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SEI focuses on effective, equitable ways to mitigate and adapt to climate change for a safer climate for all. </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <nav class="c-accordion-menu js-accordion-menu"> <div class="c-accordion-menu__container"> <div class="c-accordion-menu__inner"> <button class="c-accordion-menu__toggle-button js-accordion-menu-button" aria-controls="#accordion-menu-links" aria-expanded="false" type="button"> Subtopics <svg class="o-svg o-svg--chevron-bold "><use class="o-svg__use " xlink:href="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/themes/sei/assets/img/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v2.0#chevron-bold" /></svg> </button> <div class="c-accordion-menu__link-wrapper js-accordion-menu-content" id="accordion-menu-links"> <h2 class="c-accordion-menu__heading">Subtopics:</h2> <a class="c-accordion-menu__link" href="https://www.sei.org/topics/adaptation/?parent_topic=climate"> Adaptation </a> <a class="c-accordion-menu__link" 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media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gettyimages-2041927358-v2-100x56.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gettyimages-2041927358-v2-274x152.webp?modtime=" alt="Woman carrying a small solar panel in Botswana" class="c-compact-item__image" loading="lazy"></picture> </div> <a class="c-compact-item__link" href="https://www.sei.org/tools/weadapt/"> <span class="c-compact-item__title"> weADAPT: Global platform for knowledge exchange on climate adaptation </span> </a> </div> </article> <article class="c-compact-item"> <div class="c-compact-item__link-wrapper"> <div class="c-compact-item__image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img-0599b-274x152.jpg?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img-0599b-100x56.jpg?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img 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href="https://www.sei.org/tools/the-connectivity-hub/"> <span class="c-compact-item__title"> The Connectivity Hub </span> </a> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-block__button-wrapper"> <div class="c-card-block__button"> <a class="o-button" href="https://www.sei.org/search/?select-post_type%5B%5D=project&select-post_type%5B%5D=tool&select-language%5B%5D=english&hidden-current-page=1#listing">All projects and tools</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-card-block c-card-block--content-width c-card-block--layout-stacked o-section" > <div class="o-container"> <header class="c-card-block__header"> <h2 class="c-card-block__title"> Adaptation </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> Adaptation to climate change is a key area of SEI's research. In particular, we focus on adaptation policy and finance under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, vulnerability assessments, capacity building and community-based adaptation. </p> </header> <div class="c-card-block__card-outer"> <div class="c-card-block__cards"> <article class="c-card c-card--stacked "> <div class="c-card__link-wrapper"> <div class="c-card__image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-aa029243-748x420.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-aa029243-550x309.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-aa029243-1000x561.webp?modtime=" alt="" class="c-card__image" loading="lazy"></picture> </div> <div class="c-card__text-wrapper"> <a class="c-card__link" href="https://www.sei.org/perspectives/five-insights-uk-climate-change-adaptation/"> <span class="c-card__title"> Five insights from the launch of a new initiative to help the UK adapt to climate change </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">Perspective</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> This perspective offers five insights that emerged from the launch of the MACC Hub, an initiative to help the UK adapt to the impacts of climate change. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">18 February 2025 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/adaptation/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Adaptation</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-block__button-wrapper"> <div class="c-card-block__button"> <a class="o-button " href="https://www.sei.org/topics/adaptation/?parent_topic=climate">More on adaptation</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-card-block c-card-block--content-width c-card-block--layout-stacked o-section" > <div class="o-container"> <header class="c-card-block__header"> <h2 class="c-card-block__title"> Climate policy </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> SEI’s work sheds light on major ethical issues in climate policy, examines key governance challenges, and offers new analytical frameworks centred on equity. </p> </header> <div class="c-card-block__card-outer"> <div class="c-card-block__cards"> <article class="c-card c-card--stacked "> <div class="c-card__link-wrapper"> <div class="c-card__image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1739540667-ramping-up-climate-action-in-bih-communities-748x420.webp?modtime=1739881646" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1739540667-ramping-up-climate-action-in-bih-communities-550x309.webp?modtime=1739881646" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1739540667-ramping-up-climate-action-in-bih-communities-1000x561.webp?modtime=1739881646" alt="" class="c-card__image" loading="lazy"></picture> </div> <div class="c-card__text-wrapper"> <a class="c-card__link" href="https://www.sei.org/features/ramping-up-climate-action-in-bih-communities/"> <span class="c-card__title"> Ramping up climate action in BiH communities </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">Feature</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> A workshop in Tuzla brought Bosnian communities together to plan climate action, focusing on investment strategies, funding and sustainable solutions. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">18 February 2025 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/climate-policy/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Climate policy</a> and <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/finance/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Finance</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-block__button-wrapper"> <div class="c-card-block__button"> <a class="o-button " href="https://www.sei.org/topic/climate-policy/?parent_topic=climate">More on climate policy</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-card-block c-card-block--content-width c-card-block--layout-stacked o-section" > <div class="o-container"> <header class="c-card-block__header"> <h2 class="c-card-block__title"> Climate services </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> Effective climate action should rest on reliable, relevant information. SEI's recognised expertise in climate science, policy engagement, decision-support tools and science communication make us uniquely well placed for the emerging field of climate services. </p> </header> <div class="c-card-block__card-outer"> <div class="c-card-block__cards"> <article class="c-card c-card--stacked "> <div class="c-card__link-wrapper"> <div class="c-card__image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lusaka-table-v2-748x420.webp?modtime=1738047523" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lusaka-table-v2-550x309.webp?modtime=1738047523" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lusaka-table-v2-1000x561.webp?modtime=1738047523" alt="" class="c-card__image" loading="lazy"></picture> </div> <div class="c-card__text-wrapper"> <a class="c-card__link" href="https://www.sei.org/publications/text-network-analysis-based-decision-framework/"> <span class="c-card__title"> Integrating social narratives of flood events into a text network analysis-based decision support framework to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Africa </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">Journal article</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> This article highlights the benefits of a co-creative, narrative-based methodology used to solicit residents' input for building resilience to floods in Africa. