Work by SEI York

Thick smog hangs over Paris on a spring day

Take a deep breath – here’s what 2016 revealed about the deadly dangers of air pollution

Perspective / 2016 showed us that poor air quality is a scourge of the developed and developing world and that it requires immediate action.

16 December 2016 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Simulated surface O3 concentrations in 2000 (highest of the four seasonal values within G200 Eco Regions). Photo credit: SEI

Current and future ozone risks to global terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem processes

Journal article

8 December 2016 / About Ecosystems, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Agent-based modelling: A tool for addressing the complexity of environment and development policy issues

SEI working paper

30 November 2016 / About Forests, Participation and Planning and modelling

Worm-spotting for beginners: a young citizen scientist being shown how to identify earthworms as part of an OPAL survey.

Why do people take part in citizen science?

Feature / This report by SEI for the UK government explores what makes citizens collect and share their data.

23 November 2016 / About Behaviour and choice and Participation

Container ship transporting goods globally.

Trase

Tool / Trase enables governments, companies and others to address the environmental impacts of supply chains.

About Forests and Supply chains

Learning for Transformation of Water Governance: Reflections on Design from the Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance (CADWAGO) Project

Journal article

9 November 2016 / About Adaptation

SEI at Habitat III

Feature / SEI at Habitat III

17 October 2016 / About Cities, Sanitation and Sustainable lifestyles

The SEI Gender and Social Equity Programme

SEI brief

11 October 2016 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Household energy, Participation, Renewables and Sanitation

Research priorities for managing the impacts and dependencies of business upon food, energy, water and the environment

Journal article

7 October 2016 / About Business and Water-energy-food nexus

SEI’s new home in York is built for innovation and collaboration

Feature

6 October 2016

Can community-based adaptation increase resilience?

Journal article

28 September 2016 / About Adaptation, Mitigation and Participation

People walking in a street thick with smog

How can Asian cities better manage air quality?

Perspective / A major conference in South Korea highlights the need for a systematic approach to tackling air pollution, and tools and resources to help cities take action.

15 September 2016 / About Cities and Pollution