Geopolitics

Operationalizing the Loss and Damage Fund: learning from the perspectives of funders and potential recipients

SEI brief / This brief summarizes recommendations about how the new Loss & Damage Fund can best help vulnerable countries respond to and recover from climate impacts.

28 August 2023 / About Finance and Geopolitics

River meanders across a flat surface at sunset

New frontiers of governance to drive innovation for water and beyond

Past event / This session examines the complexities of transboundary water governance by exploring ideas and case studies at Stockholm World Water Week.

22 August 2023 / About Geopolitics, Public policy and Water resources

Intermodal containers on dock, Barcelona

Report on preliminary impact and policy insights from model and sectoral case study analysis: trade-linked cross-border impacts

Other publication / This report is intended to act as a starting point for a more in-depth exploration of the policy environment that surrounds trade-linked cross-border impacts.

2 August 2023 / About Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply Chains

SDGs projected onto the UN headquarters in New York. UN Photo/Cia Pak, via Flickr

SEI at HLPF 2023

Past event / Meet the SEI experts who will be attending to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2023.

10 July 2023 / About Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Hurricane winds bend back palm trees on the coast of Antigua, West Indies

Operationalising the Loss and Damage Fund: learning from the funding mosaic

Other publication / This report offers recommendations on how to operationalize a new global loss and damage fund.

13 July 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Participation and Public policy

Confluence of the Indus and Zanskar Rivers.

T20 Policy Briefs

Feature / These policy briefs are a contribution to T20 India, an "idea bank" designed to inform and inspire policy discussions at this year's G20 Summit.

5 July 2023 / About Business, Cities, Climate policy, Energy access, Finance, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Innovation, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables, Supply Chains, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Water resources

Waves and coral reef from above, Indian Ocean, Mauritius

High Seas Treaty: searching for common grounds

Other publication / This policy brief explores the opportunities for, and implications of, governing the world’s common ocean against the contemporary geopolitical backdrop.

29 June 2023 / About Geopolitics

The Syr Darya river is framed by bushes and trees beneath a dark, stormy sky in Kazakhstan

The value of cooperation under climate change in Central Asia’s Syr Darya River: Using integrated water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus tools to inform policy

Other publication / Cooperation in the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus among countries sharing the Syr Darya River Basin can improve local livelihoods.

7 June 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Unpacking the 2023 Turkish election’s implications for environmental policy: time for a path change?

Perspective / This perspective delves into the nuances of the May 2023 Turkish election and its potential to transform Türkiye's environmental policies.

21 June 2023 / About Cities, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Geopolitics, Public policy and Renewables