SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:42:26 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-favicon-20180207-2-150x150.jpg?modtime= SEI https://www.sei.org/ 32 32 Co-designing an air quality web app with school pupils and staff: the SAMHE Web App https://www.sei.org/publications/co-designing-samhe-web-app/ Central to the Schools’ Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE) project is the SAMHE Web App. It enables teachers and students to see and interact with the air quality data from their classroom, use it in specially designed learning activities, learn about its significance, and enter important contextual information to enrich data analysis by researchers. Central to the Schools’ Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE) project is the SAMHE Web App. It enables teachers and students to see and interact with the air quality data from their classroom, use it in specially designed learning activities, learn about its significance, and enter important contextual information to enrich data analysis by researchers.

]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:56:17 +0000 Sarah West; Lucy Way; Rhys Archer; Victoria Beale; Sam Bland https://www.sei.org/publications/co-designing-samhe-web-app/ Publication Bottom-up regionality and the Sustainable Development Goals: civil society organizations shaping 2030 Agenda implementation in Latin America https://www.sei.org/publications/bottom-up-regionality-and-sdg-lac/ This article addresses civil society’s understudied roles in the SDGs framework, focusing on discursive and practical dynamics in the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. This article addresses civil society’s understudied roles in the SDGs framework, focusing on discursive and practical dynamics in the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.

]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:47:57 +0000 Mairon G. Bastos Lima https://www.sei.org/publications/bottom-up-regionality-and-sdg-lac/ Publication 10 new insights in climate science 2023/2024 (Global Solutions) https://www.sei.org/publications/10-new-insights-climate-science-2023-global-solutions/ The authors identify a set of 10 essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences. The authors identify a set of 10 essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences.

]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:52:55 +0000 Ploy Achakulwisut; Åsa Persson https://www.sei.org/publications/10-new-insights-climate-science-2023-global-solutions/ Publication SEI re-elected to the Sanitation and Water for All Steering Committee https://www.sei.org/features/sei-reelected-to-steering-committee/ SEI has again been elected to the Steering Committee of Sanitation and Water for All, a global partnership hosted by the United Nations, focusing on universal access to water and sanitation. SEI will co-lead the partnership’s Research and Learning Constituency, utilizing its research expertise to support countries in meeting the water and sanitation targets of the 2030 Agenda. SEI has again been elected to the Steering Committee of Sanitation and Water for All, a global partnership hosted by the United Nations, focusing on universal access to water and sanitation. SEI will co-lead the partnership’s Research and Learning Constituency, utilizing its research expertise to support countries in meeting the water and sanitation targets of the 2030 Agenda.

]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:13:21 +0000 Maria Sköld https://www.sei.org/features/sei-reelected-to-steering-committee/ Feature Communicating science in a complex world https://www.sei.org/perspectives/communicating-science-in-a-complex-world-jsf2023/ From the recent COVID-19 pandemic to climate change, science communication has been marred by the pervasive spread of misinformation and disinformation as scientific facts become politically charged battlegrounds. This piece explores how science communication can continue to make an impact. From the recent COVID-19 pandemic to climate change, science communication has been marred by the pervasive spread of misinformation and disinformation as scientific facts become politically charged battlegrounds. This piece explores how science communication can continue to make an impact.

]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:06:02 +0000 Charmaine Caparas https://www.sei.org/perspectives/communicating-science-in-a-complex-world-jsf2023/ Perspective “It’s unprecedented”: Zoha Shawoo breaks down COP28’s loss and damage decision https://www.sei.org/features/unprecedented-cop28s-loss-and-damage/ Loss and damage was poised to be a main agenda item, yet COP28 shocked observers on its first day with the adoption of a global Loss and Damage Fund, complete with an initial USD 429 million in pledges. In this Q&A, SEI’s loss and damage expert Zoha Shawoo puts the decision into context, speaking from the conference grounds in Dubai, UAE. Loss and damage was poised to be a main agenda item, yet COP28 shocked observers on its first day with the adoption of a global Loss and Damage Fund, complete with an initial USD 429 million in pledges.

In this Q&A, SEI’s loss and damage expert Zoha Shawoo puts the decision into context, speaking from the conference grounds in Dubai, UAE.

]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:39:35 +0000 Lynsi Burton https://www.sei.org/features/unprecedented-cop28s-loss-and-damage/ Feature 10 new insights in climate science 2023/2024 https://www.sei.org/publications/10-new-insights-climate-science-2023/ Each year, Future Earth, the Earth League and the World Climate Research Programme gather leading scholars from around the world to review the most pressing findings in climate research. Each year, Future Earth, the Earth League and the World Climate Research Programme gather leading scholars from around the world to review the most pressing findings in climate research.

