SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:33:11 +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 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 Making adaptation a global ambition https://www.sei.org/perspectives/making-adaptation-a-global-ambition/ How many wildfires will it take? How many floods? The cataclysmic summer of 2021 is drawing to a close in the northern hemisphere, leaving behind death, destruction and emphatic messages: adaptation to climate change requires global vision and ambition. At the same time, the urgency of adaptation must not be interpreted as a rationale to give up on mitigation. We cannot adapt our way out of this crisis. How many wildfires will it take? How many floods? The cataclysmic summer of 2021 is drawing to a close in the northern hemisphere, leaving behind death, destruction and emphatic messages: adaptation to climate change requires global vision and ambition. At the same time, the urgency of adaptation must not be interpreted as a rationale to give up on mitigation. We cannot adapt our way out of this crisis.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:09:57 +0000 Richard J.T. Klein; Karen Brandon https://www.sei.org/perspectives/making-adaptation-a-global-ambition/ Perspective Climate change and health: developing evidence for action https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/climate-change-and-health-press-briefing/ The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, SEI and Stockholm University are proud to present the Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture given by Professor Sir Andy Haines on 15 September 2021. The lecture will focus 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 the environment. A press briefing with Sir Andy Haines, Dr Maria Neira and Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna will be held after the lecture. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, SEI and Stockholm University are proud to present the Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture given by Professor Sir Andy Haines on 15 September 2021.

The lecture will focus 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 the environment.

A press briefing with Sir Andy Haines, Dr Maria Neira and Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna will be held after the lecture.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 06:00:11 +0000 Ylva Rylander https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/climate-change-and-health-press-briefing/ Press Q&A: Financing source-to-sea action for a sustainable blue economy https://www.sei.org/perspectives/financing-source-to-sea-action-for-a-sustainable-blue-economy/ Applying a Source-to-Sea (S2S) lens to identify priorities for development and investment through the S2S continuum can contribute to economic, social and environmental sustainability. However, current financing practices shy away from considering upstream-downstream impacts and engagement of financial institutions is crucial for accelerating the adoption of S2S management. Applying a Source-to-Sea (S2S) lens to identify priorities for development and investment through the S2S continuum can contribute to economic, social and environmental sustainability. However, current financing practices shy away from considering upstream-downstream impacts and engagement of financial institutions is crucial for accelerating the adoption of S2S management.

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:28:09 +0000 Philip Osano; Elin Leander https://www.sei.org/perspectives/financing-source-to-sea-action-for-a-sustainable-blue-economy/ Perspective Air quality sensors in rapidly growing Kenyan city improving health https://www.sei.org/features/air-quality-sensors-kenya-city-improving-health/ SEI Africa has embarked on a plan to deploy air quality sensors in the town of Nakuru in Kenya’s Rift Valley to measure the quality of health for residents in rapidly growing cities. The initiative is part of the SEI Initiative on City Health and Well-being (CHeW), which investigates how the rapid growth of cities affect the well-being of residents and overall health of city systems. SEI Africa has embarked on a plan to deploy air quality sensors in the town of Nakuru in Kenya’s Rift Valley to measure the quality of health for residents in rapidly growing cities. The initiative is part of the SEI Initiative on City Health and Well-being (CHeW), which investigates how the rapid growth of cities affect the well-being of residents and overall health of city systems.

]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:43:13 +0000 Romanus Opiyo; William Apondo; Lawrence Nzuve https://www.sei.org/features/air-quality-sensors-kenya-city-improving-health/ Feature Trase launches beef app to empower consumers in Brazil https://www.sei.org/features/trase-launches-beef-app-to-empower-consumers/ Trase has launched a new smartphone app that informs supermarket customers in Brazil about the environmental and social performance of the meat products that they purchase. Called Do Pasto ao Prato, meaning “From Pasture to Plate”, the app aims to address one of the biggest challenges in the food sector – the lack of transparency of food supply chains. Trase has launched a new smartphone app that informs supermarket customers in Brazil about the environmental and social performance of the meat products that they purchase.

Called Do Pasto ao Prato, meaning “From Pasture to Plate”, the app aims to address one of the biggest challenges in the food sector – the lack of transparency of food supply chains.

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:57:48 +0000 Vivian Ribeiro https://www.sei.org/features/trase-launches-beef-app-to-empower-consumers/ Feature Trase lanza una aplicación para identificar el origen de la carne y empoderar a los consumidores en Brasil https://www.sei.org/features/trase-lanza-app-origen-carne-empoderar-consumidores-brasil/ Trase ha lanzado una nueva aplicación para teléfonos inteligentes que informa a los clientes de los supermercados de Brasil sobre el comportamiento medioambiental y social de los productos cárnicos que compran. Llamada Do Pasto ao Prato, que significa “Del pasto al plato”, la aplicación pretende abordar uno de los mayores retos del sector alimentario: la falta de transparencia de las cadenas de suministro de alimentos. Trase ha lanzado una nueva aplicación para teléfonos inteligentes que informa a los clientes de los supermercados de Brasil sobre el comportamiento medioambiental y social de los productos cárnicos que compran.

