https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:20:36 +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/events/world-water-day-2026/ The World Water Day 2026 celebration under the theme “Water and Gender”, hosted by the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR), will take place on 23 March 2026. SEI’s Senior Research Fellow Thanapon Piman will contribute to the technical presentation session on “Policy Tools & Salinity Adaptation Pathways Strategic resilience”. The World Water Day 2026 celebration under the theme “Water and Gender”, hosted by the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR), will take place on 23 March 2026. SEI’s Senior Research Fellow Thanapon Piman will contribute to the technical presentation session on “Policy Tools & Salinity Adaptation Pathways Strategic resilience”.

]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:58:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/world-water-day-2026/ Event https://www.sei.org/publications/dialogos-indigenas-sobre-energia-eolica-intercambio-saberes-colombia-brasil/ Investigadores del SEI llevaron a cabo el “Intercambio entre pares: conectando comunidades indígenas de Colombia y Brasil” con la participación y co-creación de IEI Brasil, comunidades indígenas brasileñas de la etnia Mendonça-Potiguara y de comunidades indígenas colombianas de la etnia Wayuu. Investigadores del SEI llevaron a cabo el “Intercambio entre pares: conectando comunidades indígenas de Colombia y Brasil” con la participación y co-creación de IEI Brasil, comunidades indígenas brasileñas de la etnia Mendonça-Potiguara y de comunidades indígenas colombianas de la etnia Wayuu.

]]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:29:39 +0000 José Vega Araújo; María Paula Gil Barrera; Reinaldo Lerma; Miquel Muñoz Cabré https://www.sei.org/publications/dialogos-indigenas-sobre-energia-eolica-intercambio-saberes-colombia-brasil/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/water-injustice-in-a-changing-climate/ This article presents findings from a systematic literature review of empirical examples of water injustice and responses to it in the context of a changing climate across OECD countries, and reflects on their implications for research and practice. This article presents findings from a systematic literature review of empirical examples of water injustice and responses to it in the context of a changing climate across OECD countries, and reflects on their implications for research and practice. 

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:58:19 +0000 Mathilda Englund; Sofia Karlsson; Karin André; Åsa Gerger Swartling; Sara Gottenhuber https://www.sei.org/publications/water-injustice-in-a-changing-climate/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/redefining-the-meaning-of-at-a-glacial-pace/ SEI Research Fellow Rosie Witton reflects on her lifelong fascination with glaciers and the potential for “last chance” tourism to the world’s rapidly retreating glaciers to help rouse support for actions limiting climate change. This perspective wraps up a series by the Adaptation at Altitude program to mark the UN’s International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and World Day for Glaciers on 21 March. SEI Research Fellow Rosie Witton reflects on her lifelong fascination with glaciers and the potential for “last chance” tourism to the world’s rapidly retreating glaciers to help rouse support for actions limiting climate change. This perspective wraps up a series by the Adaptation at Altitude program to mark the UN’s International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and World Day for Glaciers on 21 March.

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:43:06 +0000 Rosie Witton https://www.sei.org/perspectives/redefining-the-meaning-of-at-a-glacial-pace/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/events/boosting-resilience-and-sustainability/ This event explored how to turn regional knowledge from the EU Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans into tangible actions for resilience and EU integration. This event explored how to turn regional knowledge from the EU Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans into tangible actions for resilience and EU integration.

]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:29:29 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/boosting-resilience-and-sustainability/ Event https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/the-47bn-trade-nexus-could-turn-the-tide-for-forests/ Half of Brazil’s agricultural exports go to China and a third of China’s agricultural imports come from Brazil. Brazil-China trade is linked to 25% of the deforestation risk linked to international agricultural commodity trade worldwide. Collaboration on supply chain sustainability between these two trading giants could transform global agricultural practices – and forest protection efforts. Half of Brazil’s agricultural exports go to China and a third of China’s agricultural imports come from Brazil. Brazil-China trade is linked to 25% of the deforestation risk linked to international agricultural commodity trade worldwide. Collaboration on supply chain sustainability between these two trading giants could transform global agricultural practices – and forest protection efforts. 