]]> Sun, 03 Dec 2023 12:01:17 +0000 Ploy Achakulwisut https://www.sei.org/publications/10-new-insights-climate-science-2023/ Publication Fossil fuel atlas: illustrating the threats of fossil fuel production – a rapid threat identification methodology and platform https://www.sei.org/publications/fossil-fuel-atlas-global-brief/ Fossil fuels account for over three-fourths of greenhouse gas emissions, fuelling a climate crisis that is projected to devastate ecosystems and communities across the globe. The Fossil Fuel Atlas is a GIS-based open-access tool that shows the overlap between fossil fuel planned and existing fossil fuel production. This report gives an overview of the tool’s functions, the threats fossil fuels pose to biodiversity and ecosystems, and case studies that demonstrate the Fossil Fuel Atlas’s uses. Fossil fuels account for over three-fourths of greenhouse gas emissions, fuelling a climate crisis that is projected to devastate ecosystems and communities across the globe.

The Fossil Fuel Atlas is a GIS-based open-access tool that shows the overlap between fossil fuel planned and existing fossil fuel production. This report gives an overview of the tool’s functions, the threats fossil fuels pose to biodiversity and ecosystems, and case studies that demonstrate the Fossil Fuel Atlas’s uses.

]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:28:03 +0000 Sivan Kartha https://www.sei.org/publications/fossil-fuel-atlas-global-brief/ Publication The forgotten generation: older people and climate change https://www.sei.org/publications/older-people-climate-change/ This chapter challenged the idea that climate action is only for young people, and that climate change is not a priority for older people. It shows that, although older people have contributed to greenhouse gas emissions over their lifetimes, they will also be the group most affected by climate change impacts. The chapter concluded by suggesting ways to better engage older people in climate action initiatives. This chapter challenged the idea that climate action is only for young people, and that climate change is not a priority for older people. It shows that, although older people have contributed to greenhouse gas emissions over their lifetimes, they will also be the group most affected by climate change impacts. The chapter concluded by suggesting ways to better engage older people in climate action initiatives.

]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:49:32 +0000 Gary Haq https://www.sei.org/publications/older-people-climate-change/ Publication How small and locally led grants can address loss and damage: early lessons from the Scottish government’s 2021 funding commitment https://www.sei.org/publications/small-grants-loss-damage-scottish/ The authors assessed and evaluated how the first GBP 1 million of Scottish government funding was disseminated and used, in the form of small grants for locally led action, and how this can inform the operationalization of both the L&D fund and L&D finance more broadly, in time for discussions at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) on climate change. The authors assessed and evaluated how the first GBP 1 million of Scottish government funding was disseminated and used, in the form of small grants for locally led action, and how this can inform the operationalization of both the L&D fund and L&D finance more broadly, in time for discussions at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) on climate change.

]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:15:28 +0000 Zoha Shawoo; Inès Bakhtaoui https://www.sei.org/publications/small-grants-loss-damage-scottish/ Publication Goldmann och SEI:s Francis Johnson: ”Sverige borde gå med i biodrivmedelsalliansen” https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sverige-borde-ga-med-i-biodrivmedelsalliansen/ ”Genom att gå med i den globala biodrivmedelsalliansen markerar regeringen att fossilfrämjandet är tillfälligt och övergående. Det vore ett viktigt besked,” skriver Mattias Goldmann, grundare av 2030-sekretariatet och Francis X. Johnson, IPCC-AR6 författare och forskningsledare vid SEI, i en debattartikel publicerad av Altinget. ”Genom att gå med i den globala biodrivmedelsalliansen markerar regeringen att fossilfrämjandet är tillfälligt och övergående. Det vore ett viktigt besked,” skriver Mattias Goldmann, grundare av 2030-sekretariatet och Francis X. Johnson, IPCC-AR6 författare och forskningsledare vid SEI, i en debattartikel publicerad av Altinget.

]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:00:30 +0000 Francis X. Johnson https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sverige-borde-ga-med-i-biodrivmedelsalliansen/ Press Launch of India-Sweden Partnership at COP28 paves the way for LeadIT 2.0 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/launch-of-india-sweden-partnership-at-cop28/ Today, Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson convened at a High-Level COP28 event to unveil a strengthened partnership aiming to spearhead a more ambitious and accelerated global industry transition. The collaboration has been developed with the support of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT). Today, Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson convened at a High-Level COP28 event to unveil a strengthened partnership aiming to spearhead a more ambitious and accelerated global industry transition. The collaboration has been developed with the support of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT).

]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:38:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/launch-of-india-sweden-partnership-at-cop28/ Press Indien och Sverige stärker partnerskap för global industriomställning och banar väg för LeadIT 2.0 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/indien-och-sverige-starker-partnerskap-for-global-industriomstallning-och-banar-vag-for-leadit-2-0/ Indiens premiärminister Shri Narendra Modi och Sveriges statsminister Ulf Kristersson lanserade idag ett stärkt partnerskap för att driva på klimatomställningen inom den tunga industrin på COP28. Samarbetet har utvecklats med stöd av Ledarskapsgruppen för Industriomställning (LeadIT). Indiens premiärminister Shri Narendra Modi och Sveriges statsminister Ulf Kristersson lanserade idag ett stärkt partnerskap för att driva på klimatomställningen inom den tunga industrin på COP28. Samarbetet har utvecklats med stöd av Ledarskapsgruppen för Industriomställning (LeadIT).

