SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:51:54 +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 Novel research shows health, climate benefits of increasing access to electricity and gas for cooking in low- and middle-income countries https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/health-climate-benefits-of-electricity-and-gas/ First-of-its-kind research shows that expanding the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and/or grid electricity to replace biomass-fueled cooking in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) significantly benefits human health and climate alike. First-of-its-kind research shows that expanding the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and/or grid electricity to replace biomass-fueled cooking in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) significantly benefits human health and climate alike.

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 06:46:01 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/health-climate-benefits-of-electricity-and-gas/ Press Guide developed by researchers at Stockholm Environment Institute plays key role in IKEA’s sustainability and climate report, adding air pollution for the first time https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/guide-by-sei-key-role-in-ikeas-sustainability-climate-report/ A sustainability and climate report by global retailer IKEA used a landmark guide which was developed by researchers from the Stockholm Environment Institute. A sustainability and climate report by global retailer IKEA used a landmark guide which was developed by researchers from the Stockholm Environment Institute.

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/guide-by-sei-key-role-in-ikeas-sustainability-climate-report/ Press New guidebook puts faith in people to protect the planet https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/new-guidebook-puts-faith-in-people/ A new science-led booklet and website launched 14 February showcasing actions people can take to protect the planet has been written with input from the Vatican to ‘ground it in language’ that will speak to 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, reports Innovators Magazine, citing SEI Director Måns Nilsson who held a speech at the launch event. A new science-led booklet and website launched 14 February showcasing actions people can take to protect the planet has been written with input from the Vatican to ‘ground it in language’ that will speak to 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, reports Innovators Magazine, citing SEI Director Måns Nilsson who held a speech at the launch event.

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:00:19 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/new-guidebook-puts-faith-in-people/ Press Launch of ‘Our common home: A guide to caring for our living planet’ https://www.sei.org/events/launch-our-common-home-booklet/ Join us on 14 February for our virtual launch of a unique publication that connects the science of climate change, biodiversity and sustainable resource use with the messages of Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical on the environment, Laudato si’ – developed in partnership through a unique collaboration with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Join us on 14 February for our virtual launch of a unique publication that connects the science of climate change, biodiversity and sustainable resource use with the messages of Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical on the environment, Laudato si’ – developed in partnership through a unique collaboration with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:32:22 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/launch-our-common-home-booklet/ Event Lanzamiento de “Nuestra casa común: una guía para el cuidado de nuestro planeta vivo” https://www.sei.org/events/lanzamiento-nuestra-casa-comun-folleto/ Únase el 14 de febrero al lanzamiento virtual de una publicación única que conecta la ciencia del cambio climático, la biodiversidad y el uso sostenible de los recursos con los mensajes de la Encíclica de 2015 del Papa Francisco sobre el medio ambiente, Laudato si’ – desarrollada en colaboración con el Dicasterio para la Promoción del Desarrollo Humano Integral del Vaticano. Únase el 14 de febrero al lanzamiento virtual de una publicación única que conecta la ciencia del cambio climático, la biodiversidad y el uso sostenible de los recursos con los mensajes de la Encíclica de 2015 del Papa Francisco sobre el medio ambiente, Laudato si’ – desarrollada en colaboración con el Dicasterio para la Promoción del Desarrollo Humano Integral del Vaticano.

]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:37:50 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/lanzamiento-nuestra-casa-comun-folleto/ Event Notre maison commune https://www.sei.org/publications/notremaisoncommune/ Un guide pour prendre soin de notre planète. Une initiative conjointe du Saint-Siège et de l’Institut de Stockholm pour l’Environnement. Un guide pour prendre soin de notre planète.

Une initiative conjointe du Saint-Siège et de l’Institut de Stockholm pour l’Environnement.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:00:45 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/notremaisoncommune/ Publication La nostra casa comune https://www.sei.org/publications/lanostracasacomune/ Una guida per prendersi cura del nostro pianeta Un’iniziativa congiunta della Santa Sede e dell’Istituto per l’Ambiente di Stoccolma.  

Una guida per prendersi cura del nostro pianeta

Un’iniziativa congiunta della Santa Sede e dell’Istituto per l’Ambiente di Stoccolma.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:00:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/lanostracasacomune/ Publication Nuestra casa común https://www.sei.org/publications/nuestracasacomun/ Una guía para el cuidado de nuestro planeta vivo. Una iniciativa conjunta de la Santa Sede y el Instituto de Ambiente de Estocolmo. Una guía para el cuidado de nuestro planeta vivo.

