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 SEI Tallinn kuulutati 2022. aasta muuseumisõbraks https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-tallinn-kuulutati-2022-aasta-muuseumisobraks/ Eesti Muuseumiühing kuulutas 29. novembril välja 2022. aasta muuseumisõbra autiitli, mille pälvis Stockholmi Keskkonnainstituudi Tallinna Keskus. Eesti Muuseumiühing kuulutas 29. novembril välja 2022. aasta muuseumisõbra autiitli, mille pälvis Stockholmi Keskkonnainstituudi Tallinna Keskus.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:04:05 +0000 Anette Parksepp https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-tallinn-kuulutati-2022-aasta-muuseumisobraks/ Press SEI Tallinn named Estonian Friend of the Museum 2022 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-tallinn-named-estonian-friend-museum-2022/ The Estonian Museum Association has named SEI Tallinn this year’s Friend of the Museum. The Estonian Museum Association has named SEI Tallinn this year’s Friend of the Museum.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:05:22 +0000 Anette Parksepp https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-tallinn-named-estonian-friend-museum-2022/ Press Renewable energy targets in 2022: A guide to design https://www.sei.org/publications/renewable-energy-targets-2022/ Almost all countries have signed the Paris Agreement and submitted climate goals in the form of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), but the collective commitments made to date are still not enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. This report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), co-authored by SEI Senior Scientist Miquel Muñoz Cabré, details the latest renewable energy goals with guidance on how to align national targets with a 1.5°C warming limit. Almost all countries have signed the Paris Agreement and submitted climate goals in the form of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), but the collective commitments made to date are still not enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

This report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), co-authored by SEI Senior Scientist Miquel Muñoz Cabré, details the latest renewable energy goals with guidance on how to align national targets with a 1.5°C warming limit.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 01:03:45 +0000 Miquel Muñoz Cabré https://www.sei.org/publications/renewable-energy-targets-2022/ Publication Five principles for Indonesia’s just coal transition https://www.sei.org/perspectives/five-principles-for-indonesias-just-coal-transition/ As Indonesia promises a zero-carbon economy by 2060, we suggest five principles essential for implementation in policy and practice that can ensure the transition benefits a wide coalition of people compared to only a selected few. As Indonesia promises a zero-carbon economy by 2060, we suggest five principles essential for implementation in policy and practice that can ensure the transition benefits a wide coalition of people compared to only a selected few.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:57:19 +0000 Stefan Bößner; Dimas Fauzi https://www.sei.org/perspectives/five-principles-for-indonesias-just-coal-transition/ Perspective LatAm Outlook 2023 https://www.sei.org/events/latam-outlook-2023/ Canning House’s flagship forward-looking report, the LatAm Outlook, arrives in its 2023 edition on 13 December 2022. Taking its largest economies as our lens, we look ahead at Latin America’s place in the world and key regional trends across politics, economics, security and corruption, society, the environment and commercial opportunities, over the next five years and beyond. Join Canning House and our partners for the LatAm Outlook 2023 conference as we launch this year’s report and hear more. Canning House’s flagship forward-looking report, the LatAm Outlook, arrives in its 2023 edition on 13 December 2022.

Taking its largest economies as our lens, we look ahead at Latin America’s place in the world and key regional trends across politics, economics, security and corruption, society, the environment and commercial opportunities, over the next five years and beyond.

Join Canning House and our partners for the LatAm Outlook 2023 conference as we launch this year’s report and hear more.

]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:05:18 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/latam-outlook-2023/ Event The role of the LULUCF sector and emission removal technologies in reaching carbon neutrality in 2050 https://www.sei.org/events/the-role-of-the-lulucf-sector-in-reaching-carbon-neutrality-in-2050/ This webinar presents and discusses the findings of a report by SEI Tallinn. The analysis, conducted as part of the Climate Recon 2050 project, analyses the role of the LULUCF sector in member states’ national long-term strategies. The report describes the current situation, highlights key challenges and shortcomings of long-term strategies, and proposes a way forward for integrating the LULUCF sector into climate neutrality strategies. This webinar presents and discusses the findings of a report by SEI Tallinn. The analysis, conducted as part of the Climate Recon 2050 project, analyses the role of the LULUCF sector in member states’ national long-term strategies. The report describes the current situation, highlights key challenges and shortcomings of long-term strategies, and proposes a way forward for integrating the LULUCF sector into climate neutrality strategies.

]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:37:09 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/the-role-of-the-lulucf-sector-in-reaching-carbon-neutrality-in-2050/ Event SEI Executive Director among the most cited researchers in the world https://www.sei.org/features/sei-executive-director-among-the-most-cited-researchers/ SEI Executive Director Måns Nilsson is on insight company’s Clarivate’s exclusive list of the most cited researchers in the world for the second year in a row. SEI Executive Director Måns Nilsson is on insight company’s Clarivate’s exclusive list of the most cited researchers in the world for the second year in a row.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:35:34 +0000 Ulrika Lamberth https://www.sei.org/features/sei-executive-director-among-the-most-cited-researchers/ Feature Beta version of Forest IQ now launched https://www.sei.org/features/beta-version-of-forest-iq-now-launched/ Forest IQ is a new database that will provide financial institutions with market-leading data about corporate performance on deforestation, conversion of natural ecosystems and associated human rights abuses. This will enable financial institutions to identify risks and opportunities to help them to deliver deforestation free portfolios by 2025. Forest IQ is a new database that will provide financial institutions with market-leading data about corporate performance on deforestation, conversion of natural ecosystems and associated human rights abuses.