Llamada Do Pasto ao Prato, que significa “Del pasto al plato”, la aplicación pretende abordar uno de los mayores retos del sector alimentario: la falta de transparencia de las cadenas de suministro de alimentos.

]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2022 02:24:01 +0000 Vivian Ribeiro https://www.sei.org/features/trase-lanza-app-origen-carne-empoderar-consumidores-brasil/ Feature How can we build inclusive and climate-resilient transport services in Africa? https://www.sei.org/perspectives/inclusive-climate-resilient-transport-in-africa/ This perspective highlights three major solutions to address the challenges faced by low-income and vulnerable transport users in African cities. This perspective highlights three major solutions to address the challenges faced by low-income and vulnerable transport users in African cities.

]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:34:30 +0000 Gary Haq; Cassilde Muhoza; Frances Dixon https://www.sei.org/perspectives/inclusive-climate-resilient-transport-in-africa/ Perspective Climate justice for people and nature through urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA): a focus on the Global South https://www.sei.org/publications/urban-ecosystem-based-adaptation-in-the-global-south/ Ecosystems have the potential to significantly improve the liveability of our increasingly urbanised world. The Global South in particular stands to benefit from Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approaches. These benefits include food and water security, job creation and greater community cohesion and empowerment. Ecosystems have the potential to significantly improve the liveability of our increasingly urbanised world. The Global South in particular stands to benefit from Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approaches. These benefits include food and water security, job creation and greater community cohesion and empowerment.

]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:00:07 +0000 Heidi Tuhkanen https://www.sei.org/publications/urban-ecosystem-based-adaptation-in-the-global-south/ Publication Navigating multiple crises. Between adaptation and mitigation https://www.sei.org/events/navigating-multiple-crises-between-adaptation-and-mitigation/ As part of World Water Week, this seminar will explore how to best form water policies and investments to build resilience in the face of multiple and cascading crises. Which policy mechanisms, financial incentives and new innovations are required to foster synergy and avoid trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation? As part of World Water Week, this seminar will explore how to best form water policies and investments to build resilience in the face of multiple and cascading crises. Which policy mechanisms, financial incentives and new innovations are required to foster synergy and avoid trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation?

]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:57:49 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/navigating-multiple-crises-between-adaptation-and-mitigation/ Event Bioeconomy policy forum: Development of a sustainable, inclusive and community-driven bioeconomy https://www.sei.org/events/bioeconomy-policy-forum-development-of-a-sustainable-inclusive-and-community-driven-bioeconomy/ This webinar aims to exchange experiences and perspectives on global and regional bioeconomy policy and to foster collaboration on development of an inclusive, sustainable and community-driven bioeconomy. This webinar aims to exchange experiences and perspectives on global and regional bioeconomy policy and to foster collaboration on development of an inclusive, sustainable and community-driven bioeconomy.

]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:19:11 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/bioeconomy-policy-forum-development-of-a-sustainable-inclusive-and-community-driven-bioeconomy/ Event Virtual opportunities: How inclusion can guide resilience building https://www.sei.org/perspectives/virtual-opportunities-how-inclusion-can-guide-resilience-building/ With an increasing interest in gender and social equity and human rights in development work, climate action and disaster risk reduction, we’re seeing an increasing emphasis on inclusion, but what does that mean and how do we do it? At SEI, we are asking questions, listening and working to bring new voices to the table to discuss what inclusive resilience looks like in practice and how we can help make it happen. With an increasing interest in gender and social equity and human rights in development work, climate action and disaster risk reduction, we’re seeing an increasing emphasis on inclusion, but what does that mean and how do we do it? At SEI, we are asking questions, listening and working to bring new voices to the table to discuss what inclusive resilience looks like in practice and how we can help make it happen.

]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:03:05 +0000 Nicole Anschell https://www.sei.org/perspectives/virtual-opportunities-how-inclusion-can-guide-resilience-building/ Perspective Water beyond boundaries: stories from Colombia and Southeast Asia https://www.sei.org/events/water-beyond-boundaries-stories-from-colombia-and-southeast-asia/ We will explore through narrative how resilience is built in the Campoalegre watershed, Colombia and the Songkhram watershed, northeast Thailand through the transfer of water and water-mediated resources in and out of the watershed boundary. We will explore through narrative how resilience is built in the Campoalegre watershed, Colombia and the Songkhram watershed, northeast Thailand through the transfer of water and water-mediated resources in and out of the watershed boundary.

