SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:54:42 +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 Global data on transboundary climate risks in agricultural commodity flows https://www.sei.org/tools/data-transboundary-climate-risks-agricultural-commodity-flows/ The Excel-based tool allows users to explore climate risks to global trade by linking climate change impacts on commodity production and country-level consumption. The Excel-based tool allows users to explore climate risks to global trade by linking climate change impacts on commodity production and country-level consumption.

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:24 +0000 https://www.sei.org/tools/data-transboundary-climate-risks-agricultural-commodity-flows/ Tool Local water goes global: exploring water narratives beyond boundaries https://www.sei.org/perspectives/local-water-goes-global-exploring-water-narratives-beyond-boundaries/ Adopting a single water narrative may lead to the misinterpreting of specific local challenges or to the denial of how water is transferred through products or economic or physical connections across scales. We present how current water management approaches consider natural and social processes beyond boundaries and further explore the concept of water teleconnections with case studies from Colombia and Southeast Asia. Adopting a single water narrative may lead to the misinterpreting of specific local challenges or to the denial of how water is transferred through products or economic or physical connections across scales. We present how current water management approaches consider natural and social processes beyond boundaries and further explore the concept of water teleconnections with case studies from Colombia and Southeast Asia.

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:04:42 +0000 Cláudia Coleoni https://www.sei.org/perspectives/local-water-goes-global-exploring-water-narratives-beyond-boundaries/ Perspective El agua local se globaliza: explorando las narrativas del agua más allá de las fronteras https://www.sei.org/perspectives/agua-local-se-globaliza-narrativas-agua/ La adopción de una narrativa única sobre el agua puede llevar a malinterpretar los desafíos específicos a nivel local o a negar cómo se transfiere el agua a través de productos o conexiones económicas o físicas en las diferentes escalas. Analizamos cómo los enfoques actuales de la gestión del agua tienen en cuenta los procesos naturales y sociales más allá de las fronteras, y profundizamos en el concepto de teleconexiones hídricas con estudios de caso de Colombia y el sudeste asiático. La adopción de una narrativa única sobre el agua puede llevar a malinterpretar los desafíos específicos a nivel local o a negar cómo se transfiere el agua a través de productos o conexiones económicas o físicas en las diferentes escalas. Analizamos cómo los enfoques actuales de la gestión del agua tienen en cuenta los procesos naturales y sociales más allá de las fronteras, y profundizamos en el concepto de teleconexiones hídricas con estudios de caso de Colombia y el sudeste asiático.

]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:40:05 +0000 Cláudia Coleoni https://www.sei.org/perspectives/agua-local-se-globaliza-narrativas-agua/ Perspective Climate change and health: developing evidence for action https://www.sei.org/events/climate-change-and-health-sir-andy-haines/ Sir Andy Haines, Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, delivered the annual Gordon Goodman Memorial lecture on 15 September 2021. The lecture focused on a crucial topic: the direct and indirect ways in which climate change impacts human health, and solutions that can yield multiple co-benefits for people and our environment. The recording of the webinar is available below. Sir Andy Haines, Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, delivered the annual Gordon Goodman Memorial lecture on 15 September 2021.

The lecture focused on a crucial topic: the direct and indirect ways in which climate change impacts human health, and solutions that can yield multiple co-benefits for people and our environment. The recording of the webinar is available below.

]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:08:56 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/climate-change-and-health-sir-andy-haines/ Event SEI apoya creación de política para enfrentar la variabilidad climática en Colombia a través de un análisis de interacciones de los ODS https://www.sei.org/features/sei-apoya-creacion-de-politica-para-enfrentar-la-variabilidad-climatica-en-colombia-a-traves-de-un-analisis-de-interacciones-de-los-ods/ Colombia busca prepararse para enfrentar la variabilidad climática que ya ha empezado a afectar sus ciudades y su campo. SEI apoyó la formulación de un documento de política para avanzar en esta meta, a través de un análisis de interacciones ODS. Colombia busca prepararse para enfrentar la variabilidad climática que ya ha empezado a afectar sus ciudades y su campo. SEI apoyó la formulación de un documento de política para avanzar en esta meta, a través de un análisis de interacciones ODS.

]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:39:28 +0000 Angélica Guerra; Natalia Ortiz https://www.sei.org/features/sei-apoya-creacion-de-politica-para-enfrentar-la-variabilidad-climatica-en-colombia-a-traves-de-un-analisis-de-interacciones-de-los-ods/ Feature 42nd WEDC International Conference https://www.sei.org/events/42nd-wedc-international-conference/ The WEDC (Water Engineering and Development Center) International Conference is a platform for reflection and exchange of knowledge and ideas rooted in practice. SEI’s session will present an ongoing mixed-methods systematic review of gender and social equality outcomes of WASH interventions in low- and middle-income countries. The WEDC (Water Engineering and Development Center) International Conference is a platform for reflection and exchange of knowledge and ideas rooted in practice. SEI’s session will present an ongoing mixed-methods systematic review of gender and social equality outcomes of WASH interventions in low- and middle-income countries.