Una iniciativa conjunta de la Santa Sede y el Instituto de Ambiente de Estocolmo.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:00:21 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/nuestracasacomun/ Publication A nossa casa comum https://www.sei.org/publications/anossacasacomum/ Um guia para cuidar do nosso planeta vivo. Uma iniciativa conjunta da Santa Sé e do Instituto Ambiental de Estocolmo. Um guia para cuidar do nosso planeta vivo.

Uma iniciativa conjunta da Santa Sé e do Instituto Ambiental de Estocolmo.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:00:17 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/anossacasacomum/ Publication Our common home https://www.sei.org/publications/ourcommonhome/ A guide to caring for our living planet. A joint initiative of the Holy See and the Stockholm Environment Institute. A guide to caring for our living planet.

A joint initiative of the Holy See and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:00:08 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/ourcommonhome/ Publication Operational forecasting inundation extents using REOF analysis (FIER) over lower Mekong and its potential economic impact on agriculture https://www.sei.org/publications/forecasting-inundation-fier-lower-mekong-agriculture/ The authors integrated the so-called Forecasting Inundation Extents using Rotated empirical orthogonal function analysis (FIER) framework with an altimetry-based operational Mekong River level forecasting system and built an operational web application, FIER-Mekong. The authors integrated the so-called Forecasting Inundation Extents using Rotated empirical orthogonal function analysis (FIER) framework with an altimetry-based operational Mekong River level forecasting system and built an operational web application, FIER-Mekong.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 03:46:22 +0000 Thanapon Piman https://www.sei.org/publications/forecasting-inundation-fier-lower-mekong-agriculture/ Publication Practical guide integrates science and faith to show how we can all help to protect the planet https://www.sei.org/features/practical-guide-science-faith-protect-planet/ “Our common home”, the product of close collaboration between SEI and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, provides succinct, easy-to-grasp explanations of urgent environmental issues, combined with messages from Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical, Laudato si’, to motivate people to take action. “Our common home”, the product of close collaboration between SEI and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, provides succinct, easy-to-grasp explanations of urgent environmental issues, combined with messages from Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical, Laudato si’, to motivate people to take action.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:00:23 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/practical-guide-science-faith-protect-planet/ Feature New practical guide integrates science with messages from Pope Francis to promote action for a sustainable future https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/our-common-home-press-release/ A booklet and website co-created by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development provide succinct, easy-to-grasp explanations of urgent environmental issues, combined with messages from Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical on the care for our Common Home, Laudato si’, showing how individuals and communities can make a difference by offering multiple ways to take action. A booklet and website co-created by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development provide succinct, easy-to-grasp explanations of urgent environmental issues, combined with messages from Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical on the care for our Common Home, Laudato si’, showing how individuals and communities can make a difference by offering multiple ways to take action.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:00:35 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/our-common-home-press-release/ Press Üleskutse noortele – kandideeri rohetöökohtade koolitusele! https://www.sei.org/features/uleskutse-noortele-kandideeri-rohetookohtade-koolitusele/ Üleeuroopaline projekt YENESIS pakub 25-le Eesti saartega seotud noorele võimalust saada osa tasuta viiepäevasest rohepöörde koolitusest, mis tagab ettevalmistuse tööks rohelistel töökohtadel. Üleeuroopaline projekt YENESIS pakub 25-le Eesti saartega seotud noorele võimalust saada osa tasuta viiepäevasest rohepöörde koolitusest, mis tagab ettevalmistuse tööks rohelistel töökohtadel. 

]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2023 20:26:49 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/uleskutse-noortele-kandideeri-rohetookohtade-koolitusele/ Feature Researchers seek views of how extreme weather affects older people https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/how-extreme-weather-affects-people/ The over 60s are being asked to reflect on how extreme weather affects their health and wellbeing as part of a major new research project. Researchers at the universities of York and Heriot-Watt are asking the over 60s to share their experience of how storms, flooding and heatwaves have affected their lives as part of a nationwide study on healthy ageing and climate change. The over 60s are being asked to reflect on how extreme weather affects their health and wellbeing as part of a major new research project.

Researchers at the universities of York and Heriot-Watt are asking the over 60s to share their experience of how storms, flooding and heatwaves have affected their lives as part of a nationwide study on healthy ageing and climate change.

