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 Åsa Persson i TT om de tre viktigaste klimatåtgärderna https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/asa-persson-i-tt-om-de-tre-viktigaste-klimatatgarderna/ I en intervju med Hanna Odelfors för TT (GP) lyfter SEI:s forskningschef Åsa Persson tre viktiga områden som svenska politiker bör fokusera på om de får makten: Effektivare energianvändning, förenkla för människor att välja fossilfria transporter och energislag, samt anpassning av byggnader, hem och infrastruktur till ett allt mer extremt väder. I en intervju med Hanna Odelfors för TT (GP) lyfter SEI:s forskningschef Åsa Persson tre viktiga områden som svenska politiker bör fokusera på om de får makten: Effektivare energianvändning, förenkla för människor att välja fossilfria transporter och energislag, samt anpassning av byggnader, hem och infrastruktur till ett allt mer extremt väder.

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:26:59 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/asa-persson-i-tt-om-de-tre-viktigaste-klimatatgarderna/ Press VINCI projekt aitab edendada vähese süsinikuheitega turismi https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/vinci-projekt-aitab-edendada-vahese-susinikuheitega-turismi/ Koolitajatele mõeldud virtuaalse ja liitreaalsuse platvorm aitab SEI Tallinna osalusel edendada vähese süsinikuheitega turismi. Koolitajatele mõeldud virtuaalse ja liitreaalsuse platvorm aitab SEI Tallinna osalusel edendada vähese süsinikuheitega turismi.

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:36:36 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/vinci-projekt-aitab-edendada-vahese-susinikuheitega-turismi/ Press Project VINCI helps foster low-carbon tourism https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/project-vinci-fosters-low-carbon-tourism/ A Virtual and Augmented Reality Trainers Toolbox helps foster low-carbon tourism with the participation of SEI Tallinn. A Virtual and Augmented Reality Trainers Toolbox helps foster low-carbon tourism with the participation of SEI Tallinn.

 

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:06:18 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/project-vinci-fosters-low-carbon-tourism/ Press Agroforestry and youth – possibilities and barriers https://www.sei.org/publications/agroforestry-and-youth/ Young farmers living in rural areas today face challenges such as mounting unemployment, combined with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing food insecurity and aggravating climate change impacts. Agroforestry – a farming technique that combines cultivating crops, pasture and trees – can address these challenges while contributing to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Young farmers living in rural areas today face challenges such as mounting unemployment, combined with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing food insecurity and aggravating climate change impacts. Agroforestry – a farming technique that combines cultivating crops, pasture and trees – can address these challenges while contributing to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:43:03 +0000 Jonathan Eng; Alice Tunfjord https://www.sei.org/publications/agroforestry-and-youth/ Publication From participatory process to robust decision-making: an agriculture-water-energy nexus analysis for the Souss-Massa basin in Morocco https://www.sei.org/publications/participatory-agriculture-water-energy-nexus-morocco/ The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) framework is widely used to address sustainability and resource management questions. However, many WEF methods fail to engage stakeholders in the process. This study introduces a stakeholder-driven and model-supported decision-making framework. This methodology is applied to the Souss-Massa basin which has significant importance for the agricultural sector in Morocco, yet faces increasing water scarcity. The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) framework is widely used to address sustainability and resource management questions. However, many WEF methods fail to engage stakeholders in the process. This study introduces a stakeholder-driven and model-supported decision-making framework. This methodology is applied to the Souss-Massa basin which has significant importance for the agricultural sector in Morocco, yet faces increasing water scarcity.

]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:49:48 +0000 Brian Joyce; Annette Huber-Lee https://www.sei.org/publications/participatory-agriculture-water-energy-nexus-morocco/ Publication SuSanA at World Water Week https://www.sei.org/events/susana-at-world-water-week/ SEI will host a series of events in collaboration with the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) during this year’s World Water Week. See the event details below and register to attend. SEI will host a series of events in collaboration with the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) during this year’s World Water Week. See the event details below and register to attend.

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:11:13 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/susana-at-world-water-week/ Event Examining water and gender narratives and realities https://www.sei.org/publications/water-and-gender-narratives/ Women are often commended for carrying out water-related drudgery in challenging conditions, while the underlying gender norms supporting this practice are rarely challenged as harmful. Women are often commended for carrying out water-related drudgery in challenging conditions, while the underlying gender norms supporting this practice are rarely challenged as harmful.

