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 New op-ed on stepping up the EU’s environmental ambitions during Sweden’s EU presidency https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/new-op-ed-on-stepping-up-the-eus-environmental-ambitions-during-swedens-eu-presidency/ In an opinion piece published in Euractiv on November 14th, SEI researchers Linn Järnberg, Timothy Suljada, Richard J.T. Klein, Olle Olsson and Katarina Axelsson present four ways of stepping up the EU’s environmental ambitions during Sweden’s upcoming presidency. In an opinion piece published in Euractiv on November 14th, SEI researchers Linn Järnberg, Timothy Suljada, Richard J.T. Klein, Olle Olsson and Katarina Axelsson present four ways of stepping up the EU’s environmental ambitions during Sweden’s upcoming presidency.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:11:05 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/new-op-ed-on-stepping-up-the-eus-environmental-ambitions-during-swedens-eu-presidency/ Press Cinco consideraciones para una transición justa para las comunidades indígenas y las minorías étnicas https://www.sei.org/perspectives/transicion-justa-pueblos-indigenas-minorias/ Para garantizar la justicia en la transición lejos de los combustibles fósiles, los grupos étnicos minoritarios y los pueblos indígenas deben participar en la toma de decisiones y en la distribución de beneficios, reconociendo y abordando las implicaciones de la transición para ellos. Para garantizar la justicia en la transición lejos de los combustibles fósiles, los grupos étnicos minoritarios y los pueblos indígenas deben participar en la toma de decisiones y en la distribución de beneficios, reconociendo y abordando las implicaciones de la transición para ellos.

]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 02:42:56 +0000 Albert Salamanca; Bobby Farnan; Claudia Strambo; José Vega Araújo; Laura Forni; Nella Canales; Laura Del Duca; Silvija Marcinkevičiūtė https://www.sei.org/perspectives/transicion-justa-pueblos-indigenas-minorias/ Perspective Food systems transformation for climate action https://www.sei.org/events/food-systems-transformation-for-climate-action/ Changes in our food systems are crucial to limit global warming, and important to include in the upcoming climate negations at COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Therefore, the Nordic Pavilion will be turned into a Nordic Food Systems Pavilion on 12 November. Changes in our food systems are crucial to limit global warming, and important to include in the upcoming climate negations at COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Therefore, the Nordic Pavilion will be turned into a Nordic Food Systems Pavilion on 12 November. 

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:23:37 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/food-systems-transformation-for-climate-action/ Event Pathways for just and equitable adaptation: A rights-based approach https://www.sei.org/events/adaptation-planning-implementation/ This session at COP27 will discuss some of the key findings and recommendations of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) and SEI’s recently published Human Rights in the Process of National Adaptation Planning report. This report assesses the extent to which existing national adaptation plans have integrated human rights principles and approaches in their planning and implementation. SEI Asia Senior Research Fellow Albert Salamanca will present key findings and recommendations of the report. This session at COP27 will discuss some of the key findings and recommendations of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) and SEI’s recently published Human Rights in the Process of National Adaptation Planning report.

This report assesses the extent to which existing national adaptation plans have integrated human rights principles and approaches in their planning and implementation. SEI Asia Senior Research Fellow Albert Salamanca will present key findings and recommendations of the report.

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:38:18 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/adaptation-planning-implementation/ Event Delivering a just transition in food and agriculture https://www.sei.org/events/delivering-a-just-transition-in-food-and-agriculture/ Leading food companies, including those with a significant reliance on agricultural supply chains, have committed to reaching net zero emissions. Achieving this requires a radical shift in production, impacting farmers and farm worker livelihoods. Leading food companies, including those with a significant reliance on agricultural supply chains, have committed to reaching net zero emissions. Achieving this requires a radical shift in production, impacting farmers and farm worker livelihoods.

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:02:41 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/delivering-a-just-transition-in-food-and-agriculture/ Event Stockholm+50: Shifting Sustainability from the Margins to the Mainstream https://www.sei.org/events/stockholm50-shifting-sustainability-margins-mainstream/ The event will explore the role of universities, educational institutions and industry bodies on how they can mainstream sustainability and develop dynamic learning systems which correspond to the fast-changing international landscape. We will share reflections on what has worked well for this transition and highlight findings of the Stockholm+50 Scientific Report by SEI and CEEW. The event will explore the role of universities, educational institutions and industry bodies on how they can mainstream sustainability and develop dynamic learning systems which correspond to the fast-changing international landscape. We will share reflections on what has worked well for this transition and highlight findings of the Stockholm+50 Scientific Report by SEI and CEEW.

]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:36:28 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/stockholm50-shifting-sustainability-margins-mainstream/ Event Making headway on loss and damage https://www.sei.org/events/making-headway-on-loss-and-damage-cop27/ How to scale up action related to loss and damage? How to scale up action related to loss and damage?

