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This fact sheet by the Stockholm Environment Institute describes the threats to biodiversity and local livelihoods in the Chindwin River Basin of Myanmar, identifying key vulnerable areas and providing policy recommendations for integrated water resources management and institutional coordination.

This briefing introduces the Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE), a six-dimensional tool designed to help disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate resilience (CR) decision-makers integrate human rights and gender equality into laws, policies, and practices. The document details the application of FIRE within the Building Resilience through Inclusive and Climate-adaptive Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia-Pacific (BRDR) Program, specifically focusing on risk assessments, land-use planning, and emergency preparedness and response.

This fact sheet describes the CREST initiative, a partnership between the IOM and SEI investigating the links between climate change, environmental degradation, and international labour migration in Asia. It highlights how environmental stressors increase vulnerability to forced labour, particularly in the agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and construction sectors. The project aims to inform policymakers and businesses on how to protect migrant workers and maximize migration as an adaptation strategy, specifically focusing on agricultural supply chains in corridors involving Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

The Stockholm Environment Institute's Water Beyond Boundaries (WBB) initiative seeks to establish a new agenda for sustainable water planning to address gaps in the existing Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) framework, specifically regarding scale, scope, and time.

This document provides supplemental tables for a report on climate change adaptation readiness in ASEAN countries. It details the decision-making bodies, policy frameworks, research initiatives, and funding sources and flows for Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, with a specific focus on the agriculture sector.

This briefing note from the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the scientific and political complexities of 'loss and damage' within the UNFCCC framework. It analyzes four key traits—attributability, irreversibility, unavoidability, and intolerability—to clarify the gap between risk management approaches and calls for climate justice and compensation.

This fact sheet describes a project led by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) from October 2020 to September 2023, funded by the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs/the Darwin Initiative. The project aims to protect and restore Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in Myanmar's Upper Chindwin Basin through integrated land and water management practices and the development of Community Action Plans (CAP) to secure sustainable livelihoods.

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has launched an initiative to investigate the cross-sector links between water, energy, and food (the WEF nexus) to support sustainable resource management. The initiative employs a 'nexus toolkit' combining the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system and the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) system to provide quantitative assessments and scenario modeling. The program is structured around three themes—governing, understanding, and implementing the nexus—and is being applied through case studies in Myanmar, Zambia, and Colombia to help decision-makers align sector policies and manage resource trade-offs.

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has introduced the Water Beyond Boundaries (WBB) initiative to address gaps in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). WBB seeks to create a new agenda for sustainable water planning by focusing on tele-connections beyond the watershed, early integration of ecosystem needs, and multi-scale participatory approaches to address social inequalities.

This WRI fact sheet provides a regional overview of the 'Reefs at Risk Revisited' analysis for the Indian Ocean, detailing the extent of coral reefs, the human populations dependent on them, the prevalence of local and climate-related threats, and the effectiveness of existing marine protected areas.