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.

We are hiring!

SEI US is currently recruiting for a Senior Communications Officer in Somerville, MA or remote in the Eastern time zone!

Are you interested in directing our communications strategy and overseeing media relations in the US?

Learn more and apply for the Senior Communications Officer position!.

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Traffic jam fills flooded street in India

How G7 nations can address loss and damage finance with the urgency it requires

Loss and Damage funding is a matter of extreme urgency, SEI Scientist Zoha Shawoo argues. G7 leaders can start addressing this matter now.

Laptop, monitor, mobile phone and pen and paper in front row at desk during Sustainable Business in a Sustainable World conference, May 2012

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Bajau woman rowing wooden canoe in floating village carrying her child, showing the ocean floor and the wooden floating houses at the background, with blue sky and white clouds, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia

Covid-19 made COP26 the COP of fossil fuel companies and the Global North – COP27 needs to be for the Global South

View of the World Conference Center Bonn during the intercessional climate change conference in June 2019

Q&A: “On Loss and Damage, focus on solidarity”

Elizabeth Mukwimba is a 62-year-old Tanzanian woman who now has solar lighting and a cleaner cookstove in her home thanks to schemes backed by UK aid

WHO household energy policy repository: a compilation of policies promoting access to clean energy for household cooking, heating and lighting

This report describes the methods used to develop the Repository, an analysis of the policies included in terms of policy type, desired outcomes and agencies.

Center-pivot irrigation system hovers over dry agricultural field, Southern California, US

Developing a Regional Agricultural Nonpoint Salinity Pollution Management Framework: Application to the San Joaquin River, California

Great blue heron perched near a California wetland stream, Ballona Wetlands, Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA

Institutions and the economic efficiency of managed aquifer recharge as a mitigation strategy against drought impacts on irrigated agriculture in California

Open letter: Experts call on governments to include animal welfare in sustainable development governance

All SEI US publications

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
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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