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= https://www.sei.org/ 32 32 https://www.sei.org/projects/regions4climate-est/ Kliimamuutustega kohanemine on üks Euroopa Liidu peamisi eesmärke aastaks 2030. Ajal, kui kliimamuutused süvenevad, toetab EL valdkondlikku teadustööd ning uuenduslike lahenduste kasutuselevõttu kohalikul tasandil, et suurendada maailmajao vastupidavust kliimamuutustele koostöös huvirühmadega. Regions4Climate võtab kasutusele uuenduslikud lahendused, et toetada Euroopa regioonide vastupanuvõimet kliimamuutustele. Kliimamuutustega kohanemine on üks Euroopa Liidu peamisi eesmärke aastaks 2030. Ajal, kui kliimamuutused süvenevad, toetab EL valdkondlikku teadustööd ning uuenduslike lahenduste kasutuselevõttu kohalikul tasandil, et suurendada maailmajao vastupidavust kliimamuutustele koostöös huvirühmadega. Regions4Climate võtab kasutusele uuenduslikud lahendused, et toetada Euroopa regioonide vastupanuvõimet kliimamuutustele.

]]> Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:16:06 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/regions4climate-est/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/fairwater/ The need for more coherent water management in Sweden is well acknowledged. Climate change is impacting our water bodies, affecting both volume and quality. Therefore it is essential for society’s actors to collaborate effectively to implement innovative and equitable governance. The need for more coherent water management in Sweden is well acknowledged. Climate change is impacting our water bodies, affecting both volume and quality. Therefore it is essential for society’s actors to collaborate effectively to implement innovative and equitable governance.

]]> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:21:38 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/fairwater/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/at-last/ AT LAST was an EU-funded project that supported European cities in realizing their climate ambitions. The project aimed to help smaller cities in Europe put into action Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAP). The project focused on bringing different sectors together and assisting local governments in planning, financing, and carrying out their strategies to establish climate-neutral and resilient cities. AT LAST was an EU-funded project that supported European cities in realizing their climate ambitions. The project aimed to help smaller cities in Europe put into action Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAP). The project focused on bringing different sectors together and assisting local governments in planning, financing, and carrying out their strategies to establish climate-neutral and resilient cities.  

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:40:57 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/at-last/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/agromixnorth/ The project offers springboards for drought-resistant and resilient cropping systems, that provide sufficient and nutritious food and income to farmers while simultaneously increasing below-ground carbon storage. The project offers springboards for drought-resistant and resilient cropping systems, that provide sufficient and nutritious food and income to farmers while simultaneously increasing below-ground carbon storage.

]]> Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:29:06 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/agromixnorth/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/transboundary-rivers-of-south-asia/ Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) Phase-2: Rivers, Rights, and Resilience (T2:3R) is a four-year (2023–2026) regional program led by Oxfam Novib, funded by the Swedish government. Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) Phase-2: Rivers, Rights, and Resilience (T2:3R) is a four-year (2023–2026) regional program led by Oxfam Novib, funded by the Swedish government.

]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:12:34 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/transboundary-rivers-of-south-asia/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/mistra-co-creating-better-blue-c2b2-svenska/ Mistra Co-Creating Better Blue (C2B2) är ett samverkansprojekt för att göra Sveriges blå ekonomi mer hållbar. Vi sammanför forskare, beslutsfattare, civilsamhället och näringslivet för att gemensamt skapa innovativa lösningar som bidrar till bättre havsförvaltning. Mistra Co-Creating Better Blue (C2B2) är ett samverkansprojekt för att göra Sveriges blå ekonomi mer hållbar. Vi sammanför forskare, beslutsfattare, civilsamhället och näringslivet för att gemensamt skapa innovativa lösningar som bidrar till bättre havsförvaltning.

]]> Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:55:37 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/mistra-co-creating-better-blue-c2b2-svenska/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/transcend/ TRANSCEND develops and tests transformative approaches to water management under deep uncertainty. Through Living Labs, modeling, Scenathons, and co-creation, the project brings scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders together to explore future scenarios, assess adaptation options, and support more equitable and sustainable decisions TRANSCEND develops and tests transformative approaches to water management under deep uncertainty. Through Living Labs, modeling, Scenathons, and co-creation, the project brings scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders together to explore future scenarios, assess adaptation options, and support more equitable and sustainable decisions

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:03:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/transcend/ Project https://www.sei.org/features/sei-held-executive-training-for-egyptian-officials/ SEI researchers presented fundamental concepts and the most recent developments on climate finance, the COP27 process, circular economy, sustainable finance and green bonds to government officials in Cairo, Egypt. SEI researchers presented fundamental concepts and the most recent developments on climate finance, the COP27 process, circular economy, sustainable finance and green bonds to government officials in Cairo, Egypt.

]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2022 12:52:24 +0000 Daniel Duma; Ylva Rylander https://www.sei.org/features/sei-held-executive-training-for-egyptian-officials/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/disconnect-between-planned-and-autonomous-adaptation/ Much of the current attention in research has focused on planned adaptation, i.e., public policy, but this overlooks the fact that human and societal responses to changes in the climate are ubiquitous. Thus, autonomous adaptation, the so-called everyday adaptation, continues to be largely unaccounted for. Much of the current attention in research has focused on planned adaptation, i.e., public policy, but this overlooks the fact that human and societal responses to changes in the climate are ubiquitous. Thus, autonomous adaptation, the so-called everyday adaptation, continues to be largely unaccounted for.

