SEI US

SEI US is a non-profit research organization with offices in California, Massachusetts and Washington State. We conduct research and engage with decision-makers on energy, water and climate policy.

Displaced people from heavy monsoon flooding rest at a temporary tent housing camp organized by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in Sukkur, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding have killed over a 1000 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless.

Five priorities for a meaningful post-2025 climate finance target

The new global quantified target for climate finance post-2025 needs to address and overcome the many difficulties that the current target faces.

Aeirial view of a river in Colombia with landmasses of trees and buildings extending into the waterway

Serious games tackle serious challenges in the world’s complicated water systems

An example of adaptation and resilience, Kouanda Issiaka, 65 years old, is watering his mango plantation for extra income for his family, Boromo, Burkina Faso

Experts raise five key priorities for setting the post-2025 climate finance target

Man in white hard hat looks up at a row of wind turbines set against a blue sky filled with thin white clouds

Q&A with SEI’s Peter Erickson: “There is something for everyone to like” in new US climate law

Post-2025 climate finance target: how much more and how much better?

Researchers identify and discuss five priority elements for negotiations with regard to the UNFCCC post-2025 climate finance target.

Stream of faucet water pouring into children’s hands in southern Burkina Faso

Integrating sanitation and watershed management: Improving water governance and investments

Two female farmers harvesting corn, Jalal-Abad Oblast, Kyrgyzstan, 14 August 2012

Investing in agricultural water, sustainably: recent trends in financing institutions

This figure maps the water resources of Morocco's Souss Massa River Basin, indicating the dams, rivers and aquifers in the region

From participatory process to robust decision-making: an agriculture-water-energy nexus analysis for the Souss-Massa basin in Morocco

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Research areas

Water for Ecosystems and Livelihoods

Energy modeling

Aerial view of greenland ocean sunset with icebergs and sun reflecting off dark water

Climate policy

Equitable transitions

A woman sitting in a kitchen with an open cookstove

Sustainable bioenergy and development

WEAP

The Water Evaluation and Planning tool (WEAP) provides a comprehensive, flexible and user-friendly framework for policy analysis in water resources planning.

LEAP

The Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) is a powerful, versatile system for energy planning and climate change mitigation assessment.

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Climate
Energy
Air
1 January 2018

SEI Epidemic-Macroeconomic Model

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Energy
16 December 2021

NEMO: the Next Energy Modeling system for Optimization

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Climate
Energy
19 May 2020

Emissions Inequality Dashboard

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Climate
21 September 2020

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