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SEI shares five recommendations ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference

Biodiversity action is falling short – SEI shares five recommendations for building more resilient societies ahead of COP17.
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Partnership in practice for people: SEI and ONWR co-design actionable solutions for water and climate resilience in Thailand

Key messages from the second Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting on water-related collaboration between ONWR and SEI Asia ...
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Young people’s experiences of breathing, air pollution and respiratory health in a large African city

In this paper, authors discuss the results of a study which explored adolescents’ lived experiences of breathing, lung health and air pollution in Nairobi, Kenya. “Breathing well”, they found, is far ...
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Media briefing 13 October: SEI experts highlight the key topics to watch at biodiversity COP17

SEI invites journalists to a media briefing where its experts will share their perspectives on key topics ahead of the UN ...
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Uniting citizen science and plural valuation: potential for leveraging transformative change

The authors set out four key leverage points for change, and show where citizen science can strengthen plural valuation at ...
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“The way enthusiasm builds”: frame amplification and emotional reinforcement in participatory policymaking

In this paper, the authors reflect on observations of three UK-based participatory policymaking workshops to examine how emotions both informed and were informed by citizens’ sensemaking schemata – or ...
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Meet Marie Jürisoo, Centre Director

You first appeared in Meet SEI in 2018, as Operations Director. What brought you from Stockholm to Bangkok? The short answer is that after seven years as Operations Director, I got itchy feet and ...
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Corrado Topi

Corrado Topi is a Senior Research Fellow and the Lead of the Centre for Finance for Sustainability at SEI Asia. At SEI Asia, Corrado directs the programme on inclusive finance and the Centre for ...
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IPBES Transformative Change Assessment

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Transformative Change Assessment delves into the rapid and transformative change required to reverse ...
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10 new insights in climate science 2025/2026

Each year, Future Earth, the Earth League and the World Climate Research Programme gather leading scholars from around the world to review the most pressing findings in climate research. The result is ...
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Climate change, trade, and global food security: a global assessment of transboundary climate risks in agricultural commodity flows

This report provides a first systematic, quantitative assessment of transboundary climate risks to trade in major agricultural commodities – maize, rice, wheat, soy, sugar cane, and coffee. The ...
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Balancing energy security and a healthy environment

Forni, L., Díaz Gómez, R., Mautner, M., Gonzalez, A., Roca, J. C., Davies, C., Orrego, L., & Frabotta, A. (2024). Balancing energy security and a healthy ...