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Governance

Shaping political and social change, empowering people and communities, improving policy and building effective institutions are central to a sustainable future. SEI works toward more functional, transparent and representative systems of governance.

Initiatives

Projects and tools

Finance

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.

Geopolitics

SEI geopolitics research examines the dynamic interactions between politics, natural resources, human security and global environmental change.

Innovation

Technological innovation can play a central role in transforming society for sustainable outcomes. SEI examines the conditions that enable new, green technologies to flourish.

Participation

Technological innovation can play a central role in transforming society for sustainable outcomes. SEI examines the conditions that enable new, green technologies to flourish.

Public policy

What laws, regulations and actions support sustainable outcomes? SEI is concerned with identifying policies and processes that lead to efficient and effective solutions.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals reflect a global consensus that economic, social and environmental aspects of development are inextricably linked and mutually dependent. SEI offers scientific support to the conceptualization, implementation and follow-up of the goals.

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