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:39:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/making-headway-on-loss-and-damage-cop27/ Event Adaptation – business opportunities and responsibilities https://www.sei.org/events/adaptation-business-opportunities-responsibilities/ “Adaptation – business opportunities and responsibilities”, this is the title and focus at The Global Challenges Foundation’s open event at COP27 on 12 November 2022. Several high level global key decision-makers, stakeholders and organizations will discuss the subject matter while contributing and sharing their view points and experiences, including SEI Senior Research Fellow and International Climate Risk and Adaptation team lead Richard J. T. Klein. Business Sweden is hosting the event. “Adaptation – business opportunities and responsibilities”, this is the title and focus at The Global Challenges Foundation’s open event at COP27 on 12 November 2022. Several high level global key decision-makers, stakeholders and organizations will discuss the subject matter while contributing and sharing their view points and experiences, including SEI Senior Research Fellow and International Climate Risk and Adaptation team lead Richard J. T. Klein.

Business Sweden is hosting the event.

]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:43:55 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/adaptation-business-opportunities-responsibilities/ Event Producing Green Steel: How Do We Get Real? https://www.sei.org/events/producing-green-steel-how-do-we-get-real/ Used in industry and the transport sector, such as in cars, trucks, aviation, rail, and shipbuilding, steel is the most important construction and engineering material in modern societies. At the same time, steel has the single biggest industrial CO2 footprint at 2.6 gigatons a year in 2020, accounting for 7% of global CO2 emissions. Making steel is highly carbon intensive because transforming iron ore into steel requires high levels of energy, currently supplied by coal in most steel mills. Used in industry and the transport sector, such as in cars, trucks, aviation, rail, and shipbuilding, steel is the most important construction and engineering material in modern societies. At the same time, steel has the single biggest industrial CO2 footprint at 2.6 gigatons a year in 2020, accounting for 7% of global CO2 emissions. Making steel is highly carbon intensive because transforming iron ore into steel requires high levels of energy, currently supplied by coal in most steel mills.

]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:22:41 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/producing-green-steel-how-do-we-get-real/ Event A practical guide for business: air pollutant emission assessment https://www.sei.org/publications/air-pollutant-emission-assessment/ A first-of-its-kind guide for businesses to measure air pollutant emissions across value chains. A first-of-its-kind guide for businesses to measure air pollutant emissions across value chains.

]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:07:19 +0000 Eleni Michalopoulou; Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna https://www.sei.org/publications/air-pollutant-emission-assessment/ Publication Stockholm+50: Creating a culture of accountable promises and bold action https://www.sei.org/events/stockholm50-creating-culture-accountable-promises-bold-action/ Lack of accountability is a common problem across global environmental and sustainability regimes, which hinders progress on the SDGs. This event will discuss how accountability can be incentivized and operationalized for countries and companies via new mechanisms for nurturing constructive accountability and creating a culture of upholding promises. We will explore constraints and learnings across existing regimes and highlight findings of the Stockholm+50 Scientific Report by SEI and CEEW. Lack of accountability is a common problem across global environmental and sustainability regimes, which hinders progress on the SDGs. This event will discuss how accountability can be incentivized and operationalized for countries and companies via new mechanisms for nurturing constructive accountability and creating a culture of upholding promises. We will explore constraints and learnings across existing regimes and highlight findings of the Stockholm+50 Scientific Report by SEI and CEEW.

]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2022 16:50:53 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/stockholm50-creating-culture-accountable-promises-bold-action/ Event Unlocking a pathway to low-carbon transport in African cities without compromising economic growth https://www.sei.org/events/unlocking-pathway-low-carbon-transport-african-cities-compromising-economic-growth/ Globally, nearly a quarter of all energy-related carbon emissions come from the transport sector, making transport critical to achieving the ambitious Paris Agreement. The contribution from African countries to transport emissions has historically been low compared to the rest of the world, but they are increasing in line with increased prosperity and growing economies. This session explores how economic growth in African countries can continue without adding to CO2, in other words decoupled. Globally, nearly a quarter of all energy-related carbon emissions come from the transport sector, making transport critical to achieving the ambitious Paris Agreement. The contribution from African countries to transport emissions has historically been low compared to the rest of the world, but they are increasing in line with increased prosperity and growing economies. This session explores how economic growth in African countries can continue without adding to CO2, in other words decoupled.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2022 19:15:50 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/unlocking-pathway-low-carbon-transport-african-cities-compromising-economic-growth/ Event Press conference: How to rise to the adaptation challenge https://www.sei.org/events/how-to-rise-to-the-adaptation-challenge/ The latest science tells us that adaptation to the impacts of climate change is happening, but it’s incremental, small-scale and uneven. This press conference will present ideas from research, policy and practice on how to advance the kinds of transformational adaptation the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calls for. The latest science tells us that adaptation to the impacts of climate change is happening, but it’s incremental, small-scale and uneven.

This press conference will present ideas from research, policy and practice on how to advance the kinds of transformational adaptation the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calls for.

