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SEI Currents 2024

Event on 17 January / What risks and opportunities are surfacing as we begin 2024? What issues warrant greater attention? Tune in as expert panelists offer their perspectives.

Call for abstracts: AGU session on watershed modeling for water allocation

Event on 11 December – 15 December in San Francisco / SEI researchers are collecting abstracts for their AGU session in December 2023 that will highlight water modelling tools for better water allocation.

Workshop on food system transformation in Nairobi

Event on 15 November in Nairobi / AgriFoSe2030 will join SIANI to host a workshop in Nairobi on 15 November 2023 themed partnerships and collaborations for food system transformation.

Financing sustainable development: insights from Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Senegal

Other publication / Find out more about the state of play, recent initiatives, and prospects for financing the SDGs in Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Senegal.

In launching research centre on health and environment, Burundi moves step further in containing air pollution

Press release / Burundi moves a step further fighting air pollution, due to the launch of a new research centre on health and environment.

Natural climate solutions and fire mitigation: early findings on the path to net zero

SEI working paper / How do forest fires affect natural climate solution projects and their viability on the voluntary carbon markets?

SEI’s Laura Forni in The Guardian: Fracking in Argentina poses “significant threats to local livelihoods and the environment”

Media coverage / The Guardian details the negative consequences of fracking in the Vaca Muerta region of Argentina, where SEI scientists are studying the risks to locals.

Cassava: Colombia’s hidden treasure on the path to bioplastic revolution

Feature / Discover cassava’s transformative journey from a Colombian root crop to the forefront of sustainable bioplastic innovation, guided by SEI’s research.

Press briefing 31 October: SEI experts present key topics ahead of COP28

Media advisory / At a press briefing, SEI experts will highlight the key topics ahead of the international climate change negotiations to be held in Dubai.