]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/the-47bn-trade-nexus-could-turn-the-tide-for-forests/ Press https://www.sei.org/publications/expanding-battery-production/ The rapid growth of electromobility makes the global economy increasingly dependent on battery raw materials. Growing material demand has led to price surges and volatility, as well as critical assessments of the feasibility of scaling value chains and the urgency of more sustainable mining, refining, processing, and recycling. To evaluate how critical the material challenges are, there is a fast-growing scenario literature focusing on materials with underdeveloped supply chains. The rapid growth of electromobility makes the global economy increasingly dependent on battery raw materials. Growing material demand has led to price surges and volatility, as well as critical assessments of the feasibility of scaling value chains and the urgency of more sustainable mining, refining, processing, and recycling. To evaluate how critical the material challenges are, there is a fast-growing scenario literature focusing on materials with underdeveloped supply chains.

]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:14:17 +0000 Björn Nykvist; André Månberger; Oscar Gustafsson; Lars J. Nilsson https://www.sei.org/publications/expanding-battery-production/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/chad-launches-national-effort-to-tackle-air-pollution-and-methane/ Chad has launched a national initiative to address air pollution and reduce methane and other short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), strengthening the country’s response to climate change and environmental health challenges. Chad has launched a national initiative to address air pollution and reduce methane and other short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), strengthening the country’s response to climate change and environmental health challenges.

]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:37:22 +0000 Charity Waeni Mutisya https://www.sei.org/features/chad-launches-national-effort-to-tackle-air-pollution-and-methane/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/mobility-power-and-access/ Mobility networks promise freedom. Yet within the same city, movement can feel seamless for some and slow, risky and constrained for others. Mobility networks promise freedom. Yet within the same city, movement can feel seamless for some and slow, risky and constrained for others.

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:41:12 +0000 Shimin Huang; Chloe Pottinger-Glass https://www.sei.org/features/mobility-power-and-access/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/the-hidden-cost-of-moving/ Time, money, safety and health are currencies of mobility. Mobility is never free, even when the ticket is. Time, money, safety and health are currencies of mobility. Mobility is never free, even when the ticket is.

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:02:22 +0000 Shimin Huang; Chloe Pottinger-Glass https://www.sei.org/features/the-hidden-cost-of-moving/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/spatial-justice-in-practice/ Transport infrastructures silently encodes values. Spatial (in)justice is not accidental – it is designed into the environment. Transport infrastructures silently encodes values. Spatial (in)justice is not accidental – it is designed into the environment.

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:53:34 +0000 Shimin Huang; Chloe Pottinger-Glass https://www.sei.org/features/spatial-justice-in-practice/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/where-movement-becomes-belonging/ Mobility spaces are not just corridors for movement – they are places where social life unfolds. Mobility spaces are not just corridors for movement – they are places where social life unfolds.

]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:26:08 +0000 Shimin Huang; Chloe Pottinger-Glass https://www.sei.org/features/where-movement-becomes-belonging/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/what-cities-can-learn-from-each-other/ The experiences captured in Tallinn and Bangkok are two threads in a much larger global tapestry of movement. Every city – whether compact or sprawling, coastal or inland, hot or cold – carries its rhythms, struggles and local solutions. The experiences captured in Tallinn and Bangkok are two threads in a much larger global tapestry of movement. Every city – whether compact or sprawling, coastal or inland, hot or cold – carries its rhythms, struggles and local solutions.

]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:02:53 +0000 Shimin Huang; Chloe Pottinger-Glass https://www.sei.org/features/what-cities-can-learn-from-each-other/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/transboundary-effects-of-global-crop-trade/ In this paper, the authors examine how increasing extreme climate events could create cascading risks across global crop trade networks, showing how shocks in major exporting regions may heighten exposure in already food-vulnerable regions through trade. In this paper, the authors examine how increasing extreme climate events could create cascading risks across global crop trade networks, showing how shocks in major exporting regions may heighten exposure in already food-vulnerable regions through trade. 

