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SEI explores individual and household behaviour to better understand how and why people take up new technologies. </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/prototypes-748x420.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/prototypes-550x309.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/prototypes-1000x561.webp?modtime=" alt="Printed illustrations on a white desktop of a fridge organising system, reminders on a closed fridge, phone app, website on a laptop screen, with pens and post it notes scattered on top" 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/reduce-household-food-waste/"> <span class="c-card__title"> What’s in the fridge? Science-based strategies to reduce household food waste </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">Feature</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> Reducing household food waste would go a long way to lower Sweden's emissions and behavioural science can help identify the best strategies. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">24 January 2025 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/behaviour-choice/?parent_topic=economy" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Behaviour and choice</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/food-agriculture/?parent_topic=health" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Food and agriculture</a> and <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/sustainable-lifestyles/?parent_topic=economy" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Sustainable lifestyles</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/behaviour-choice/?parent_topic=economy">More on behaviour and choice</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"> Bioeconomy </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> Revolutionizing the use of biomass is one of the most promising pathways to more sustainable production and consumption. SEI research explores the many facets of developing knowledge-based bioeconomies, from growing biomass to the governance of science, technology and innovation. </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/ginettekarirekinyanagbs2024-748x420.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ginettekarirekinyanagbs2024-550x309.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ginettekarirekinyanagbs2024-862x561.webp?modtime=" alt="A woman stands behind a glass display case with bottles arranged, and holds a bottle up in her hands." 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/innovation-catnip-mosquito-repellent-malaria-eastern-africa/"> <span class="c-card__title"> How innovation led to a catnip plant-based mosquito repellent to fight malaria in eastern Africa </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">SEI brief</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> The innovation system of a catnip plant-based mosquito repellent developed to fight malaria in eastern Africa relied on local initiatives and entrepreneurship. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">13 February 2025 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/bioeconomy/?parent_topic=economy" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Bioeconomy</a> and <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/innovation/?parent_topic=economy" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Innovation</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/behaviour-choice/?parent_topic=economy">More on bioeconomy</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"> Business </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> Businesses have a pivotal role to play in sustainable development, and are increasingly showing leadership in this field. SEI looks at how to promote and support this role through policy and knowledge sharing, as well as partnering directly with businesses to explore more sustainable pathways. </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? The perils of shifting from coal to livestock in Cesar, Colombia </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">Perspective</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> As Colombia seeks a shift away from fossil fuel extraction, SEI experts warn against replacing one polluting sector with another. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">12 February 2025 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/business/?parent_topic=economy" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/food-agriculture/?parent_topic=land" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Food and agriculture</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/fossil-fuels/?parent_topic=climate" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Fossil fuels</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/business/?parent_topic=economy">More on business</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/2024/12/2023-10-26-12.13.25-1-748x420.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:550px)"><source srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2023-10-26-12.13.25-1-550x309.webp?modtime=" media="(min-width:1px)"><img srcset="https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2023-10-26-12.13.25-1-1000x561.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/publications/examining-the-role-of-risk-mitigation-and-transfer-for-renewable-energy-investments-case-studies-in-west-and-central-africa/"> <span class="c-card__title"> Examining the role of risk mitigation and transfer for renewable energy investments: case studies in West and Central Africa </span> </a> <p class="c-card__description"> <span class="c-card__type">SEI report</span> <span class="c-card__type"> / </span> This report explores the financial landscape of renewable energy projects in West and Central Africa, with recommendations on how to maximize success. </p> <div class="c-card__bottom-meta"> <p class="c-card__bottom-meta-text"> <span class="c-card__date">19 December 2024 /</span> <span>About</span> <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/energy-access/?parent_topic=energy" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Energy access</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/finance/?parent_topic=governance" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Finance</a>, <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/public-policy/?parent_topic=governance" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Public policy</a> and <a href="https://www.sei.org/topics/renewables/?parent_topic=energy" class="c-card__bottom-meta-link">Renewables</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=economy">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"> Innovation </h2> <p class="c-card-block__description"> Technological innovation can play a central role in transforming society for sustainable outcomes. 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