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A reflective statement by Ruth Butterfield, Director of SEI Oxford, marking the 20th anniversary of the Stockholm Environment Institute's outpost in Oxford. The document outlines the center's evolution from a small team focused on rural vulnerability to a global actor in climate change adaptation, mitigation, and policy bridging.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines how socioeconomic disparities, gender norms, and employment status influence exposure to occupational air pollution in craft villages in Hanoi, Viet Nam. Based on research involving 120 informal labourers, the document highlights that while men often perform more hazardous tasks for higher pay, women face prolonged exposure due to their confinement in indoor production facilities and suffer more significant income losses from health-related absences. The brief identifies critical gaps in national and local policies, which are described as gender-blind and insufficient for protecting informal and migrant workers, and provides recommendations for legal reform, stricter enforcement of environmental regulations, and capacity building for local governments.

This research paper addresses the lack of focus on transboundary climate risk in adaptation planning, arguing that current research focuses too heavily on local and direct impacts. The authors propose a new seven-step protocol for case-study researchers to better identify and assess systemic, transboundary risks and their associated risk ownership.

This research paper examines the governance of international public climate finance, arguing that structural differences between climate and development finance allow for alternative governance approaches that shift decision-making authority toward recipient countries.

This case study examines the Bird’s Head Seascape Initiative in West Papua, Indonesia, highlighting the urgent need to transition management to local bodies and establish a sustainable funding model following shifts in traditional financial structures.

This policy brief from the Stockholm Environment Institute examines how agroforestry can support the livelihoods of young farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, addressing challenges such as unemployment, food insecurity, and climate change to prevent forced urban migration.

This case study examines the use of participatory design and backcasting to support grassroots transformational change regarding energy access in a rural Kenyan community.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the alignment between climate-related official development assistance (ODA), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of recipient countries.

This laboratory study examines the release of metals during the reoxygenation of anoxic sediments from the Eastern Gotland Basin. Over a 96-hour experiment, the study found that metals including Mn, Mo, U, and As are released in higher concentrations than previously recorded, with redox-sensitive metals showing the highest release rates. The findings provide data on the environmental impacts of proposed remediation efforts to restore oxygen to anoxic sea basins.

This research paper explores how service design tools, such as experience mapping and prototyping, can be used to create development interventions that achieve transformational outcomes for low-income communities, using case studies from Kenya and Uganda.

This report examines the role of international financial institutions (IFIs), specifically the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, in financing agricultural water, irrigation, and drainage projects between 2010 and 2019 to address food insecurity, poverty, and climate resilience.

This research paper examines the role of the Swedish finance sector in sustainability transitions, concluding that the sector is unlikely to lead the transition without significant government intervention to mitigate risk.

A study in the Brazilian Pantanal found that seasonally flooded cattle pastures are significant sources of CO2_C, emitting 337 g CO2_C m−2 year−1. Emissions are driven by aerobic phases (301 g CO2_C m−2), while anaerobic flooding periods act as a slight sink (-18 g CO2_C m−2). The authors suggest that improved management and drought-resistant grasses could mitigate these emissions.

This research paper examines how aid projects from international development organizations facilitate the familiarization of climate technologies in developing countries, specifically analyzing the relationship between project duration, cost, and the inclusion of technologies in Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) documents.

This briefing describes an 'extreme citizen science' approach to digital mapping in Ethiopia's Lower Omo region. The project utilized the Sapelli platform to enable indigenous collaborators, regardless of their literacy levels, to co-design and produce maps of local land use and resources to challenge authoritative or machine-generated representations of their territory.

This commentary examines the role of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) in decarbonizing the real economy and outlines necessary conditions for their effectiveness and areas for future research.

This research paper describes the application of service design (SD) and discrete choice experiments (DCEs) to develop a Weather Index Insurance (WII) product for smallholder farmers in Uganda.

This research paper examines the influence of political and technical factors on climate finance coordination in Kenya and Zambia, arguing that power dynamics and vested interests hinder coordination efforts.

This research paper examines the drivers and patterns of wind power curtailment reduction in China post-2016, utilizing a logarithmic mean Divisia index approach to identify national and regional factors influencing the integration of wind energy into the power grid.

This report introduces the concept of the bioeconomy as a strategic driver for sustainable economic growth in Eastern Africa, highlighting the region's reliance on biological resources and the launch of the East African Community Bioeconomy Strategy to catalyze innovative resource use.