. “Some farmers are doing this …
In a genuine just transition, people will not lose jobs and livelihoods in the transition to a green economy to achieve climate goals. A just transition is therefore not only a technical fix, using clean technology in production processes, but gives voice …
This impact story is from our 2021 annual report . SEI co-authored the Global Methane Assessment report published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in May. The report provided a strong foundation …
In the absence of adequate sidewalks, cycle paths and public transport, citizens in African cities are forced to use motorized vehicles (for example, paratransit, cars, minibuses and motorbike taxis) whenever they can afford to do so. This has disastrous …
Fortunately, the tide has recently begun to turn, as the scope of political and public discourse on climate change is expanding to encompass not only the impact of our global economy on climate change, but the impact of climate change on our economy (and …
Advance action towards social inclusion and gender equality aspects in sanitation services Although social inclusion and gender equity were considered part of the LatinoSan agenda, there was a greater interest on technical aspects, innovations and …
About the Think Lab on Just Transition The Think Lab on Just Transition aims to shape and define business and thought leadership on critical areas linked to just transition; address key business challenges; identify policy advocacy opportunities and good …
At the local level, communities preserve and archive their local knowledge. Edible weeds are a good example of how mainstream, dominant knowledge has suppressed the local knowledge related to plants. Edible weeds used to be common knowledge, as they were …
The speakers will further discuss how Amazonian countries are addressing the destructive political legacies of the past and present. We invite all participants to discuss more sustainable futures for the Amazon and to what extent we all can support …
The community sanitation dialogues addressed gender equality and social inclusion issues in the planning and implementation of sanitation interventions across the delivery chain. These include the types of sanitation services and facilities implemented and …
Deutche Welle’s environmental YouTube channel, Planet A, developed a seven-minute report digging into FIFA’s claims and how they compare to experts’ evaluations. SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff commented specifically on the carbon credits, which in …
Mainland southeast Asia faces a ‘polycrisis’, as climate change, conflict and Covid-19 intersect with rising economic and geopolitical headwinds. Meanwhile, an environmentally unsustainable model of development has degraded ecosystems and biodiversity. The …
The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment marked a watershed in world environmental politics. Gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, the international community collectively recognized that the technologies and economic models that enable modern …
The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is an international non-profit research and policy organisation that tackles environment and development challenges and conducts policy-relevant environmental and sustainable development research around the world. …
