Work

Journal article / This article argues that, contrary to recent conclusions, we are approaching a threshold where making heavy trucks battery electric becomes a realistic option.

Media coverage / The view that battery-powered heavy goods lorries can't compete with diesel is being challenged. BBC News Matt McGarth covers SEI news study.

Tool / A practical tool for understanding how groups of policy areas and targets interact, using systems thinking.

Press release / A new study by SEI published in Joule shows that electric battery-powered freight trucks can be economically competitive with diesel trucks.

Feature / A new collaboration aims to more comprehensively explore permafrost thaw, which is essential for understanding the speed of climate change.

Feature / This video showcases Mistra Geopolitics, a research programme led by SEI and funded by Mistra.

Feature / This survey asked what the obstacles are to moving climate negotiations under the UNFCCC online — and what would it take to make the process more inclusive?

Feature / Circular procurement is a powerful tool for reducing environmental impacts, but implementing it at a city level presents a number of challenges.

Feature / The destruction of nature endangers both human and environmental health. Nature-based solutions could prove the “Earth’s best bet for the coming decades.”

Other publication / This report examines New Zealand’s environmental impact and how the planetary boundaries framework can be used to reduce human pressure on the Earth system.

Journal article / We are living in the Anthropocene, in which humans are driving environmental change. This article discusses global sustainability in the face of such change.

Other publication / This report explores how the concept of planetary boundaries can be developed and operationalized to build concrete environmental and sustainability goals.