SEI York

SEI York, based at the University of York, has a diverse research agenda including air pollution, climate change, sustainable consumption and human health. Using a range of participatory approaches, such as citizen science, we help policy-makers in the UK and around the world, make informed decisions for a sustainable future.

Integrated assessment of the global impact of food production and consumption on climate, air pollution, and dietary, malnutrition and obesity health impacts between 2014 and 2018

This work presents a model that integrates the assessment of food consumption-related health risks, with quantification of greenhouse gas emissions.

New Guinea is estimated to contain 5-10 percent of global biodiversity.

Addressing the biodiversity losses embedded in global commodity trade

Knowledge gaps are limiting the effective restoration of peatland habitat

Feature
Land
7 June 2021
United Kingdom

Why we must reduce methane emissions now to solve the climate crisis

Climate change: UK’s carbon footprint down by 17% as pandemic helps move to eco-friendly lifestyles

The diversity of participants in environmental citizen science

Journal articles
Gender
1 April 2021
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Assessing SEI’s policy engagement

SEI reports
Governance
5 February 2021

Citizen science for quantifying and reducing food loss and food waste

Journal articles
Land
Economy
17 December 2020
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Measuring health and wellbeing in rapidly-growing cities

Bangladesh shows how to connect the dots between climate, pollution and health

Feature
Air
Energy
13 November 2020
Bangladesh

Impacts of land use, population, and climate change on global food security

Journal articles
Health
Land
Water
12 November 2020
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Air pollution and its impact on human health: an important driver for achieving the 1.5°C goal of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

SEI briefs
Air
Climate
Health
7 September 2020
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Family walking along busy road due to lack of adequate pavement space on Luthuli Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya

Inclusive climate-resilient transport in Africa

Butterfly on a plant. Nick Windsor / Pixabay

DECIDE

Project
Land
2020 - 2022
United Kingdom

SMARTIES

Blue sky thinking: tackling air pollution to increase ambition for the climate change agenda

Perspective
Air
4 September 2020

Integrated nitrogen management on Yorkshire farms (INMY Farm)

Project
Land
2020 - 2021
United Kingdom

Africa integrated assessment on air pollution and climate change

GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment (TRADE) Hub

CASCADES

Textile factory in Jakarta Indonesia. Photo: Agto Nugroho/Unsplash

Sustainable manufacturing and environmental pollution programme

Streets in New Delhi, India during Covid-19 lockdown

Covid-19 pandemic raises new questions about the health impacts of air pollution

A practical approach to measuring the biodiversity impacts of land conversion

Harvesting wheat. Photo: Taikrixel / Getty

Three steps to understanding how food consumption impacts biodiversity

Perspective
Economy
Land
Water
30 October 2018

Restoration of heather-dominated blanket bog vegetation on grouse moors for biodiversity, carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and water regulation: comparing burning to alternative mowing and uncut management

Creative solutions for urban infrastructure

Feature
Air
Health
20 September 2019
Africa

Participatory Theatre to engage with Mukuru residents about health issues

TUPUMUE

Games as boundary objects: charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation

Lockdown highlights the value of green space in cities

What can you do for the planet while in lockdown?

Perspective
Health
Land
21 April 2020

Research areas

Air quality, climate and environmental change , nature-society relations, sustainable consumption production, urban environments, human health and wellbeing.