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SEI is developing guidance to mainstream gender and social equity into tools like LEAP (Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning) and WEAP (Water Evaluation and Planning) to address these gaps.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002649#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate finance design often suffers from gender 'blindness'. SEI is conducting a pilot study in Lao PDR to track funding allocated to gender and social equity in climate projects to highlight unrecognized patterns in how climate finance is expended.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002649#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["gender equality","social equity","climate finance","climate change adaptation","climate change mitigation","green economy","natural resource management","energy transition","biomass","biobased economy","disaster risk reduction","environmental impact assessment","water management"],"geography_discussed":["Cambodia","Vietnam","Nepal","Laos","Estonia","sub-Saharan Africa","Siem Reap Province","Battambang Province","Kỳ Nam"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["research synthesis","policy briefing"]},{"id":"sei-001924","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001924","title":"Transforming the relationship between development and disaster risk: insights from a year of research","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2016","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI_2016_TDDR_Research_Synthesis_Brief.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document outlines a research initiative to break down barriers between disaster risk reduction (DRR), adaptation, and development. 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Key research findings focus on land-use change and carbon emissions in the La Plata basin, biodiversity risks in the tropical Andes, and the role of the Patagonian shelf in global CO2 balance. The report also outlines new funding awards for 2012-2018 and capacity-building initiatives in climate health and water management. 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