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:45:59 +0000 Johanna Hedlund https://www.sei.org/publications/transboundary-effects-of-global-crop-trade/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/cookstove-interventions-carbon-monoxide-particulate-matter-zambia/ This GeoHealth journal article details the effects of improved electric and biomass cookstoves on users’ air pollution exposure in Zambia. This GeoHealth journal article details the effects of improved electric and biomass cookstoves on users’ air pollution exposure in Zambia. 

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:20:24 +0000 Rob Bailis https://www.sei.org/publications/cookstove-interventions-carbon-monoxide-particulate-matter-zambia/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/biomass-cookstove-emissions-aerosol-particle-health-climate-environment/ Biomass cookstoves remain a major source of harmful air pollution, as their emissions are dominated by fine, organic carbon-rich particles that pose serious health, environmental, and climate risks that are often underestimated in laboratories. Biomass cookstoves remain a major source of harmful air pollution, as their emissions are dominated by fine, organic carbon-rich particles that pose serious health, environmental, and climate risks that are often underestimated in laboratories.

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:14:59 +0000 Rob Bailis https://www.sei.org/publications/biomass-cookstove-emissions-aerosol-particle-health-climate-environment/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/air-quality-in-asia-and-the-pacific/ In this blog post for Asian Development Bank (ADB), SEI researcher Gary Haq, alongside ADB environment specialists Karma Yangzom and Katherina Patdu, argues that national efforts alone cannot effectively address air pollution, as pollutants such as smoke, gases, and fine particulates frequently travel across borders in Asia. As a result, countries in Asia and the Pacific must collaborate regionally to address the problem. In this blog post for Asian Development Bank (ADB), SEI researcher Gary Haq, alongside ADB environment specialists Karma Yangzom and Katherina Patdu, argues that national efforts alone cannot effectively address air pollution, as pollutants such as smoke, gases, and fine particulates frequently travel across borders in Asia. As a result, countries in Asia and the Pacific must collaborate regionally to address the problem.

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:56:36 +0000 Gary Haq; Karma Yangzom; Katherina Patdu https://www.sei.org/perspectives/air-quality-in-asia-and-the-pacific/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/publications/governing-ai-for-planetary-health/ In this paper, an international team of co-authors argues that artificial intelligence must be governed as a global commons, with coordinated regulation across social, planetary, and safety domains, to avoid deepening inequality, environmental harm, and systemic risk. In this paper, an international team of co-authors argues that artificial intelligence must be governed as a global commons, with coordinated regulation across social, planetary, and safety domains, to avoid deepening inequality, environmental harm, and systemic risk.

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:07:38 +0000 Somya Joshi https://www.sei.org/publications/governing-ai-for-planetary-health/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/bioeconomia-en-el-cauca-una-oportunidad-latente-en-el-corazon-del-suroccidente-colombiano/ El Cauca es un territorio de contrastes y, al mismo tiempo, de posibilidades. Sin embargo, el estudio liderado por SEI, Biointropic y Connect Bogotá para el BID y el Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación muestra que ese potencial aún no se traduce en una transformación productiva a la escala necesaria. El Cauca es un territorio de contrastes y, al mismo tiempo, de posibilidades.  Sin embargo, el estudio liderado por SEI, Biointropic y Connect Bogotá para el BID y el Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación muestra que ese potencial aún no se traduce en una transformación productiva a la escala necesaria.

]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:28:56 +0000 Mónica Trujillo https://www.sei.org/perspectives/bioeconomia-en-el-cauca-una-oportunidad-latente-en-el-corazon-del-suroccidente-colombiano/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/perspectives/sucre-bioeconomia-que-crece-desde-el-territorio/ En Colombia, varios territorios están dando pasos hacia la bioeconomía, y el departamento de Sucre ofrece un caso ilustrativo: un ecosistema empresarial diverso, con raíces comunitarias y un potencial aún por desplegar. En Colombia, varios territorios están dando pasos hacia la bioeconomía, y el departamento de Sucre ofrece un caso ilustrativo: un ecosistema empresarial diverso, con raíces comunitarias y un potencial aún por desplegar.

]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:42:43 +0000 Camilo Garzón https://www.sei.org/perspectives/sucre-bioeconomia-que-crece-desde-el-territorio/ Perspective