SEI Environmental Strategy for Myanmar

The SEI Environmental Strategy for Myanmar (2019-2028) outlines a 10-year framework to support science-based decision-making for sustainable development. The strategy focuses on four primary themes: water resources and agriculture, gender and environment, sustainable energy, and climate change and disaster risk reduction, with a goal of helping Myanmar meet its commitments to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sendai Framework, and the Paris Agreement.

• SEI aims to improve water and food security in Myanmar by supporting the Chindwin River Basin Organization (RBO) in drafting institutional policies and integrating RBOs under the National Water Resources Committee. The strategy includes developing groundwater monitoring and recharge systems, as well as river morphology tools in collaboration with SERVIR Mekong.
• The strategy identifies a need to reframe gender equality in Myanmar as a political issue rather than just a women's issue, noting that Myanmar has the lowest female participation in parliament among Mekong countries. SEI intends to research the gendered consequences of natural resource exploitation (such as gold, coal, and oil) and support women's integration into public administration and political processes.
• To facilitate a transition to low-carbon energy, SEI will address the current centralization of energy governance by using political economy analysis and the Long-Range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) system. The strategy emphasizes expanding electricity access in rural areas through off-grid and mini-grid solutions and clean cooking innovations.
• SEI will work to reduce disaster vulnerability in Myanmar, specifically noting that the Sagaing and Mandalay regions are located on a fault line. The strategy includes designing a monitoring and evaluation framework to help the government meet its adaptation commitments under the Paris Agreement's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.
• The strategy establishes a 10-year timeline (2019-2028) with a commitment to perform comprehensive impact assessments and reviews every three years, specifically in 2022, 2025, and 2028.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). SEI Environmental Strategy for Myanmar. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sei-asia-myanmar-strategy-8mar-short-vers-1.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. SEI Environmental Strategy for Myanmar. 2019. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sei-asia-myanmar-strategy-8mar-short-vers-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019sei, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{SEI Environmental Strategy for Myanmar}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sei-asia-myanmar-strategy-8mar-short-vers-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }