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 Integrated assessment of air pollution and climate change for sustainable development in Africa https://www.sei.org/publications/air-pollution-climate-change-africa/ This new assessment launched at COP27 from the African Union Commission, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the UN Environment Programme and developed by African scientists in a process led by SEI shows how African leaders can act quickly across five key areas – transport, residential, energy, agriculture and waste – to fight climate change, prevent air pollution, and protect human health. This new assessment launched at COP27 from the African Union Commission, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the UN Environment Programme and developed by African scientists in a process led by SEI shows how African leaders can act quickly across five key areas – transport, residential, energy, agriculture and waste – to fight climate change, prevent air pollution, and protect human health.

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:45:35 +0000 Philip Osano; Anderson Kehbila; Hannah Wanjiru; Kevin Hicks; Chris Malley; Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna; Charles Heaps; Andriannah Mbandi; Eve Palmer; Eleni Michalopoulou; Jessica Slater; Connie O'Neill; Robert Karisa Masumbuko; Lawrence Nzuve; Silvia Ulloa; Anne Nyambane; Jacinta Musyoki https://www.sei.org/publications/air-pollution-climate-change-africa/ Publication Smart and Green Manufacturing Summit https://www.sei.org/events/smart-green-manufacturing-summit/ Semiconductor manufacturing is an essential business across all regions of the world. Today there are more ambitious plans for investments in new fabs and also existing fabs than ever before. However, resources are limited – whether natural, personal, or physical resources. Considering this, “smart and green” is the responsible way to move forward. This event is part of Semicon Europa from 15-18 November 2022 in Munich, Germany and features SEI York Research Associate Eleni Michalopoulou. Semiconductor manufacturing is an essential business across all regions of the world. Today there are more ambitious plans for investments in new fabs and also existing fabs than ever before. However, resources are limited – whether natural, personal, or physical resources. Considering this, “smart and green” is the responsible way to move forward.

This event is part of Semicon Europa from 15-18 November 2022 in Munich, Germany and features SEI York Research Associate Eleni Michalopoulou.

]]> Sat, 05 Nov 2022 19:41:58 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/smart-green-manufacturing-summit/ Event New Assessment: Africa could save hundreds of thousands of lives by acting to cut air pollution and prevent climate change https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/assessment-africa-cut-air-pollution-prevent-climate-change/ An Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa released today by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the African Union Commission shows how African leaders can act quickly across 5 key areas— transport, residential, energy, agriculture, and waste — to fight climate change, prevent air pollution, and protect human health. An Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa released today by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the African Union Commission shows how African leaders can act quickly across 5 key areas— transport, residential, energy, agriculture, and waste — to fight climate change, prevent air pollution, and protect human health.

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:38:03 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/assessment-africa-cut-air-pollution-prevent-climate-change/ Press Måns Nilsson kommenterar utsläppen och 1.5-gradersmålet i TV4 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/mans-nilsson-kommenterar-utslappen-och-1-5-gradersmalet-i-tv4/ I en intervju i TV4 nyhetsmorgon den 17 november kommenterar vår VD Måns Nilsson utsläppen och 1.5-gradersmålet. “Vi behöver en oerhört brant minskning av utsläpp nu,” säger Nilsson. Se inslaget här. I en intervju i TV4 nyhetsmorgon den 17 november kommenterar vår VD Måns Nilsson utsläppen och 1.5-gradersmålet. “Vi behöver en oerhört brant minskning av utsläpp nu,” säger Nilsson. Se inslaget här.

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:05:09 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/mans-nilsson-kommenterar-utslappen-och-1-5-gradersmalet-i-tv4/ Press SEI’s Philip Osano interviewed by CNN about the “African COP” https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-s-philip-osano-interviewed-by-cnn-about-the-african-cop/ The Egyptian government, which is hosting COP 27, had promised the summit would be the “African COP” that would put the needs of the continent front and center. But according to many representatives of countries across Africa, that promise remains largely unfulfilled. Philip Osano, the director of SEI Africa, says to CNN that the recognition of the special circumstances was one of the top three priorities for many African governments, along with climate finance and the clean energy transition. The Egyptian government, which is hosting COP 27, had promised the summit would be the “African COP” that would put the needs of the continent front and center. But according to many representatives of countries across Africa, that promise remains largely unfulfilled.