]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:43:45 +0000 Sarah Dickin https://www.sei.org/publications/water-and-gender-narratives/ Publication Backcasting as a design device to support grassroots system change: insights from a case study on future energy pathways in rural Kenya https://www.sei.org/publications/backcasting-as-a-design-device/ The interlinked global crises of poverty, inequality and climate change call for transformative solutions. The interlinked global crises of poverty, inequality and climate change call for transformative solutions.

]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:03:16 +0000 Fiona Lambe; Anne Nyambane https://www.sei.org/publications/backcasting-as-a-design-device/ Publication Investing in agricultural water, sustainably: recent trends in financing institutions https://www.sei.org/publications/investing-agricultural-water-sustainably-financing-institutions/ Investment by international financial institutions (IFIs) in agricultural-related water, irrigation and drainage projects is key to tackling food insecurity, poverty and inequality while addressing water scarcity and building climate resilience. This report considers the role of IFIs in agricultural water investments and the types of finance they use, in particular the largest IFIs, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Investment by international financial institutions (IFIs) in agricultural-related water, irrigation and drainage projects is key to tackling food insecurity, poverty and inequality while addressing water scarcity and building climate resilience.

This report considers the role of IFIs in agricultural water investments and the types of finance they use, in particular the largest IFIs, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2022 23:43:03 +0000 Emily Ghosh; Eric Kemp-Benedict; Annette Huber-Lee; Anisha Nazareth https://www.sei.org/publications/investing-agricultural-water-sustainably-financing-institutions/ Publication Building the case for collective action on Fair Water Footprints https://www.sei.org/events/building-the-case-for-collective-action-on-fair-water-footprints/ Since the Declaration for Fair Water Footprints was launched at COP26 in 2021, signatories from governments, business and civil society have been co-creating a community of learning, practice and leadership and develop the guidance & knowledge needed to galvanise action. What have we and others working in similar ways learned from coming together? Since the Declaration for Fair Water Footprints was launched at COP26 in 2021, signatories from governments, business and civil society have been co-creating a community of learning, practice and leadership and develop the guidance & knowledge needed to galvanise action. What have we and others working in similar ways learned from coming together?

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:37:07 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/building-the-case-for-collective-action-on-fair-water-footprints/ Event Design devices for human development: a capabilities approach in Kenya and Uganda https://www.sei.org/publications/design-devices-for-human-development/ Despite progress in recent decades, many crucial challenges to the eradication of extreme poverty remain intractable. Despite progress in recent decades, many crucial challenges to the eradication of extreme poverty remain intractable.

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:56:52 +0000 Fiona Lambe; Matthew Osborne; Ylva Ran https://www.sei.org/publications/design-devices-for-human-development/ Publication Aligning climate and sustainable development finance through an SDG lens. The role of development assistance in implementing the Paris Agreement https://www.sei.org/publications/aligning-climate-and-sustainable-development-finance/ Climate change and development are strongly interconnected. An efficient use of financial resources would, thus require alignment between climate finance and development priorities, as set out in the context of both the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Climate change and development are strongly interconnected. An efficient use of financial resources would, thus require alignment between climate finance and development priorities, as set out in the context of both the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:40:26 +0000 Adis Dzebo https://www.sei.org/publications/aligning-climate-and-sustainable-development-finance/ Publication The heart of resilience: cultivating the untapped potential of women https://www.sei.org/events/the-heart-of-resilience-cultivating-the-untapped-potential-of-women/ In a world where the impending risks of climate change press daily, a twofold reality presents itself—while women are disproportionately affected by climate change, they are uniquely situated to lead efforts in response. This session at World Water Week aims to collect recommendations for further cultivating women’s untapped potential as the heart of resilience. In a world where the impending risks of climate change press daily, a twofold reality presents itself—while women are disproportionately affected by climate change, they are uniquely situated to lead efforts in response. This session at World Water Week aims to collect recommendations for further cultivating women’s untapped potential as the heart of resilience.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:25:58 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/the-heart-of-resilience-cultivating-the-untapped-potential-of-women/ Event Southeast Asia regional workshop on loss and damage https://www.sei.org/events/southeast-asia-regional-workshop-on-loss-and-damage/ The aim of this regional workshop is to develop an understanding of loss and damage, particularly in the context of Southeast Asia, and to establish the need for a loss and damage financing facility in order to support communities who have already experienced or are expected to experience the negative impacts of climate change. The aim of this regional workshop is to develop an understanding of loss and damage, particularly in the context of Southeast Asia, and to establish the need for a loss and damage financing facility in order to support communities who have already experienced or are expected to experience the negative impacts of climate change.

