Portugal

Anticipating lithium extraction in northern Portugal: a sacrifice zone in the making?

Journal article / This article examines the tensions around opening a large lithium mine in northern Portugal in the context of the EU's green mining policy.

C-SINK – Creating a Standardized and Transparent European Carbon Dioxide Removal Market

Project / C-SINK aims to transform the CDR market in Europe, focusing on innovation and sustainability to achieve net negative CO2 emissions.

Enhancing circular procurement practices on the local level

Past event / This event will focus on how to incorporate the circular economy principles and criteria on the strategic level in local municipalities.

Regions4Climate

Project / Regions4Climate will implement innovative actions to enhance climate resilience within the real-life environments of partner regions.

COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’. What’s next for the fight to keep them in the ground?

Perspective / Post-COP27, Fergus Green and SEI's Harro van Asselt offer ways to advance efforts to develop an international agreement to restrict and phase out fossil fuels.

Building partnerships to advance the blue economy

Feature / Partnerships between the scientific, policy and private sectors are key to facilitate the commercialization of research and innovation in the blue economy.

Accelerating the transition to a circular economy through impactful and actionable research

SEI report / This report provides a coherent picture of SEI-wide engagement on the circular economy and offers future directions for the research agenda.

European Topic Centre on Sustainability Transitions (ETC ST)

Project / A consortium of thirteen European organisations supports the European Environment Agency in sustainability transitions.

Science and research key for a sustainable blue economy

Press release / Kenya, Canada, Japan and Portugal hosted a high-level blue economy side event in New York to launch an SEI-authored sustainable blue economy book.