Philip Osano, the director of SEI Africa, says to CNN that the recognition of the special circumstances was one of the top three priorities for many African governments, along with climate finance and the clean energy transition.

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:36:40 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-s-philip-osano-interviewed-by-cnn-about-the-african-cop/ Press Green and resilient recovery for further development https://www.sei.org/events/green-and-resilient-recovery-further-development/ The war in Ukraine has significant global consequences. Many governments must spend vast sums on improving security, building up their energy and economic resilience. This will surely influence Ukraine’s ability to recover in the post-war time to become greener and more resilient. The country will certainly need to put great efforts to develop models and instruments to facilitate private sector investments and access to sustainable finance. SEI’s Richard J. T. Klein is a panellist at this event. The war in Ukraine has significant global consequences. Many governments must spend vast sums on improving security, building up their energy and economic resilience. This will surely influence Ukraine’s ability to recover in the post-war time to become greener and more resilient. The country will certainly need to put great efforts to develop models and instruments to facilitate private sector investments and access to sustainable finance.

SEI’s Richard J. T. Klein is a panellist at this event.

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:31:55 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/green-and-resilient-recovery-further-development/ Event Unlocking joint business action on air pollution and climate change https://www.sei.org/events/unlocking-joint-business-action-on-air-pollution-and-climate-change/ 99% of our world is exposed to polluted air causing an estimated 7 million premature deaths every year. Recent studies also show that even small levels of air pollution harm our health. Join this session to hear from company members of the Alliance for Clean Air, the first global private sector initiative to tackle air pollution. 99% of our world is exposed to polluted air causing an estimated 7 million premature deaths every year. Recent studies also show that even small levels of air pollution harm our health. Join this session to hear from company members of the Alliance for Clean Air, the first global private sector initiative to tackle air pollution.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:04:19 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/unlocking-joint-business-action-on-air-pollution-and-climate-change/ Event Estimating environmental and societal impacts from scaling up urine concentration technologies https://www.sei.org/publications/scaling-up-urine-concentration-technologies/ There is a growing trend for nutrient recovery from wastewater as part of the transition to a circular economy. Most nutrients in household wastewater originate from urine and one way to facilitate reuse of these nutrients is to concentrate the urine into fertiliser products. Urine concentration technologies are still in the development phase and not implemented at scale. There is a growing trend for nutrient recovery from wastewater as part of the transition to a circular economy. Most nutrients in household wastewater originate from urine and one way to facilitate reuse of these nutrients is to concentrate the urine into fertiliser products. Urine concentration technologies are still in the development phase and not implemented at scale.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:33:18 +0000 Matilda Gunnarsson https://www.sei.org/publications/scaling-up-urine-concentration-technologies/ Publication Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) – Summit Statement Launch https://www.sei.org/events/leadit-summit-statement-launch-cop27/ Launch of high-level Summit Statement delivering collective calls and commitments by LeadIT Members to accelerate industry transition in the coming year. Launch of high-level Summit Statement delivering collective calls and commitments by LeadIT Members to accelerate industry transition in the coming year.

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 10:52:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/leadit-summit-statement-launch-cop27/ Event Taking a strategic view on climate change: advancing green growth while managing transboundary climate risks https://www.sei.org/events/strategic-view-on-climate-change-cop27/ Industries and governments have worked together in the Nordics to set ambitious climate targets and used them as a mechanism to boost innovation in clean solutions, thus serving as a stepstone for creating green exports. Industries and governments have worked together in the Nordics to set ambitious climate targets and used them as a mechanism to boost innovation in clean solutions, thus serving as a stepstone for creating green exports.