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">28 January 2025 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/adaptation/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Adaptation</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/climate-services/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Climate services</a> and <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/disaster-risk/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Disaster Risk</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-block__button-wrapper"> <div class="c-card-block__button"> <a class="o-button " href="https://www.sei.org/topic/climate-services/?parent_topic=climate">More on climate services</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-card-block c-card-block--content-width c-card-block--layout-stacked o-section" > <div class="o-container"> <header class="c-card-block__header"> <h2 class="c-card-block__title"> Disaster risk </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> Our research recognizes that disaster risk and development are closely linked: it is development processes that largely determine who and what is exposed to risk as well how much, and how effectively they can respond. SEI works to integrate disaster risk reduction with equitable, sustainable and resilient development. </p> </header> <div class="c-card-block__card-outer"> <div class="c-card-block__cards"> <article class="c-card c-card--stacked "> <div class="c-card__link-wrapper"> <div class="c-card__image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-555173785-748x420.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-555173785-550x309.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-555173785-1000x561.webp?modtime=" alt="Warning floor in flooded place" class="c-card__image" loading="lazy"></picture> </div> <div class="c-card__text-wrapper"> <a class="c-card__link" href="https://www.sei.org/publications/hydrometeorological-resilience-assessment/"> <span class="c-card__title"> Hydrometeorological resilience assessment of interconnected critical infrastructures </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">Journal article</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> This study models flood risks to critical infrastructure in Halmstad, Sweden, identifying key vulnerabilities and cascading failure risks. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">17 February 2025 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/adaptation/?parent_topic=water" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Adaptation</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/disaster-risk/?parent_topic=water" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Disaster Risk</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/mitigation/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Mitigation</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/planning-modelling/?parent_topic=water" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Planning and modelling</a> and <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/public-policy/?parent_topic=governance" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Public policy</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-block__button-wrapper"> <div class="c-card-block__button"> <a class="o-button " href="https://www.sei.org/topic/disaster-risk/?parent_topic=climate">More on disaster risk</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-card-block c-card-block--content-width c-card-block--layout-stacked o-section" > <div class="o-container"> <header class="c-card-block__header"> <h2 class="c-card-block__title"> Finance </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> Our research focuses on the effectiveness, efficiency and fairness of the international climate finance regime, but also looks beyond it, at how the global financial system at large either supports or undermines the societal transitions needed to achieve sustainable development. </p> </header> <div class="c-card-block__card-outer"> <div class="c-card-block__cards"> <article class="c-card c-card--stacked "> <div class="c-card__link-wrapper"> <div class="c-card__image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1448607390-748x420.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1448607390-550x309.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1448607390-1000x561.webp?modtime=" alt="Black man, engineer or solar energy management in electricity sustainability, solar panels or sun grid plant. Worker, employee or technician on renewable energy farm, biodegradable environment or eco" class="c-card__image" loading="lazy"></picture> </div> <div class="c-card__text-wrapper"> <a class="c-card__link" href="https://www.sei.org/publications/ndfs-mitigation-finance/"> <span class="c-card__title"> NDFs mitigation finance: a portfolio evaluation </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">Other publication</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> This paper evaluates Nordic Development Fund projects on climate impact, systemic change, co-benefits, and transparency using transformation finance principles. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">18 February 2025 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/finance/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Finance</a> and <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/mitigation/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Mitigation</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="c-card-block__button-wrapper"> <div class="c-card-block__button"> <a class="o-button " href="https://www.sei.org/topic/finance/?parent_topic=climate">More on finance</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-card-block c-card-block--content-width c-card-block--layout-stacked o-section" > <div class="o-container"> <header class="c-card-block__header"> <h2 class="c-card-block__title"> Fossil fuels </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> How do the institutions, investments and infrastructure that support fossil fuel production lock-in dependence on fossil fuels? 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SEI addresses these questions through timely, policy-relevant research and communications. </p> </header> <div class="c-card-block__card-outer"> <div class="c-card-block__cards"> <article class="c-card c-card--stacked "> <div class="c-card__link-wrapper"> <div class="c-card__image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1431780181-748x420.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1431780181-550x309.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1431780181-1000x561.webp?modtime=" alt="Brown, white and spotted black-and-white cows, each marked with numbers, are confined to metal pens at a cattle ranch in Colombia." class="c-card__image" loading="lazy"></picture> </div> <div class="c-card__text-wrapper"> <a class="c-card__link" href="https://www.sei.org/perspectives/perils-shifting-coal-livestock-cesar-colombia/"> <span class="c-card__title"> Replacing one polluting sector with another? 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SEI informs, supports and advises decision-makers and civil society on possible pathways to an equitable, low-carbon future. </p> </header> <div class="c-card-block__card-outer"> <div class="c-card-block__cards"> <article class="c-card c-card--stacked "> <div class="c-card__link-wrapper"> <div class="c-card__image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1448607390-748x420.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1448607390-550x309.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gettyimages-1448607390-1000x561.webp?modtime=" alt="Black man, engineer or solar energy management in electricity sustainability, solar panels or sun grid plant. 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