This will enable financial institutions to identify risks and opportunities to help them to deliver deforestation free portfolios by 2025.

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:00:50 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/beta-version-of-forest-iq-now-launched/ Feature Cuatro reflexiones para mejorar el saneamiento en América Latina y el Caribe https://www.sei.org/perspectives/cuatro-reflexiones-para-mejorar-el-saneamiento-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe/ En América Latina y el Caribe es fundamental acelerar el progreso hacia servicios de saneamiento gestionados de manera segura, adecuados y equitativos para todos hasta el 2030 (meta 6.2 de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, ODS). Investigadores de SEI ofrecen algunas consideraciones sobre su participación durante la Conferencia Latinoamericana de Saneamiento (LatinoSan). En América Latina y el Caribe es fundamental acelerar el progreso hacia servicios de saneamiento gestionados de manera segura, adecuados y equitativos para todos hasta el 2030 (meta 6.2 de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, ODS). Investigadores de SEI ofrecen algunas consideraciones sobre su participación durante la Conferencia Latinoamericana de Saneamiento (LatinoSan).

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:03:45 +0000 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/cuatro-reflexiones-para-mejorar-el-saneamiento-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe/ Perspective Op-ed: What’s next for Loss and Damage? Three principles for helping those most in need https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/loss-and-damage-three-principles/ The decision at COP27 to create a Loss and Damage fund was a crucial victory after decades of campaigning. But, as SEI researchers Zoha Shawoo and Inès Bakhtaoui write in Climate Home News, that was only a first step. Next comes the formulation of all the rules that decide where the money will come from, who will have access to it and how the fund will operate. Shawoo and Bakhtaoui detail three principles to ensure the fund provides equitable support to those most vulnerable to climate change. The decision at COP27 to create a Loss and Damage fund was a crucial victory after decades of campaigning.

But, as SEI researchers Zoha Shawoo and Inès Bakhtaoui write in Climate Home News, that was only a first step. Next comes the formulation of all the rules that decide where the money will come from, who will have access to it and how the fund will operate.

Shawoo and Bakhtaoui detail three principles to ensure the fund provides equitable support to those most vulnerable to climate change.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 22:50:09 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/loss-and-damage-three-principles/ Press Causes & effects of upstream-downstream flow regime alteration over Catchment-Estuary-Coastal systems https://www.sei.org/publications/upstream-downstream-flow-regime-alteration/ The construction of large dams along rivers has significantly changed the natural flow regime, reducing the inflow into many lakes and terminal wetlands. However, the question of the impact of dam operation on downstream estuarine wetlands has less been taken into account. The construction of large dams along rivers has significantly changed the natural flow regime, reducing the inflow into many lakes and terminal wetlands. However, the question of the impact of dam operation on downstream estuarine wetlands has less been taken into account.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:28:45 +0000 Faisal Bin Ashraf https://www.sei.org/publications/upstream-downstream-flow-regime-alteration/ Publication A decision-making tool for systems thinking in SDG implementation https://www.sei.org/publications/decision-making-tool-for-sdg-implementation/ This contribution focuses on insights derived from the development of a decision-making support tool for enhancing systems thinking in SDG implementation, and the application of such a tool to a real case, namely Sweden’s Voluntary National Review 2021. This contribution focuses on insights derived from the development of a decision-making support tool for enhancing systems thinking in SDG implementation, and the application of such a tool to a real case, namely Sweden’s Voluntary National Review 2021.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:29:58 +0000 Henrik Carlsen; Nina Weitz; Therese Bennich https://www.sei.org/publications/decision-making-tool-for-sdg-implementation/ Publication Scientific approaches to SDG interactions analyses https://www.sei.org/publications/sdg-interactions-analyses/ The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should be treated as an indivisible and integrated whole. This presents an implementation challenge, as actions to promote the 2030 Agenda must account for the complex interactions between the SDGs. The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should be treated as an indivisible and integrated whole. This presents an implementation challenge, as actions to promote the 2030 Agenda must account for the complex interactions between the SDGs.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:25:15 +0000 Therese Bennich; Nina Weitz; Henrik Carlsen https://www.sei.org/publications/sdg-interactions-analyses/ Publication Household waste and the circular economy in Bangkok https://www.sei.org/publications/household-waste-circular-bangkok/ The authors evaluated how households in Bangkok play a critical role in the waste system both as consumers and generators of waste and as the potential driving force for change. Developing a better understanding of household attitudes and behaviour can inform more effective and targeted interventions to support sustainable practices for a more circular economy in the city. The authors evaluated how households in Bangkok play a critical role in the waste system both as consumers and generators of waste and as the potential driving force for change. Developing a better understanding of household attitudes and behaviour can inform more effective and targeted interventions to support sustainable practices for a more circular economy in the city.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 03:49:53 +0000 Chloe Pottinger-Glass; Fedra Vanhuyse; Raja Asvanon; Diane Archer https://www.sei.org/publications/household-waste-circular-bangkok/ Publication Research programme secures 50 million SEK in funding for sustainable blue economy https://www.sei.org/features/50-million-sek-to-research-about-sustainable-blue-economy/ The Co-Creating Better Blue research programme, headed by the University of Gothenburg as the main applicant, has received 50 million SEK in funding from Mistra’s “A sustainable blue economy for Sweden” initiative. SEI is one of 38 actors participating in the programme. The Co-Creating Better Blue research programme, headed by the University of Gothenburg as the main applicant, has received 50 million SEK in funding from Mistra’s “A sustainable blue economy for Sweden” initiative. SEI is one of 38 actors participating in the programme.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:40:54 +0000 Ulrika Lamberth https://www.sei.org/features/50-million-sek-to-research-about-sustainable-blue-economy/ Feature Maria Xylia i Forskning & Framsteg om Sveriges omställning till fossilfritt https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/maria-xylia-i-forskning-framsteg/ Forskning & Framsteg skriver om en ny SEI-studie där klimatomställningens samhällskonsekvenser och olika gruppers klimatavtryck undersökts. – Vi behöver riktade politiska satsningar och åtgärder lokalt, så att de grupper som har de största svårigheterna också klarar omställningen, säger Maria Xylia, forskare på SEI. Forskning & Framsteg skriver om en ny SEI-studie där klimatomställningens samhällskonsekvenser och olika gruppers klimatavtryck undersökts.