]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:55:47 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/42nd-wedc-international-conference/ Event Citizen science and the Sustainable Development Goals in low and middle income country cities https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-science-and-sdgs-in-lmics/ This paper addresses challenges faced by low and middle income country (LMICs) cities using citizen science to enhance official data monitoring of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and calls for greater support for them. This paper addresses challenges faced by low and middle income country  (LMICs) cities using citizen science to enhance official data monitoring of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and calls for greater support for them.

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:46:54 +0000 Rachel Pateman; Heidi Tuhkanen; Steve Cinderby https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-science-and-sdgs-in-lmics/ Publication Women environmental defenders tell their stories https://www.sei.org/events/women-environmental-defenders-tell-their-stories/ A collection of stories based on interviews with indigenous women environmental human rights defenders in the Philippines will be launched at an online book event on 11 September 2021. Some of the indigenous women in these stories explain how they struggle to protect the environment from destructive development. A collection of stories based on interviews with indigenous women environmental human rights defenders in the Philippines will be launched at an online book event on 11 September 2021. Some of the indigenous women in these stories explain how they struggle to protect the environment from destructive development.

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:09:28 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/women-environmental-defenders-tell-their-stories/ Event Multiple benefits of action: climate and clean air in Southeast Asia https://www.sei.org/events/multiple-benefits-of-action-climate-and-clean-air/ All major air pollutants have an impact on the climate and most share common sources with greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially those related to the combustion of fossil fuels. This event aimed to show the benefits of implementing integrated actions for clean air and climate, and launch the 2021 Update to the Asia and the Pacific Regional Assessment. The event focused on clean air measures for Southeast Asia and discussed opportunities to advance these policies in the region. All major air pollutants have an impact on the climate and most share common sources with greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially those related to the combustion of fossil fuels.

This event aimed to show the benefits of implementing integrated actions for clean air and climate, and launch the 2021 Update to the Asia and the Pacific Regional Assessment. The event focused on clean air measures for Southeast Asia and discussed opportunities to advance these policies in the region.

]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:54:32 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/multiple-benefits-of-action-climate-and-clean-air/ Event Building climate diplomacy back better: imagining the UNFCCC meetings of tomorrow https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-diplomacy-imagining-unfccc-meetings/ The OnCliNe project initially set out to assess feasibility of “online climate negotiations” pre-COVID-19 pandemic. This report addresses how meetings under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) could be held online in ways that increase the effectiveness, inclusiveness and transparency of the UNFCCC process. The OnCliNe project initially set out to assess feasibility of “online climate negotiations” pre-COVID-19 pandemic. This report addresses how meetings under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) could be held online in ways that increase the effectiveness, inclusiveness and transparency of the UNFCCC process.

]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:07:34 +0000 Richard J.T. Klein; Katy Harris; Inès Bakhtaoui; Frida Lager; Andrea Lindblom; Marcus Carson https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-diplomacy-imagining-unfccc-meetings/ Publication Air pollution: a challenging environmental issue in West Asia https://www.sei.org/events/air-pollution-west-asia/ Celebrating the 2nd International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, this webinar will discuss the need for a collaborative and integrated approach to achieving clean air and climate change mitigation in West Asia. Celebrating the 2nd International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, this webinar will discuss the need for a collaborative and integrated approach to achieving clean air and climate change mitigation in West Asia.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 14:00:19 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/air-pollution-west-asia/ Event Consultation on air quality in the Seoul Metropolitan Area https://www.sei.org/events/air-quality-policy-korea/ As part of the 2021 Clean Air International Forum, SEI’s Johan Kuylenstierna will speak at a panel discussion about the performance and challenges of air quality policy in the Seoul Metropolitan Area of the Republic of Korea. As part of the 2021 Clean Air International Forum, SEI’s Johan Kuylenstierna will speak at a panel discussion about the performance and challenges of air quality policy in the Seoul Metropolitan Area of the Republic of Korea.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 13:52:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/air-quality-policy-korea/ Event Urban air pollution and children in low- and middle-income countries https://www.sei.org/publications/urban-air-pollution-and-children/ This evidence into action brief summarises the state of research on the topic of urban air pollution in low- and middle-income countries and its impacts on children, and proposes ideas for action. This evidence into action brief summarises the state of research on the topic of urban air pollution in low- and middle-income countries and its impacts on children, and proposes ideas for action.

]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:57:18 +0000 Sarah West; Chris Malley https://www.sei.org/publications/urban-air-pollution-and-children/ Publication Waste management in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a gender equality, social equity and poverty reduction lens https://www.sei.org/publications/waste-management-bosnia-herzegovina-gesep/ This discussion brief explains how waste management in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is deeply intertwined with gender inequality and social inequity. This discussion brief explains how waste management in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is deeply intertwined with gender inequality and social inequity.