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:24:37 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/strategic-view-on-climate-change-cop27/ Event 2022 Summit of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) https://www.sei.org/events/2022-summit-of-the-leadership-group-for-industry-transition-leadit/ For the third year, the Summit of the UN-backed Leadership Group for Industry Transition gathers leading public and private actors to meet at COP to discuss industrial decarbonization and forge plans, policies, and commitments that align heavy industry with the goals of the Paris Agreement. For the third year, the Summit of the UN-backed Leadership Group for Industry Transition gathers leading public and private actors to meet at COP to discuss industrial decarbonization and forge plans, policies, and commitments that align heavy industry with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:58:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/2022-summit-of-the-leadership-group-for-industry-transition-leadit/ Event Adapting to transboundary climate risks in food trade https://www.sei.org/events/adapting-to-transboundary-climate-risks-in-food-trade/ How can we better govern the global food system in a world where crises are the norm rather than the exception? How can we better govern the global food system in a world where crises are the norm rather than the exception?

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:44:02 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/adapting-to-transboundary-climate-risks-in-food-trade/ Event Video: Why climate adaptation must be a globally shared responsibility https://www.sei.org/features/shared-responsibility-climate-adaptation/ Mitigation is global, adaptation is local – that’s been a widely-held belief in international climate policy. But the world’s interconnectedness means that climate risk is a reality all countries share. Mitigation is global, adaptation is local – that’s been a widely-held belief in international climate policy. But the world’s interconnectedness means that climate risk is a reality all countries share. 

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:06:02 +0000 Andrea Lindblom https://www.sei.org/features/shared-responsibility-climate-adaptation/ Feature Francis X. Johnson gästar Expressen TV https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/francis-x-johnson-i-expressen-tv/ Globalt uppskattas vår konsumtion av mat, kläder, elektronik etc. står för så mycket som 60% av de globala utsläppen av växthusgaser, enligt Green Peace. SEI-forskaren Francis X. Johnson menar att den transformation som behövs kräver tålamod. Han lyfter energieffektivisering, en mer produktiv markanvändning samt bättre planering av storstäder som möjliga åtgärder. Se inslaget här. Globalt uppskattas vår konsumtion av mat, kläder, elektronik etc. står för så mycket som 60% av de globala utsläppen av växthusgaser, enligt Green Peace. SEI-forskaren Francis X. Johnson menar att den transformation som behövs kräver tålamod. Han lyfter energieffektivisering, en mer produktiv markanvändning samt bättre planering av storstäder som möjliga åtgärder. Se inslaget här.

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:50:29 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/francis-x-johnson-i-expressen-tv/ Press Clean Cooking: A Win-Win for Climate and a Just Transition https://www.sei.org/events/clean-cooking-win-win-climate-just-transition/ Expanding access to clean cooking improves health by reducing harmful emissions, empowers women and girls by reducing time spent cooking and collecting fuel and bolsters livelihoods by offering a safe and reliable technology to build a business around. Clean cooking is a powerful and often overlooked climate solution. The burning of woodfuels produces approximately a gigaton of CO2e each year, around 2% of global emissions and on par with emissions from the aviation sector. Expanding access to clean cooking improves health by reducing harmful emissions, empowers women and girls by reducing time spent cooking and collecting fuel and bolsters livelihoods by offering a safe and reliable technology to build a business around.

