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Project / SEI researchers are working on a new framework to ensure water models provide decision-makers with the tools to address poverty and inequality.

Project / Using innovative technologies we are investigating new methods to measure and monitor soil organic carbon stocks quickly and at scale.

Project / This initiative brings together researchers and practitioners to explore the implications of the quality of government on water and sanitation outcomes.

Project / The project aims to help scientists to effectively translate knowledge related to SDGs 6, 13 and 14 into action.

Media coverage / SEI Asia media grantee Võ Kiều Bảo Uyên tells the story of three women forest guards and the price they have to pay to protect the Can Gio mangrove forest.

Feature / SEI Tallinn would like to wish you a Happy Holiday Season and all the best for 2021 - the UN Year of fruits and vegetables!

Perspective / Food and nutrition insecurity remains a major issue around the world. How can we design a successful Theory of Change approach to help tackle this challenge?

Project / Strengthening engagement on the roles and functions of wetlands to support sustainable development and resilience in the Arctic.

Feature / A workshop during the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 examined priorities for innovative bioeconomy pathways that promote health, well-being and resilience.

Perspective / We need an intersectional understanding of drivers and impacts to enhance the human security of people who migrate and those who stay behind.

Journal article / This paper identifies citizen science opportunities to address food waste related SDGs.

Other publication / COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of our globalized world. This white paper discusses sustainability and resilient societies in the face of such crises.

Journal article / This article examines how best to bridge science-based evidence with agricultural practices and policy development in order to improve food security.

Feature / The 10th Sustainable Development Forum focused on cities and human settlements in a changing climate.

Perspective / A global policy cannot be built on an idea that just one goal matters. Both mitigation of climate change and adaptation to it are vital missions.

Journal article / This article offers a comprehensive assessment of water use and water productivity in the global livestock sector.

Journal article / This article reduces the complexity of “nonequilibrium” biophysical models theoretically by constructing simple nonequilibrium models.

Other publication / The BONUS RETURN project was exploring the reduction of emissions to the Baltic Sea from agriculture and wastewater.

Feature / Five years after the Paris Agreement was adopted, SEI looks at what it said on various issues of climate politics, where we are now — and where we need to go.

Perspective / The NDC process installed in the Paris Agreement has been helpful in building capacity in small and medium developing countries. Plus, realities have changed.