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Journal article / A review of the state of the art in research on scenarios, focused on socio-environmental systems analysis, modeling and decision-making.

Journal article / This article presents lessons learned from 60 years of desertification control in China.

Feature / What it means to make the transition towards a low carbon economy "just", and what it takes to achieve a just transition, is a key focus of SEI's work.

Tool / The Next Energy Modeling system for Optimization (NEMO) is a high-performance, open-source optimization tool designed to answer energy policy questions.

Feature / The SEI Initiative on Climate Services generated new insights about co-design and co-production proocesses to integrate climate science into adaptation policy.

Other publication / This book chapter asks: how effective are strategies for environmental policy integration when they are employed in practice?

Other publication / Read recommendations for shaping the COVID-19 recovery so that it supports low-carbon transitions for industry.

Feature / During the years 2015-2019, SEI invested in research, tool development and capacity enhancement as part of the initiative on Low Emissions Development Pathways.

Feature / Countries can now model energy storage and assess the health impacts of indoor air pollution for different groups including women and children.

Journal article / This paper recommends improvements to the WHO's 2018 global ambient air quality database to enable better city comparisons.

Feature / SEI Asia’s five-year strategy aims to address many of Asia’s urgent environmental issues with a people-centred approach.

Feature / SEI experts make recommendations for a sustainable recovery, focusing on policies to promote equity, resilience and green growth.

Perspective / A report outlines ways to improve information exchange to accelerate climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development agendas.

Past event / How can collaboration between Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction communities be enhanced? Policy makers and practitioners discuss.

Media coverage / Cleo Verkuijl, researcher at Stockholm Environment Institute in Oxford, in an interview with Radio Sweden.

Perspective / Strict controls alone won’t work – measures must take account of culture, behaviour and awareness.

Other publication / Rigorous testing and contact tracing would allow the US to reopen the economy, according to preliminary results from a new post-Keynesian model.

Journal article / An enhanced approach to life cycle assessments of globally traded agricultural commodities that takes into account the specifics of individual supply chains.

SEI brief / What are the challenges in making transitions to a bio-economy? This brief discusses strategies for making the transition, with a particular focus on the EU.

Other publication / This report sheds light on what it takes to co-produce transdisciplinary knowledge on sustainable urban development in Africa.