Announcements
Announcements
Updated on 5 December 2022
“The ocean is usually seen as the outlet of all human activities. Therefore many of the answers to resolve problems related to marine pollution are on land. This requires a systemic understanding of a different magnitude and the inclusion of a broader set of actors beyond marine science and marine policy.”
— Karina Barquet, Lead of the Strategic Policy Engagement for Oceans and Biodiversity, SEI.
Perspective / Read key insights on how innovating in Islands offers an opportunity to think beyond the established ways of organizing society and building cities.
Feature / Partnerships between the scientific, policy and private sectors are key to facilitate the commercialization of research and innovation in the blue economy.
Other publication / This policy brief explores the opportunities for, and implications of, governing the world’s common ocean against the contemporary geopolitical backdrop.
Feature / Elin Leander shares insights on how G20 members and other nations can take a stand supporting the UN High Seas Treaty and why it matters.
SEI brief / This brief introduces a four-part series on the social and economic sustainability aspects of nature-based solutions.
SEI working paper / Read this new assessment on how much development finance is directed toward nature-based solutions and how effectively it is used.
SEI brief / Nature-based solutions must be designed to deliver measurable benefits for nature and society. The different dimensions of scale could be better incorporated.
SEI brief / This SEI discussion brief outlines principles for designing and implementing nature-based solutions that are just and equitable.
Past event / This side event at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference will explore how seabed mapping and marine data can contribute to a multifunctional use of the ocean.
Feature / Nature-based solutions are physical measures to protect, manage and restore our ecosystems. Explore their promises and pitfalls in this brief series.
Feature / The key to protecting our oceans is to support decision-making by putting research and innovation at the heart of policy.
Past event / Our Aid Atlas platform shows we know little about the finance furthering the oceans agenda. How can we change that?
Perspective / Interview with the lead authors of the UN Environment report, Marine Plastic Litter in East Asian Seas: Gender, Human Rights and Economic Dimensions
Past event / The workshop aims to produce tangible prototype interventions that will contribute towards the broader mission of a Baltic Sea unaffected by pollution.
SEI brief / This fact sheet outlines the work of the International Centre of Excellence on Transforming Development and Disaster Risk.
Feature / A new SEI Tallinn project aims to keep litter from urban areas from ending up in the water, where it harms wildlife, water quality, and human health.
The key to supporting decision-making is to put research and innovation at the heart of policy.
Project / The project will examine how exposure and vulnerability to multiple water hazards lead to different types of impacts on infrastructures and populations.
Project / BONUS RETURN – reducing emissions by turning nutrients and carbon into benefits. The project focuses on turning waste into circular solutions for the Baltic Sea
Project / COASTAL (Collaborative lAnd Sea inTegration pLatform) improves coastal-rural synergy to foster rural and coastal development while preserving the environment.
Project / BLASTIC (Plastic Waste Pathways into the Baltic Sea) aims to reduce plastic waste and hazardous substances by mapping and monitoring litter levels.
Project / MIRACLE – mediating integrated actions for sustainable ecosystems services in a changing climate – aimed to reduce environmental risks in the Baltic Sea Region.
SEI takes a leading role in the modelling of global agricultural commodity supply chains, and agriculture is one of the leading causes of terrestrial biodiversity loss. Understanding who and what drives international commodity demand, as well as which actors are involved, is the first step in designing a more equitable and sustainable future.
Given that economics drives much of the losses, it is also useful to understand the ensuing impacts on our economic systems and how we might balance the costs and benefits. SEI’s work focuses on the environmental dimensions of human development and well-being to realize our vision of a sustainable future.
— Jonathan Green, Co-lead of the Strategic Policy Engagement for Oceans and Biodiversity, SEI.
SEI brief / This SEI discussion brief outlines principles for designing and implementing nature-based solutions that are just and equitable.
Perspective / This perspective examines the issues that deserve greater attention to expand the use and financing of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.
Journal article / This paper presents a global framework for quantifying the relative impacts of human activities on biodiversity.
Media coverage / This is the time to safeguard our biological resources to ensure long-term well-being of humans through sustainable economies.
Past event / The challenge is how the private sector can support nature-based solutions to help people adapt to climate change and build resilience to disasters
SEI working paper / Ecosystem outcomes are of limited importance to almost all projects under this major international climate fund.
Feature / World Environment Day 2020 creates awareness on the need to invest and conserve our biological heritage for current and future generations.
Press release / An online event brings together experts and Ministers from Kenya, Rwanda, and the UK to inform an upcoming independent global review on biodiversity.
Journal article / Calculating the biodiversity impact of soy production that can be attributed to consumers in different countries around the world.
Past event / The Dasgupta Interim Report sets out central economic and scientific concepts that will underpin the final report on the future of biodiversity
Project / This project provides a general vision for evaluating the impacts of fires in the Chiquitania Region by integrating water resources into restoration strategies.
Project / SEI is designing water allocation models that explicitly represent every water right and assess the impact of in-stream flow requirements on water users.
Project / SEI adapted WEAP to assess the needs of chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
Project / Phosphorus management in pigs and poultry in the EU (PEGaSus) bridges gaps in the phosphorus value chain.
Project / SEI and CIFOR join efforts to evaluate and improve the legal and institutional framework for a sustainable use of wild meat in Guyana.
Journal article / This paper presents a global framework for quantifying the relative impacts of human activities on biodiversity.
Perspective / Interview with the lead authors of the UN Environment report, Marine Plastic Litter in East Asian Seas: Gender, Human Rights and Economic Dimensions
Media coverage / This is the time to safeguard our biological resources to ensure long-term well-being of humans through sustainable economies.
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