]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2022 13:42:42 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/how-to-rise-to-the-adaptation-challenge/ Event How accountability enables locally-led adaptation: driving the quality of climate finance https://www.sei.org/events/how-accountability-enables-locally-led-adaptation-cop27/ Scaling up adaptation finance to the local level will require transformational shifts in terms of the platforms used, reforms to finance architecture and sources of finance. Enhancing feedback on what is working and what is not will ensure these transformations can happen faster and more effectively. This will support the finance recipients and the women and men impacted by projects to shape developmental outcomes. Scaling up adaptation finance to the local level will require transformational shifts in terms of the platforms used, reforms to finance architecture and sources of finance. Enhancing feedback on what is working and what is not will ensure these transformations can happen faster and more effectively. This will support the finance recipients and the women and men impacted by projects to shape developmental outcomes.

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:33:10 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/how-accountability-enables-locally-led-adaptation-cop27/ Event Accelerating Climate and Air Quality Actions through Athletics https://www.sei.org/events/accelerating-climate-and-air-quality-actions-through-athletics/ This COP27 side event will present examples of how Athletics Kenya and partners (United Nations Environment Programme and the Stockholm Environment Institute) are using athletics to lead and champion accelerated climate and air quality actions in Nairobi, and other major cities across Africa, and other world regions, in line with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Sports for Climate Action Framework. This COP27 side event will present examples of how Athletics Kenya and partners (United Nations Environment Programme and the Stockholm Environment Institute) are using athletics to lead and champion accelerated climate and air quality actions in Nairobi, and other major cities across Africa, and other world regions, in line with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Sports for Climate Action Framework.

]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 21:50:54 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/accelerating-climate-and-air-quality-actions-through-athletics/ Event Launch of LeadIT Statement to catalyze action on industry transition https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/launch-of-high-level-summit-statement/ At COP27, the Leadership Group for Industry Transition will launch a LeadIT Summit Statement delivering collective calls and commitments by LeadIT Members to accelerate industry transition in 2023. At COP27, the Leadership Group for Industry Transition will launch a LeadIT Summit Statement delivering collective calls and commitments by LeadIT Members to accelerate industry transition in 2023.

]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:05:35 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/launch-of-high-level-summit-statement/ Press Accelerating the road to net-zero regulations https://www.sei.org/perspectives/accelerating-the-road-to-net-zero-regulations/ The UN High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (HLEG) released its report 8 November recommending ways to bolster standards for net-zero targets, which to date have suffered from a lack of credibility and consistency. The UN High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (HLEG) released its report 8 November recommending ways to bolster standards for net-zero targets, which to date have suffered from a lack of credibility and consistency.

]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:39:21 +0000 Derik Broekhoff https://www.sei.org/perspectives/accelerating-the-road-to-net-zero-regulations/ Perspective SEI’s Derik Broekhoff’s TED Talk critiques the status quo of corporate net-zero targets https://www.sei.org/features/derik-broekhoff-net-zero-carbon-markets-ted-countdown/ SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff joins a vast lineup of climate leaders in a recently released TED Countdown programme on carbon markets. SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff joins a vast lineup of climate leaders in a recently released TED Countdown programme on carbon markets.

]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2022 01:36:57 +0000 Lynsi Burton https://www.sei.org/features/derik-broekhoff-net-zero-carbon-markets-ted-countdown/ Feature Acelerar el camino hacia la regulación de cero emisiones netas https://www.sei.org/perspectives/acelerar-camino-regulacion-cero-emisiones-netas/ El Grupo de Expertos de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Compromisos de Cero Emisiones Netas de las Entidades No Estatales (HLEG por sus siglas en inglés) publicó su informe el 8 de noviembre, en el que recomienda formas de reforzar los estándares para los objetivos de cero emisiones netas, que hasta la fecha han adolecido de falta de credibilidad y coherencia. El Grupo de Expertos de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Compromisos de Cero Emisiones Netas de las Entidades No Estatales (HLEG por sus siglas en inglés) publicó su informe el 8 de noviembre, en el que recomienda formas de reforzar los estándares para los objetivos de cero emisiones netas, que hasta la fecha han adolecido de falta de credibilidad y coherencia.

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:31:57 +0000 Derik Broekhoff https://www.sei.org/perspectives/acelerar-camino-regulacion-cero-emisiones-netas/ Perspective Operationalising finance for loss and damage: examples from Africa and the Caribbean https://www.sei.org/events/operationalising-finance-for-loss-and-damage/ This event will chart pathways forward for delivering financial support to victims of loss and damage. It will discuss research findings on potential sources, modalities and structures for L&D finance, with insights on local needs and action from Africa and the Caribbean. This event will chart pathways forward for delivering financial support to victims of loss and damage. It will discuss research findings on potential sources, modalities and structures for L&D finance, with insights on local needs and action from Africa and the Caribbean.

]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:57:31 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/operationalising-finance-for-loss-and-damage/ Event