risk Archives

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Q&A: Looking ahead with foresight with Henrik Carlsen

Feature / The UNEP/ISC foresight report shows 18 weak points - Henrik Carlsen shares thoughts on future scenarios.

16 July 2024 / About Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply Chains

Breaking the cycle of risk: mapping a pathway for climate-vulnerable countries to address resilience and debt

Press release / Call to action for financial institutions to map resilience-building pathways to tackle the economic fragility of debt-burdened and climate-vulnerable countries.

4 July 2024 / About Climate policy and Finance

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New European Parliament must act on climate change as a systemic threat

Perspective / In this op-ed, Mikael Allan Mikaelsson and Johan Munck af Rosenschöld present ways for the new EU Parliament to protect Europe and act on climate change.

27 June 2024 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Public policy and Supply Chains

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Vulnerability to displacement: the case of Kihoto, Kenya

SEI working paper / The authors provide an overview of the socio-economic impacts and displacement outcomes on the informal settlement of Kihoto, Kenya, post-flooding.

25 June 2024 / About Disaster Risk

Decentralized solutions for island states: enhancing energy resilience through renewable technologies

Journal article / Decentralized grid solutions could be a feasible alternative to improve resilience and mitigate cascading effects in island states.

12 June 2024 / About Energy access, Household energy, Mitigation, Planning and modelling and Renewables

Managing systemic risk through transformative change:

Journal article / This perspective argues that bringing local knowledge co-production into systemic risk analyses can help identify opportunities for changes to build resilience.

17 May 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate services and Disaster Risk

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SEI expert advises on UK peatlands management for wildfire threat

Feature / Andreas Heinemeyer contributed to a recent briefing for the UK parliament, drawing on his expertise in peatland management.

20 May 2024 / About Ecosystems

AI — environment & social good?

Past event / This hybrid panel discussion featured two SEI experts; AI's role in the media, climate research and its ethical tensions were all up for debate.

26 April 2024 / About Climate policy, Innovation and Public policy

Research on empirical distributions of index returns: evidence from international markets

Journal article / This paper analyses statistical distributions behind financial market returns used to make inferences for the purposes of risk management.

15 February 2024 / About Disaster Risk