Geopolitics

Birdseye view of heavy mining equipment on brown rock formation during daytime

Project / Mistra Mineral Governance research project aims to help decision-makers in Sweden and the EU navigate the critical mineral governance landscape.

2024 - 2028 / About Geopolitics, Land use, Renewables and Supply Chains

A landscape view of the Manohara informal settlement - Kathmandu, Nepal. There is a waterway in the central foreground, with buildings in the distance either side of it. Himalayas in the background.

Knowledge infrastructures, conflictual coproduction, and the politics of planning: a post-foundational approach to political capability in Nepal and Thailand

Journal article / Struggles for equality and rights are bound up in urban participatory planning. This complicates dynamics of co-production and political subjectivisation.

22 December 2023 / About Geopolitics and Public policy

Wildfire in Varnavas, Greece, being fought with firefighting aircraft

NATO and Anthropogenic Strategic Security

Journal article / This article explores the role and readiness of NATO and its capacity to integrate anthropogenic risks into the Alliance’s strategies.

20 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster Risk and Geopolitics

Aerial view on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai Downtown at dawn.

Online dialogue: COP28 post-match analysis

Past event / After COP28, SEI hosts an online dialogue with Linköping University in collaboration with Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research and Mistra Geopolitics

19 December 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Geopolitics

Somya Joshi in CNBC about artificial intelligence advancement and water scarcity

Media coverage / SEI's Somya Joshi speaks to CNBC about the balance between innovation, AI and sustainable resource management.

8 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Water resources

Abstract art representing a nebula, used as a header image for Currents 2024.

SEI Currents 2024

Feature / Explore perspectives by our researchers on the trends and topics set to shape 2024.

7 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Geopolitics, Innovation, Participation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles

Residents navigate the damage wrought by Super Typhoon Odette in the Philippines, with trees and power poles toppled over smashed buildings.

Zoha Shawoo in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: 4 ways Loss and Damage can address local needs

Media coverage / COP28 opened with a breakthrough decision on Loss and Damage. SEI's Zoha Shawoo co-authors a piece on how the fund can address local crises.

6 December 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics and Public policy

With the benefit of hindsight: Currents 2023

Feature / As we prepare to launch Currents 2024 on 17 January, it is time to take stock. Did we detect the way the winds were blowing when we looked ahead to 2023?

6 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Innovation, Mitigation, Participation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

“It’s unprecedented”: Zoha Shawoo breaks down COP28’s loss and damage decision

Feature / SEI Scientist and Zoha Shawoo puts the COP28 loss and damage decision into perspective, saying it is both significant and inadequate for the scale of need.

4 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Finance, Geopolitics and Public policy