]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:59:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/indien-och-sverige-starker-partnerskap-for-global-industriomstallning-och-banar-vag-for-leadit-2-0/ Press Björn Nykvist om batterier, fossilfritt stål och lärkurvor i Solcellskollen https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/bjorn-nykvist-batterier-fossilfritt-stal-och-larkurvor-i-solcellskollen/ Solcellskollens podcast gör en djupdykning inom forskningen om batterier för personbilar och tunga lastbilar samt lärkurvor med SEI:s forskningsledare Björn Nykvist. Solcellskollens podcast gör en djupdykning inom forskningen om batterier för personbilar och tunga lastbilar samt lärkurvor med SEI:s forskningsledare Björn Nykvist. 

]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:00:48 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/bjorn-nykvist-batterier-fossilfritt-stal-och-larkurvor-i-solcellskollen/ Press Agreement-making in the Sámi homeland: Investigating an emerging tool in green transition governance https://www.sei.org/projects/agreement-sami-green-transition/ An empirical investigation of negotiated agreements between Sámi reindeer herding communities and industries expected to drive the green transition. An empirical investigation of negotiated agreements between Sámi reindeer herding communities and industries expected to drive the green transition.

]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:32:42 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/agreement-sami-green-transition/ Project Pan-African capacity building on inclusive climate resilient planning for active mobility https://www.sei.org/projects/pan-african-capacity-building-on-inclusive-climate-resilient-planning-for-active-mobility/ The University of York SEI Centre is collaborating with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Share the Road Programme to promote active mobility in Africa, part of the High Volume Transport (HVT) Applied Research programme funded by UK Aid. In this one-year project, SEI will work with UNEP and partners to raise awareness and improve the skills of African transport policymakers and practitioners to implement the Pan-African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM). The University of York SEI Centre is collaborating with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Share the Road Programme to promote active mobility in Africa, part of the High Volume Transport (HVT) Applied Research programme funded by UK Aid. In this one-year project, SEI will work with UNEP and partners to raise awareness and improve the skills of African transport policymakers and practitioners to implement the Pan-African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM).

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:14:34 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/pan-african-capacity-building-on-inclusive-climate-resilient-planning-for-active-mobility/ Project Strategic foresight trajectory workshop in Asia and the Pacific https://www.sei.org/projects/strategic-foresight-trajectory-workshop-asia-pacific/ SEI Asia led discussions at the Asia and Pacific regional workshop that aims to contextualise UNEP’s Environmental Horizon Scanning. The outcome of this workshop feeds into the first Global Foresight Report and the Summit of the Future in 2024. The workshop was held on 7-8 December 2023. SEI Asia led discussions at the Asia and Pacific regional workshop that aims to contextualise UNEP’s Environmental Horizon Scanning. The outcome of this workshop feeds into the first Global Foresight Report and the Summit of the Future in 2024. The workshop was held on 7-8 December 2023.

]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:49:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/strategic-foresight-trajectory-workshop-asia-pacific/ Project Reducing household food waste https://www.sei.org/projects/reducing-household-food-waste/ Household food waste contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Urgent action is needed for Sweden to reduce it by 25% before 2025. Household food waste contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Urgent action is needed for Sweden to reduce it by 25% before 2025.

]]> Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:11:12 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/reducing-household-food-waste/ Project Solutions and Opportunities in managing water Storage to reduce transboundary water-related disaster risks and to address multiple water demands (SOS) https://www.sei.org/projects/solutions-opportunities-water-storage-sos/ The Solutions and Opportunities in managing water Storage to reduce transboundary water-related disaster risks and to address multiple water demands (SOS) project aims to develop inclusive and sustainable solutions for managing water storage options that optimize disaster risk reduction, diversify benefits for water, energy, and climate security, and foster transboundary cooperation and governance. The Solutions and Opportunities in managing water Storage to reduce transboundary water-related disaster risks and to address multiple water demands (SOS) project aims to develop inclusive and sustainable solutions for managing water storage options that optimize disaster risk reduction, diversify benefits for water, energy, and climate security, and foster transboundary cooperation and governance.

]]> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:18:36 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/solutions-opportunities-water-storage-sos/ Project Systemic governance https://www.sei.org/projects/systemic-governance/ The project “Systemic governance in national SDG implementation: assessing the compatibility with legitimacy and accountability” explores what governance arrangements informed by systems thinking may entail for national public administrations. The project “Systemic governance in national SDG implementation: assessing the compatibility with legitimacy and accountability” explores what governance arrangements informed by systems thinking may entail for national public administrations.

]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:18:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/systemic-governance/ Project