https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:07:11 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-favicon-20180207-2-150x150.jpg?modtime= https://www.sei.org/ 32 32 https://www.sei.org/publications/sdg6-vietnams-mekong-delta/ This research brief highlights the linkages between targets in sustainable development goals (SDGs) related to water and other development priorities in Vietnam’s Mekong delta and reports on key water-related issues in the region. This research brief highlights the linkages between targets in sustainable development goals (SDGs) related to water and other development priorities in Vietnam’s Mekong delta and reports on key water-related issues in the region.

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:45:17 +0000 Minh Tran https://www.sei.org/publications/sdg6-vietnams-mekong-delta/ Publication https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/%e0%b8%9d%e0%b8%b8%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%99-pm-2-5/ เพราะฝุ่น PM 2.5 คือปัญหาสำคัญที่เกิดขึ้นทุกปี และยังไม่มีทีท่าว่าภาครัฐจะมีนโยบายจัดการเรื่องนี้อย่างไร ทำให้ PM 2.5 กลายเป็นประเด็นที่ภาคประชาสังคมและวงวิชาการต้องร่วมพูดคุยกัน และยืนยันว่า ‘อากาศสะอาด’ เป็นสิทธิที่คนควรเข้าถึงได้อย่างเท่าเทียม เพราะฝุ่น PM 2.5 คือปัญหาสำคัญที่เกิดขึ้นทุกปี และยังไม่มีทีท่าว่าภาครัฐจะมีนโยบายจัดการเรื่องนี้อย่างไร ทำให้ PM 2.5 กลายเป็นประเด็นที่ภาคประชาสังคมและวงวิชาการต้องร่วมพูดคุยกัน และยืนยันว่า ‘อากาศสะอาด’ เป็นสิทธิที่คนควรเข้าถึงได้อย่างเท่าเทียม

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:39:54 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/%e0%b8%9d%e0%b8%b8%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%99-pm-2-5/ Press https://www.sei.org/publications/multilateral-climate-finance-coordination/ The governance of public climate finance for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries is fragmented on both the international and national levels, with a high diversity of actors with overlapping mandates, preferences, and areas of expertise. In the absence of one unifying actor or institution, coordination among actors has emerged as a response to this fragmentation. The governance of public climate finance for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries is fragmented on both the international and national levels, with a high diversity of actors with overlapping mandates, preferences, and areas of expertise. In the absence of one unifying actor or institution, coordination among actors has emerged as a response to this fragmentation.

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:41:21 +0000 Adis Dzebo; Zoha Shawoo https://www.sei.org/publications/multilateral-climate-finance-coordination/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/air-pollution-work-southeast-asia_studies/ Four independent research projects undertaken by researchers in Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand, aimed to improve the state of knowledge on air pollution and workers’ exposures in southeast Asia, focusing on both informal and formal labour in certain occupations. Four independent research projects undertaken by researchers in Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand, aimed to improve the state of knowledge on air pollution and workers’ exposures in southeast Asia, focusing on both informal and formal labour in certain occupations.

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:59:04 +0000 Jessica Slater; Diane Archer; Connie O'Neill; Jenny Yi-Chen Han; Fedra Vanhuyse https://www.sei.org/publications/air-pollution-work-southeast-asia_studies/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/10-report-peatland-es-uk/ This long-term research project has examined peat bogs in northern England in order to investigate the merits of different management approaches. The research found that, used correctly, these different approaches can all support healthy, active peatlands. This long-term research project has examined peat bogs in northern England in order to investigate the merits of different management approaches. The research found that, used correctly, these different approaches can all support healthy, active peatlands.

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:29:39 +0000 Andreas Heinemeyer https://www.sei.org/publications/10-report-peatland-es-uk/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/peatland-core-domain-sets-consensus/ This article documented the first attempt to develop core domain sets for an environmental field. By applying a core domain sets framework to peatlands research, the researchers found that this methodology could be applied more widely in environmental research. This article documented the first attempt to develop core domain sets for an environmental field. By applying a core domain sets framework to peatlands research, the researchers found that this methodology could be applied more widely in environmental research.

