Land cover scenarios in four Kenyan arid and semi-arid regions by 2050

Anderson Kehbila; Alphayo Lutta; Romanus Opiyo; Sharon Anyango Onyango; Carol Mungo; Philip Osano

doi:https://doi.org/10.51414/sei2024.029

several people in a green grassy shrubby area near woodlands, climbing over a wood fence under blue skies.

Land cover scenarios in four Kenyan arid and semi-arid regions by 2050

SEI working paper / The researchers analysed spatial land use data for the past two decades for primarily arid and semiarid lands (ASAL) to project forest cover in Kenya by 2050.

1 July 2024 / About Forests and Land use

Dark clouds in the sky over a dirt road passing through tropical dry forest trees on either side.

What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco?

Journal article / This study shows options for potential land-system futures for the Gran Chaco, a global deforestation hotspot with high biological and cultural diversity.

27 June 2024 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use and Public policy

Raising climate ambition for land-based mitigation: Regional engagement for global impact in Africa

Past event / The workshop on land-based mitigation technologies brings together stakeholders to review and evaluate land-based mitigation options for the Africa region

21 November 2023 / About Land use and Mitigation

Young pepper plants grow in a dry, cracked field at a farm in Meki Batu, Ethiopia

New WEAP feature calculates water stress at the local level

Feature / A new feature of SEI’s WEAP tool allows users to gain insight on water stress at the local scale, enabling accurate SDG reporting and regional water planning.

23 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Scott River

Project / SEI is working with UC Davis and the California State Water Resources Control Board to implement the Drought Emergency Regulation in the Scott River watershed.

2022 / About Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

Trade-offs of controlling biodiversity degradation: the social dilemma of managing invasive species in Kenya

Feature / The global distribution of species has is more homogeneous from the degradation and decline of native species due to the introduction of invasive alien species.

21 November 2022 / About Adaptation, Forests and Mitigation

An assessment of strategies for sustainability priority challenges in Jordan using a water-energy-food nexus approach

Journal article / This study aimed to support robust decision-making for planning and management of water-energy-food (WEF) nexus systems in the country of Jordan.

7 July 2022 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Mitigation, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Drip irrigation hoses snake through rows of tiny green sprouts emerging from dry, cracked ground in Spain.

RECLAMO: the contribution of water reuse to a resource-efficient and sustainable water management for irrigation

Project / Growing pressure on water resources and climate uncertainty call for alternatives to over-pumping aquifers. RECLAMO explores the potential of reclaimed water.

2022 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Co-authored SEI study on post-2025 climate finance in Eco Magazine

Media coverage / Eco Magazine wrote about a co-authored study written by inter alia Pieter Pauw, Zoha Shawoo and Richard J. T. Klein on climate finance.

13 September 2022 / About Finance

drylands