Clean cooking is a powerful and often overlooked climate solution. The burning of woodfuels produces approximately a gigaton of CO2e each year, around 2% of global emissions and on par with emissions from the aviation sector.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:48:51 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/clean-cooking-win-win-climate-just-transition/ Event The 2022 Asia-Pacific girls’ report: Their fight for the future https://www.sei.org/publications/asia-pacific-girls-report/ This report highlights the climate actions of young female activists in the Asia-Pacific and the unique challenges girls and young women face regarding their leadership capabilities throughout the region, based in part of the SEI-led research project on “Girls in Action for Climate Justice”. This report highlights the climate actions of young female activists in the Asia-Pacific and the unique challenges girls and young women face regarding their leadership capabilities throughout the region, based in part of the SEI-led research project on “Girls in Action for Climate Justice”.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:27:08 +0000 Minh Tran; Michael Boyland; Pimolporn Jintarith; Albert Salamanca https://www.sei.org/publications/asia-pacific-girls-report/ Publication Turning pledges into inclusive and equitable actions: Synergistic Implementation of Climate and the SDGs https://www.sei.org/events/turning-pledges-inclusive-equitable-actions-synergistic-implementation-climate-sdgs/ At the centre of the quest for achieving sustainable development, human equity, climate justice, economic inclusion, gender equality and biodiversity conservation lie the fundamentals for a fair and inclusive future for all. Synergistic approaches to address climate and development objectives can help countries leverage opportunities in bringing their communities closer to equitable and inclusive actions. At the centre of the quest for achieving sustainable development, human equity, climate justice, economic inclusion, gender equality and biodiversity conservation lie the fundamentals for a fair and inclusive future for all. Synergistic approaches to address climate and development objectives can help countries leverage opportunities in bringing their communities closer to equitable and inclusive
actions.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:49:31 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/turning-pledges-inclusive-equitable-actions-synergistic-implementation-climate-sdgs/ Event Four ways to step up environmental ambitions during Sweden’s EU presidency https://www.sei.org/perspectives/environmental-ambitions-sweden-eu-presidency/ Sweden will take over the presidency of the Council of the EU in January 2023, and it should take advantage of its mandate to increase the level of sustainability ambition of the European Union, argue members of the Stockholm Environment Institute. This commentary is co-signed by members of the Stockholm Environment Institute. The full list of signatories is at the bottom. This commentary was originally published by EURACTIV on 14 November 2022. Sweden will take over the presidency of the Council of the EU in January 2023, and it should take advantage of its mandate to increase the level of sustainability ambition of the European Union, argue members of the Stockholm Environment Institute.

This commentary is co-signed by members of the Stockholm Environment Institute. The full list of signatories is at the bottom.

This commentary was originally published by EURACTIV on 14 November 2022.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:04:18 +0000 Linn Järnberg; Timothy Suljada; Olle Olsson; Richard J.T. Klein; Katarina Axelsson https://www.sei.org/perspectives/environmental-ambitions-sweden-eu-presidency/ Perspective Five considerations for a just transition for Indigenous communities and ethnic minorities https://www.sei.org/perspectives/just-transition-indigenous-communities/ To ensure justice in transitioning away from fossil fuels, ethnic minority groups and Indigenous Peoples need to be involved in the decision-making and benefit-sharing, with the implications of the transition on them acknowledged and addressed. To ensure justice in transitioning away from fossil fuels, ethnic minority groups and Indigenous Peoples need to be involved in the decision-making and benefit-sharing, with the implications of the transition on them acknowledged and addressed.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:00:37 +0000 Albert Salamanca; Bobby Farnan; Claudia Strambo; José Vega Araújo; Laura Forni; Nella Canales; Laura Del Duca; Silvija Marcinkevičiūtė https://www.sei.org/perspectives/just-transition-indigenous-communities/ Perspective Kenya warns climate change will affect performance in sports https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/kenya-warns-climate-change-will-affect-performance-in-sports/ In articles in The Nation Africa and in the Star, Cabinet Secretary for Sports Ababu Namwamba and Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei raises that some parts of the world will soon not host sporting events owing to the rising temperatures. SEI is one of the organizations working together with Athletics Kenya on monitoring air quality in sports facilities. In articles in The Nation Africa and in the Star, Cabinet Secretary for Sports Ababu Namwamba and Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei raises that some parts of the world will soon not host sporting events owing to the rising temperatures. SEI is one of the organizations working together with Athletics Kenya on monitoring air quality in sports facilities.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:47:45 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/kenya-warns-climate-change-will-affect-performance-in-sports/ Press