]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:00:35 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/how-extreme-weather-affects-people/ Press SEI’s Carol Mungo speaks to “AP” on Kenya’s electric transport plan https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/seis-carol-mungo-speaks-to-ap-on-kenyas-electric-transport-plan/ With electric motorcycles gaining traction in Kenya and private sector-led firms rushing to set up charging points and battery-swapping stations, the east African nation is on course to speed up the growth of cleaner transport and put it on a path towards fresher air and lower emissions. SEI Africa research fellow Carol Mungo spoke with the Associated Press (AP) on this emerging opportunity and which challenges are to be found on the way. With electric motorcycles gaining traction in Kenya and private sector-led firms rushing to set up charging points and battery-swapping stations, the east African nation is on course to speed up the growth of cleaner transport and put it on a path towards fresher air and lower emissions.

SEI Africa research fellow Carol Mungo spoke with the Associated Press (AP) on this emerging opportunity and which challenges are to be found on the way.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:02:13 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/seis-carol-mungo-speaks-to-ap-on-kenyas-electric-transport-plan/ Press Sustainability Week Asia 2023 https://www.sei.org/events/sustainability-week-asia-2023/ Engaged at the intersection of business, government and civil society, Sustainability Week Asia provides astute macro-level analysis and case studies, and connects them with actionable insights and practical examples to help businesses become sustainable, faster. Held in Singapore on February 7th and 8th, and online on February 9th, SEI Asia’s Centre Director Niall O’Connor will be part of a panel discussion on inequality to sustainability. Engaged at the intersection of business, government and civil society, Sustainability Week Asia provides astute macro-level analysis and case studies, and connects them with actionable insights and practical examples to help businesses become sustainable, faster. Held in Singapore on February 7th and 8th, and online on February 9th, SEI Asia’s Centre Director Niall O’Connor will be part of a panel discussion on inequality to sustainability.

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2023 23:40:39 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/sustainability-week-asia-2023/ Event Mistra Geopolitics Annual Conference 2023 https://www.sei.org/events/mistra-geopolitics-annual-conference/ The interdisciplinary research programme Mistra Geopolitics hosted its annual conference 8-9 February in Sigtuna, Sweden. Over two days, the annual conference brought together Mistra Geopolitics programme Director Björn-Ola Linnér and Co-Director Henrik Carlsen, the research leaders, researchers and PhD students from the Swedish core consortium partners. The interdisciplinary research programme Mistra Geopolitics hosted its annual conference 8-9 February in Sigtuna, Sweden. 

Over two days, the annual conference brought together Mistra Geopolitics programme Director Björn-Ola Linnér and Co-Director Henrik Carlsen, the research leaders, researchers and PhD students from the Swedish core consortium partners.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:13:28 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/mistra-geopolitics-annual-conference/ Event Gender equality and social inclusion in WASH interventions: policy and practice insights from a systematic mapping exercise https://www.sei.org/publications/wash-interventions-policy-and-practice-insights/ Poor access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services threatens public health and contributes to a range of gender and social inequalities. Despite the disproportionate impacts of poor WASH, women and marginalised groups often have less say in the delivery and management of these services. Poor access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services threatens public health and contributes to a range of gender and social inequalities. Despite the disproportionate impacts of poor WASH, women and marginalised groups often have less say in the delivery and management of these services.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:26:16 +0000 Biljana Macura; Sarah Dickin; Carla Liera; Adriana Soto Trujillo; Laura Del Duca https://www.sei.org/publications/wash-interventions-policy-and-practice-insights/ Publication Green public procurement: a key to decarbonizing construction and road transport in the EU https://www.sei.org/publications/green-public-procurement-eu/ Green Public Procurement (GPP) is the practice of purchasing goods and services with the aim of cutting carbon emissions and mitigating environmental harm. While the EU and many of its Member States have recognized GPP as an important tool to meet climate goals, the GPP policy at the EU level or in local and national governments is fragmented. This report details how the EU can cut the climate impact of the construction and road transport sectors and strengthen GPP practices. Green Public Procurement (GPP) is the practice of purchasing goods and services with the aim of cutting carbon emissions and mitigating environmental harm. While the EU and many of its Member States have recognized GPP as an important tool to meet climate goals, the GPP policy at the EU level or in local and national governments is fragmented.

This report details how the EU can cut the climate impact of the construction and road transport sectors and strengthen GPP practices.

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:37:13 +0000 Astrid Nilsson Lewis; Kaidi Kaaret; Eileen Torres-Morales; Evelin Piirsalu; Katarina Axelsson https://www.sei.org/publications/green-public-procurement-eu/ Publication