]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2022 13:26:50 +0000 Heidi Tuhkanen https://www.sei.org/publications/disconnect-between-planned-and-autonomous-adaptation/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/wehrd-nepal-philippines/ The study suggests that the knowledge, skills and activism of women environmental human rights defenders (WEHRDs) have the potential to break the relationship between maldevelopment and disasters. The study suggests that the knowledge, skills and activism of women environmental human rights defenders (WEHRDs) have the potential to break the relationship between maldevelopment and disasters.

]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:05:27 +0000 Camille Pross https://www.sei.org/publications/wehrd-nepal-philippines/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/los-valores-de-la-fauna-silvestre-perspectivas-economicas-y-subjetivas-para-una-valoracion-integral/ Proteger a la fauna silvestre es proteger a la naturaleza. Para lograrlo, se necesita ir más allá del valor económico, e incluir perspectivas sociales y culturales de forma participativa en la planificación de medidas para la gestión sostenible de la fauna silvestre. Proteger a la fauna silvestre es proteger a la naturaleza. Para lograrlo, se necesita ir más allá del valor económico, e incluir perspectivas sociales y culturales de forma participativa en la planificación de medidas para la gestión sostenible de la fauna silvestre.

]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2022 20:34:42 +0000 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/los-valores-de-la-fauna-silvestre-perspectivas-economicas-y-subjetivas-para-una-valoracion-integral/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/projects/just-transitions-from-coal-in-colombia-indonesia-and-south-africa/ This project aims to support just transitions from coal that address inequality, poverty and political economies of thermal coal extraction and dependence through co-producing policy-oriented, action-research with partners in Colombia, Indonesia and South Africa. This project aims to support just transitions from coal that address inequality, poverty and political economies of thermal coal extraction and dependence through co-producing policy-oriented, action-research with partners in Colombia, Indonesia and South Africa.

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:56:24 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/just-transitions-from-coal-in-colombia-indonesia-and-south-africa/ Project https://www.sei.org/publications/south-american-agrifood-governance/ This chapter examines SDG interlinkages in agri-food governance in the Southern Cone of South America. This chapter examines SDG interlinkages in agri-food governance in the Southern Cone of South America.

]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:43:41 +0000 Mairon G. Bastos Lima https://www.sei.org/publications/south-american-agrifood-governance/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/soy-farmers-deforestation-in-brazils-cerrado/ Agriculture-driven deforestation has come to the top of the environmental policy agenda as one of the main sustainability issues of current food systems. A major case is soy production in Brazil, the largest grower and exporter of what has become the world’s crop of choice for animal feed protein. Agriculture-driven deforestation has come to the top of the environmental policy agenda as one of the main sustainability issues of current food systems. A major case is soy production in Brazil, the largest grower and exporter of what has become the world’s crop of choice for animal feed protein.

]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:25:05 +0000 Mairon G. Bastos Lima https://www.sei.org/publications/soy-farmers-deforestation-in-brazils-cerrado/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-without-borders-brief-cop27/ The insights emerging from Adaptation Without Borders challenge a narrative that has long been embraced in climate policy: that adaptation is a local challenge, while mitigation is a global concern. The insights emerging from Adaptation Without Borders challenge a narrative that has long been embraced in climate policy: that adaptation is a local challenge, while mitigation is a global concern.

]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2022 13:47:50 +0000 Katy Harris; Magnus Benzie https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-without-borders-brief-cop27/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/illegal-deforestation-brazilian-soy-supply-chains/ In Brazil, SEI and partners harnessed the work of the Trase initiative to help governments, companies and investors understand the previously unknown links between soy farming and illegal deforestation. In Brazil, SEI and partners harnessed the work of the Trase initiative to help governments, companies and investors understand the previously unknown links between soy farming and illegal deforestation.

]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2022 05:18:10 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/illegal-deforestation-brazilian-soy-supply-chains/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/laying-foundations-investment-green-infrastructure/ SEI worked with authorities in Colombia to develop a framework for regulatory reform that leads the way to a secure foundation for investment in green water infrastructure. SEI worked with authorities in Colombia to develop a framework for regulatory reform that leads the way to a secure foundation for investment in green water infrastructure.

]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:01:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/laying-foundations-investment-green-infrastructure/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/the-values-of-wildlife-revisited/ Wild animals are important worldwide because of the multiple values they represent for human societies. Different frameworks have been proposed to understand the values of wildlife from economic and noneconomic perspectives. Wild animals are important worldwide because of the multiple values they represent for human societies. Different frameworks have been proposed to understand the values of wildlife from economic and noneconomic perspectives.

]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:47:20 +0000 Juanita Gómez González; Nella Canales https://www.sei.org/publications/the-values-of-wildlife-revisited/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/participation-and-marginalization-in-water-governance/ There is growing awareness that both the practice and science of participation in water governance continue to suffer from blind spots with regard to questions of power and equity. There is growing awareness that both the practice and science of participation in water governance continue to suffer from blind spots with regard to questions of power and equity.

]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 14:24:30 +0000 Rasmus Kløcker Larsen https://www.sei.org/publications/participation-and-marginalization-in-water-governance/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/integrated-assessment-of-air-pollution-and-climate-change-africa/ The article announces the launch of the first Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa, presented in November 2022 at COP27 by the African Union Commission, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, and the UN Environment Programme. The article announces the launch of the first Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa, presented in November 2022 at COP27 by the African Union Commission, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, and the UN Environment Programme.

]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 13:47:32 +0000 Philip Osano; Anderson Kehbila; Lawrence Nzuve; Charles Heaps; Kevin Hicks; Eve Palmer https://www.sei.org/publications/integrated-assessment-of-air-pollution-and-climate-change-africa/ Publication