]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2022 08:07:39 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/southeast-asia-regional-workshop-on-loss-and-damage/ Event Circular plastics economy for policy makers: plastics circularity e-learning course https://www.sei.org/events/circular-plastics-economy-for-policy-makers-plastics-circularity-e-learning-course/ How can policymakers and corporate strategists design and implement effective policies to reduce and eventually eliminate plastic pollution? Join Senior Research Fellow Diane Archer on 25 August at the Introduction of Circular Plastics Economy for Policy Makers’ webinar co-hosted with the Asian Development Bank Circular Economy Webinar Series. How can policymakers and corporate strategists design and implement effective policies to reduce and eventually eliminate plastic pollution? Join Senior Research Fellow Diane Archer on 25 August at the Introduction of Circular Plastics Economy for Policy Makers’ webinar co-hosted with the Asian Development Bank Circular Economy Webinar Series.

]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:06:40 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/circular-plastics-economy-for-policy-makers-plastics-circularity-e-learning-course/ Event Mainstreaming ES in policies for sustainable freshwater development and livelihoods https://www.sei.org/events/mainstreaming-es-in-policies-for-sustainable-freshwater-development-and-livelihoods/ We will explore, through case studies/narratives, what are the entry points and barriers for mainstreaming science-based valuation of freshwater ecosystem services into water-related sectoral policies and regulations in South and Southeast Asia while enhancing community knowledge and its role in decision-making and planning processes at national and sub-national scale. We will explore, through case studies/narratives, what are the entry points and barriers for mainstreaming science-based valuation of freshwater ecosystem services into water-related sectoral policies and regulations in South and Southeast Asia while enhancing community knowledge and its role in decision-making and planning processes at national and sub-national scale.

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2022 03:27:04 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/mainstreaming-es-in-policies-for-sustainable-freshwater-development-and-livelihoods/ Event The response of metal mobilization and redistribution to reoxygenation in Baltic Sea anoxic sediments https://www.sei.org/publications/metal-mobilization-and-redistribution/ To bring life back to anoxic coastal and sea basins, reoxygenation of anoxic/hypoxic zones has been proposed. This research focuses on the metals released during the oxidization of sediments from two locations in the anoxic Eastern Gotland Basin under a laboratory-scale study. To bring life back to anoxic coastal and sea basins, reoxygenation of anoxic/hypoxic zones has been proposed. This research focuses on the metals released during the oxidization of sediments from two locations in the anoxic Eastern Gotland Basin under a laboratory-scale study.

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:57:10 +0000 Mahboubeh Rahmati Abkenar https://www.sei.org/publications/metal-mobilization-and-redistribution/ Publication “I’m not JUST a farmer” https://www.sei.org/features/im-not-just-a-farmer/ Meet the Thai "agripreneurs" who are adapting to their local context by diversifying rural livelihoods. Meet the Thai "agripreneurs" who are adapting to their local context by diversifying rural livelihoods.

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:32:19 +0000 Sofia Anna Enrica Cavalleri https://www.sei.org/features/im-not-just-a-farmer/ Feature Jindan Gong om bensinstöd i Svenska Dagbladet https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/jindan-gong-om-bensinstod-i-svenska-dagbladet/ I en intervju med Mikael Törnwall för Svenska Dagbladet säger SEI:s Jindan Gong att bensinstöd hotar Sveriges klimatmål. Hon utgår från SEI-studien “How will Sweden’s ambitious climate targets change how we eat and get around?” som publicerades i juli 2022 med Jindan Gong och Aaron Maltais som författare. I en intervju med Mikael Törnwall för Svenska Dagbladet säger SEI:s Jindan Gong att bensinstöd hotar Sveriges klimatmål. Hon utgår från SEI-studien “How will Sweden’s ambitious climate targets change how we eat and get around?” som publicerades i juli 2022 med Jindan Gong och Aaron Maltais som författare.

]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:46:19 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/jindan-gong-om-bensinstod-i-svenska-dagbladet/ Press World Water Week: Sanitation and watershed management cooperation for improved governance and investments https://www.sei.org/events/world-water-week-sanitation-watershed-management-bolivia/ This online World Water Week session will present an overview of Bolivia WATCH, a program that aims to improve water management in Bolivia by linking watershed governance and sanitation and working with local actors to generate integrated plans that seek to maximize benefit to all water users. This event is open to all World Water Week registrants. World Water Week is presented by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). This online World Water Week session will present an overview of Bolivia WATCH, a program that aims to improve water management in Bolivia by linking watershed governance and sanitation and working with local actors to generate integrated plans that seek to maximize benefit to all water users. This event is open to all World Water Week registrants.

World Water Week is presented by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).

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