policy engagement Archives

A wide-angle view of a tall communications tower equipped with various satellite dishes and antennas, set against a clear blue sky with minimal cloud cover.

Why do mobile phones attract more investment than solar panels?

Feature / Cambridge MBA students build diverging business cases for basic service provision in sub-Saharan Africa.

13 June 2024 / About Energy access, Finance, Innovation, Public policy and Supply Chains

Open field with overhead wires and a factory producing steam or smoke.

Developing scenarios for non-CO2 forcers for Latin America and Africa region using LEAP

Past event / See our presentation at the Air Pollution Conference Brazil on how FOCI is assessing the influence of climate change mitigation measures on non-CO2 forcers.

06 June 2024 / About Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Mitigation, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Supporting multi-stakeholder participation processes: a Serious Game application for watershed management in Colombia

Journal article / SEI researchers and Corpocaldas address the challenges of multi-stakeholder participation in watershed management using serious games.

6 June 2024 / About Water resources

A Peruvian Indigenous woman on the Uros Islands of Lake Titicaca stands next to a solar panel.

Renewable energy

Collection / Dive into SEI's research and on-the-ground work to support lasting renewable energy projects across the globe.

About Finance, Public policy and Renewables

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Exploring the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in England: a new composite measure

Journal article / Researchers developed a method for quantifying the social and cultural values of treescapes, creating a composite measure which can be used by policymakers.

13 May 2024 / About Public policy

Woman worker holding local organic apples in wooden box with carbon emission label made from recycled paper

Effects of public policy interventions for environmentally sustainable food consumption: a systematic map of available evidence

Journal article / This paper presents a comprehensive overview of effects of public policy interventions on sustainable food consumption patterns.

23 April 2024 / About Climate policy and Public policy

Technician hands using a cordless drill to secure a solar panel to a mounting structure on a clear day, reflecting the concept of renewable energy installations.

Increasing financing for sustainable development in low-income countries

Feature / SEI was invited to share research insights with the International Development Association and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

19 April 2024 / About Finance, Innovation, Participation, Public policy and Renewables

A photograph of the Riksdag in Stockholm, Sweden.

A closer look at development aid: understanding the obsession with measurement

Feature / In their book, Obsessive Measurement Disorder or Pragmatic Bureaucracy?, authors Susanna Alexius and Janet Vähämäki explore the complexities of development aid.

25 March 2024 / About Finance and Public policy

A close-up view of coal in the foreground with industrial smokestacks emitting white smoke in the blurry background, suggesting the theme of industrial pollution and fossil fuel emissions.

Navigating the challenge of super pollutants: solutions and strategies

Feature / The Climate and Clean Air conference brought together partners to discuss a shared agenda for clean air and climate change. SEI researchers share key takeaways.

18 March 2024 / About Pollution