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:20:17 +0000 Andreas Heinemeyer https://www.sei.org/publications/peatland-core-domain-sets-consensus/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/localizing-consequences-interventions-q-a/ Development interventions meant to make life better and more sustainable can sometimes go wrong – especially in regions where conflict is the backdrop for people’s lives. The LOCACONS Conflict Prevention and Low-Carbon Development project, funded by Formas and other organizations working with SEI, worked to determine how to avoid unintended consequences. Development interventions meant to make life better and more sustainable can sometimes go wrong – especially in regions where conflict is the backdrop for people’s lives. The LOCACONS Conflict Prevention and Low-Carbon Development project, funded by Formas and other organizations working with SEI, worked to determine how to avoid unintended consequences.

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:28:22 +0000 Matthew Osborne; Ylva Rylander https://www.sei.org/features/localizing-consequences-interventions-q-a/ Feature https://www.sei.org/events/women-environmental-defenders/ This virtual event launches the final publication of a four-year study on women environmental human rights defenders in Nepal and the Philippines, conducted under the Building Resilience through Inclusive and Climate-adaptive Disaster Risk Reduction (BRDR) programme. This virtual event launches the final publication of a four-year study on women environmental human rights defenders in Nepal and the Philippines, conducted under the Building Resilience through Inclusive and Climate-adaptive Disaster Risk Reduction (BRDR) programme.

]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:31:51 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/women-environmental-defenders/ Event https://www.sei.org/events/policy-dialogue-on-low-carbon-agriculture/ This policy dialogue on low-carbon agriculture in the Greater Mekong Subregion will discuss the challenges presented by climate change and identify policy strategies to reduce GHG emissions in the agricultural sector. SEI Research Fellow, Dr Stefan Bößner will present on technological and capacity gaps in low-carbon and low-emission agriculture and how policymakers can address them. This policy dialogue on low-carbon agriculture in the Greater Mekong Subregion will discuss the challenges presented by climate change and identify policy strategies to reduce GHG emissions in the agricultural sector. SEI Research Fellow, Dr Stefan Bößner will present on technological and capacity gaps in low-carbon and low-emission agriculture and how policymakers can address them.

]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:23:04 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/policy-dialogue-on-low-carbon-agriculture/ Event https://www.sei.org/events/financing-just-transition-asia/ SEI Asia, along with Fair Finance Asia, Swedwatch, the UN Environmental Programme, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Regional Office for South East Asia will co-host a side event during the 10th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) in Bangkok, Thailand. SEI Asia Centre Director Niall O’Connor will discuss financing a just transition. SEI Asia, along with Fair Finance Asia, Swedwatch, the UN Environmental Programme, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Regional Office for South East Asia will co-host a side event during the 10th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) in Bangkok, Thailand. SEI Asia Centre Director Niall O’Connor will discuss financing a just transition.

]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:20:23 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/financing-just-transition-asia/ Event https://www.sei.org/publications/eudaimonia-in-the-amazon/ Relational values between people and landscapes as well as social relations mediated by nature go a long way in explaining why some individuals or communities choose conservation—even in situations when they could profit from the alternatives. Relational values between people and landscapes as well as social relations mediated by nature go a long way in explaining why some individuals or communities choose conservation—even in situations when they could profit from the alternatives.

]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:55:21 +0000 Mairon G. Bastos Lima https://www.sei.org/publications/eudaimonia-in-the-amazon/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/wash-interventions-synthesis-of-research-evidence/ Safely managed water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are fundamental for human health and wellbeing and are thought to contribute to a range of positive outcomes related to education, livelihoods, dignity, safety, and gender equality. Safely managed water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are fundamental for human health and wellbeing and are thought to contribute to a range of positive outcomes related to education, livelihoods, dignity, safety, and gender equality.

]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:01:29 +0000 Biljana Macura; Sarah Dickin; Carla Liera; Adriana Soto Trujillo; Camille Pross; Laura Del Duca; George Njoroge https://www.sei.org/publications/wash-interventions-synthesis-of-research-evidence/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/green-procurement-key-to-decarbonize/ Current public procurement practices will not put the EU on track to meet its climate goals, even though public spending is widely recognised as a key lever to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors like road transport and construction, writes Evelin Piirsalu, senior expert at the Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre. Current public procurement practices will not put the EU on track to meet its climate goals, even though public spending is widely recognised as a key lever to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors like road transport and construction, writes Evelin Piirsalu, senior expert at the Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre.