]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:11:10 +0000 Claudia Strambo; Lisa Segnestam https://www.sei.org/publications/waste-management-bosnia-herzegovina-gesep/ Publication Siete principios para una transición justa hacia una economía baja en carbono https://www.sei.org/publications/siete-principios-transicion-justa-economia-baja-carbono/ Este informe de política presenta principios básicos que definen una transición justa. Sugiere formas de implementar estos componentes en las políticas y la práctica. El informe enfatiza que las regiones que enfrentan la descarbonización pueden y deben prepararse para cambios inevitables en el horizonte con inversiones críticas, reformas de políticas y diálogo inclusivo. Este informe de política presenta principios básicos que definen una transición justa. Sugiere formas de implementar estos componentes en las políticas y la práctica. El informe enfatiza que las regiones que enfrentan la descarbonización pueden y deben prepararse para cambios inevitables en el horizonte con inversiones críticas, reformas de políticas y diálogo inclusivo.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 23:25:29 +0000 Aaron Atteridge; Claudia Strambo https://www.sei.org/publications/siete-principios-transicion-justa-economia-baja-carbono/ Publication International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2021 https://www.sei.org/features/world-clean-air-day-2021/ The 2nd International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on 7 September 2021 highlights the link between air pollution, human health and the environment. Learn more about what SEI is doing to support healthy air for healthy people and a healthy planet. The 2nd International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on 7 September 2021 highlights the link between air pollution, human health and the environment.

Learn more about what SEI is doing to support healthy air for healthy people and a healthy planet.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:34:20 +0000 Howard Cambridge; Frances Dixon https://www.sei.org/features/world-clean-air-day-2021/ Feature Waste management systems should leave no one behind – the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina https://www.sei.org/features/waste-management-systems-should-leave-no-one-behind-bih/ Waste is one of the main environmental challenges in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Even though public service delivery has expanded over the last decade, further developments are needed. In addition, the interlinkages between the waste management sector and social equity must be recognized and considered in waste policy. The Environmental Strategy for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH ESAP 2030+) aims to bring about change in the sector. Waste is one of the main environmental challenges in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Even though public service delivery has expanded over the last decade, further developments are needed. In addition, the interlinkages between the waste management sector and social equity must be recognized and considered in waste policy. The Environmental Strategy for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH ESAP 2030+) aims to bring about change in the sector.

]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:08:20 +0000 Johanna Lehtmets https://www.sei.org/features/waste-management-systems-should-leave-no-one-behind-bih/ Feature Parliamentarians draw on science to develop air quality management frameworks for Nairobi https://www.sei.org/features/parliamentarians-science-air-quality-management-frameworks-nairobi/ Air pollution is increasingly becoming a major challenge in African cities, including Nairobi, the bustling capital of Kenya with an estimated population of 4.4 million, where residents are exposed to pollution with significant health risks. SEI is part of a consortium working with Nairobi City County (NCC) authorities, including the Nairobi City County Government (NCCG), Nairobi City County Assembly (NCCA) and Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), to develop a suite of policy instruments for ... Air pollution is increasingly becoming a major challenge in African cities, including Nairobi, the bustling capital of Kenya with an estimated population of 4.4 million, where residents are exposed to pollution with significant health risks. SEI is part of a consortium working with Nairobi City County (NCC) authorities, including the Nairobi City County Government (NCCG), Nairobi City County Assembly (NCCA) and Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), to develop a suite of policy instruments for air quality management informed by scientific assessments and monitoring of air quality by researchers from SEI and its partners.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:34:27 +0000 Philip Osano; Lawrence Nzuve; Romanus Opiyo https://www.sei.org/features/parliamentarians-science-air-quality-management-frameworks-nairobi/ Feature Creating a practical guide to quantify and reduce air pollution from businesses https://www.sei.org/publications/practical-guide-to-reduce-business-air-pollution/ SEI, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and IKEA are partners in a project to create a practical guide to help businesses develop their own air pollutant emission inventories. The guide is being devised to set out a process for businesses to track and ultimately reduce these emissions across their value chains. This brief outlines the genesis, concept and aims of the project. SEI, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and IKEA are partners in a project to create a practical guide to help businesses develop their own air pollutant emission inventories. The guide is being devised to set out a process for businesses to track and ultimately reduce these emissions across their value chains. This brief outlines the genesis, concept and aims of the project.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 14:30:44 +0000 Eleni Michalopoulou; Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna; Chris Malley https://www.sei.org/publications/practical-guide-to-reduce-business-air-pollution/ Publication INGENIOUS: Understanding the sources, transformations and fates of indoor air pollutants https://www.sei.org/projects/ingenious/ Many of the activities we do in our own homes produce airborne pollutants, including particles and chemicals that can be harmful to our health. We don’t know exactly where all of these pollutants come from, how they interact with each other or where they end up. The INGENIOUS project will investigate these unknowns and deliver useful interventions to limit exposure. It focuses on homes in the city of Bradford, UK. Many of the activities we do in our own homes produce airborne pollutants, including particles and chemicals that can be harmful to our health. We don’t know exactly where all of these pollutants come from, how they interact with each other or where they end up. The INGENIOUS project will investigate these unknowns and deliver useful interventions to limit exposure. It focuses on homes in the city of Bradford, UK.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:13:19 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/ingenious/ Project