– Vi behöver riktade politiska satsningar och åtgärder lokalt, så att de grupper som har de största svårigheterna också klarar omställningen, säger Maria Xylia, forskare på SEI.

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:14:37 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/maria-xylia-i-forskning-framsteg/ Press Financing the just energy transition in Asia https://www.sei.org/publications/just-energy-transition-asia/ Fair Finance Asia (FFA), in collaboration with SEI Asia, launched a new study, “Financing the Just Transition: Powering Asia’s Sustainable Energy Future,” at the 2022 FFA General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand. Fair Finance Asia (FFA), in collaboration with SEI Asia, launched a new study, “Financing the Just Transition: Powering Asia’s Sustainable Energy Future,” at the 2022 FFA General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand.

]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 05:56:43 +0000 Corrado Topi https://www.sei.org/publications/just-energy-transition-asia/ Publication Three challenges of smallholder inclusion in sustainable agriculture traceability https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/smallholder-farmers-traceability/ Lack of land tenure security, accountability for intermediaries and limited access to technologies are some of the factors affecting smallholder farmers ability to ensure their products are sustainable. Lack of land tenure security, accountability for intermediaries and limited access to technologies are some of the factors affecting smallholder farmers ability to ensure their products are sustainable.

]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 05:38:01 +0000 Dimas Fauzi https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/smallholder-farmers-traceability/ Press Arte y cultura para potenciar la transición energética justa: una mirada desde el departamento del Cesar, Colombia https://www.sei.org/perspectives/arte-y-cultura-para-potenciar-la-transicion-energetica-justa-una-mirada-desde-el-departamento-del-cesar-colombia/ Cuando la economía de una región depende en gran medida del sector carbonífero, nos preguntamos ¿Qué se puede hacer desde la cultura y el arte para contribuir a una transición justa? Ofrecemos algunas reflexiones de nuestra participación en una de las sesiones de “El Cesar Transita”, una iniciativa de organizaciones de la sociedad civil que convoca a diversos actores del territorio a analizar los retos y oportunidades para una transición justa en el departamento del Cesar, Colombia. Cuando la economía de una región depende en gran medida del sector carbonífero, nos preguntamos ¿Qué se puede hacer desde la cultura y el arte para contribuir a una transición justa? Ofrecemos algunas reflexiones de nuestra participación en una de las sesiones de “El Cesar Transita”, una iniciativa de organizaciones de la sociedad civil que convoca a diversos actores del territorio a analizar los retos y oportunidades para una transición justa en el departamento del Cesar, Colombia.

]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:36:33 +0000 José Vega Araújo; Lorena López https://www.sei.org/perspectives/arte-y-cultura-para-potenciar-la-transicion-energetica-justa-una-mirada-desde-el-departamento-del-cesar-colombia/ Perspective Ten new insights in climate science 2022 https://www.sei.org/publications/ten-new-insights-in-climate-science-2022/ In this journal article, 65 researchers from 23 countries summarize what the assess as the past year’s most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate-health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions, and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. In this journal article, 65 researchers from 23 countries summarize what the assess as the past year’s most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate-health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions, and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.

]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:13:51 +0000 Aaron Maltais; Lisa Schipper; Johan Rockström https://www.sei.org/publications/ten-new-insights-in-climate-science-2022/ Publication