]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:31:11 +0000 Evelin Piirsalu https://www.sei.org/perspectives/green-procurement-key-to-decarbonize/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/events/sei-at-apfsd10-2023/ At the 10th APFSD, SEI Asia and co-organisers will engage with a diverse array of partners to address key transboundary issues on climate change, environmental sustainability alongside gender equality and social inclusion to create meaningful impact. At the 10th APFSD, SEI Asia and co-organisers will engage with a diverse array of partners to address key transboundary issues on climate change, environmental sustainability alongside gender equality and social inclusion to create meaningful impact.

]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:51:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/sei-at-apfsd10-2023/ Event https://www.sei.org/events/unece-gender-and-energy/ SEI is co-hosting a side event at the 2023 Regional Forum for Sustainable Development, uniting UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) experts to discuss gender and energy. The event aims to address energy poverty and just energy transitions, sharing experiences, identifying challenges and exploring regional opportunities. SEI is co-hosting a side event at the 2023 Regional Forum for Sustainable Development, uniting UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) experts to discuss gender and energy. The event aims to address energy poverty and just energy transitions, sharing experiences, identifying challenges and exploring regional opportunities.

]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:02:18 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/unece-gender-and-energy/ Event https://www.sei.org/publications/food-system-resilience-concepts-issues-challenges/ This paper framed food system resilience as a concept, then offered three approaches to enhance resilience, focusing on outcomes. The authors argued that food system actors will have to adapt and negotiate trade-offs between stakeholders and desired outcomes in order to address future challenges. This paper framed food system resilience as a concept, then offered three approaches to enhance resilience, focusing on outcomes. The authors argued that food system actors will have to adapt and negotiate trade-offs between stakeholders and desired outcomes in order to address future challenges.

]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:26:34 +0000 Jon Ensor https://www.sei.org/publications/food-system-resilience-concepts-issues-challenges/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-neutral-cities-sweden/ More cities have started trajectories to become climate neutral, especially for their territorial emissions. However, while cities are also targeting consumption-based emissions, whether their plans are sufficient to become climate neutral from both a territorial and a consumption-based perspective remains unclear. More cities have started trajectories to become climate neutral, especially for their territorial emissions. However, while cities are also targeting consumption-based emissions, whether their plans are sufficient to become climate neutral from both a territorial and a consumption-based perspective remains unclear.

]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:48:03 +0000 Fedra Vanhuyse; Tommaso Piseddu; Julia Jokiaho https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-neutral-cities-sweden/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/deforestation-biodiversity-belgiums-supply-chains/ In this report commissioned by the Belgian government, researchers analysed the country’s supply chains and set out recommendations for developing indicators of Belgium’s overseas deforestation risk. In this report commissioned by the Belgian government, researchers analysed the country’s supply chains and set out recommendations for developing indicators of Belgium’s overseas deforestation risk.

]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:28:11 +0000 Chris West; Simon Croft; Amy Molotoks; Joe Simpson; Jonathan Green https://www.sei.org/publications/deforestation-biodiversity-belgiums-supply-chains/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/girls-activism-leadership-climate-justice-asia-pacific/ This report aims to fill this gap by documenting girls’ and young women’s role in demanding climate action and justice in Asia and the Pacific. This report aims to fill this gap by documenting girls’ and young women’s role in demanding climate action and justice in Asia and the Pacific.

]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:33:03 +0000 Minh Tran; Pimolporn Jintarith; Michael Boyland; Albert Salamanca https://www.sei.org/publications/girls-activism-leadership-climate-justice-asia-pacific/ Publication https://www.sei.org/events/sdg-water-stress-river-basin/ Join this hybrid online and in-person side event to the UN 2023 Water Conference on 24 March, which will showcase a few innovative methods to disaggregate water stress (SDG 6.4.2) and its components at catchment and river basin level, through the presentation of a few case studies prepared in various countries following different methodologies. SEI’s Annette Huber-Lee joins the discussion panel. Join this hybrid online and in-person side event to the UN 2023 Water Conference on 24 March, which will showcase a few innovative methods to disaggregate water stress (SDG 6.4.2) and its components at catchment and river basin level, through the presentation of a few case studies prepared in various countries following different methodologies. SEI’s Annette Huber-Lee joins the discussion panel.

]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:39:12 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/sdg-water-stress-river-basin/ Event