]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:16:38 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/water-beyond-boundaries-stories-from-colombia-and-southeast-asia/ Event Water stories: Visual narratives of urban flows https://www.sei.org/events/water-stories-visual-narratives-of-urban-flows/ Do you feel that the water sector needs a tangible visualization tool to illustrate urban water flows? Join us in creating a set of diagrams – water stories – that will enable a more holistic urban water management and advocate for the human right to water and sanitation. Do you feel that the water sector needs a tangible visualization tool to illustrate urban water flows? Join us in creating a set of diagrams – water stories – that will enable a more holistic urban water management and advocate for the human right to water and sanitation.

]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:41:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/water-stories-visual-narratives-of-urban-flows/ Event Climate change scenario services: From science to facilitating action https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-scenario-services/ The goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C, as set out in the Paris Agreement, calls for an assessment of societal pathways and policy strategies. Climate change scenarios have addressed this demand by providing scientific insights on the possible pathways ahead. Despite the increased interest, the potential of climate change scenarios has not been fully realized, mostly due to a lack of an intermediary service that provides guidance on climate change scenarios. The goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C, as set out in the Paris Agreement, calls for an assessment of societal pathways and policy strategies. Climate change scenarios have addressed this demand by providing scientific insights on the possible pathways ahead. Despite the increased interest, the potential of climate change scenarios has not been fully realized, mostly due to a lack of an intermediary service that provides guidance on climate change scenarios.

]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:37:41 +0000 Henrik Carlsen https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-scenario-services/ Publication Deepening our understanding of which policy advice to expect from prioritizing SDG targets: introducing the Analytic Network Process in a multi-method setting https://www.sei.org/publications/policy-advice-sdgs/ The indivisibility principle of the 2030 Agenda is considered key for the implementation of policies in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The present paper demonstrates how to adopt the multi-criteria analysis technique Analytic Network Process (ANP) for prioritizing SDG targets in considering all positive and possible indirect SDG target interactions at once. The indivisibility principle of the 2030 Agenda is considered key for the implementation of policies in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The present paper demonstrates how to adopt the multi-criteria analysis technique Analytic Network Process (ANP) for prioritizing SDG targets in considering all positive and possible indirect SDG target interactions at once.

]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:18:03 +0000 Henrik Carlsen https://www.sei.org/publications/policy-advice-sdgs/ Publication High Level Panel: Building Resilience from Source to Sea https://www.sei.org/events/high-level-panel-building-resilience-from-source-to-sea/ There is growing recognition that a holistic cross-sectoral approach to addressing global issues is a prerequisite to building resilience. This panel of high-level actors from the freshwater and ocean communities will explore the benefits of adopting the source-to-sea approach when designing actions that tackle the climate-land-water-ocean-biodiversity Sustainable Development Goals. The event is part of World Water Week hosted by Stockholm International Water Institute. There is growing recognition that a holistic cross-sectoral approach to addressing global issues is a prerequisite to building resilience. This panel of high-level actors from the freshwater and ocean communities will explore the benefits of adopting the source-to-sea approach when designing actions that tackle the climate-land-water-ocean-biodiversity Sustainable Development Goals. The event is part of World Water Week hosted by Stockholm International Water Institute.

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:46:54 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/high-level-panel-building-resilience-from-source-to-sea/ Event Transformative Water Governance for Resilient and Fair Societies https://www.sei.org/events/transformative-water-governance-for-resilient-and-fair-societies/ Water governance structures (e.g. policy and institutions), processes, and outcomes are (re)shaped by power struggles and power relations. Understanding drivers and processes of systemic transformation in water governance across scales is crucial to unpack processes of institutional emergence and the (re)shaping of political spaces and engagement towards resilient, just and fair societies. Water governance structures (e.g. policy and institutions), processes, and outcomes are (re)shaped by power struggles and power relations. Understanding drivers and processes of systemic transformation in water governance across scales is crucial to unpack processes of institutional emergence and the (re)shaping of political spaces and engagement towards resilient, just and fair societies.

]]> Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:41:48 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/transformative-water-governance-for-resilient-and-fair-societies/ Event Riding the wave: Financing source-to-sea action https://www.sei.org/events/riding-the-wave-financing-source-to-sea-action/ Applying a source-to-sea lens to identify priorities for development and investment through the source-to-sea continuum can contribute to economic, social and environmental sustainability. However, current financing practices shy away from considering upstream-downstream impacts. This event will explore the rationales, challenges and opportunities for incorporating a source-to-sea perspective when assessing and funding projects. Applying a source-to-sea lens to identify priorities for development and investment through the source-to-sea continuum can contribute to economic, social and environmental sustainability. However, current financing practices shy away from considering upstream-downstream impacts. This event will explore the rationales, challenges and opportunities for incorporating a source-to-sea perspective when assessing and funding projects.

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:44:37 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/riding-the-wave-financing-source-to-sea-action/ Event An avalanche of collaboration triggering maximum SDG6 and SDG13 synergies https://www.sei.org/events/collaboration-triggering-maximum-sdg6-and-sdg13-synergies/ To achieve effective climate change adaptation and mitigation in the water sector, systematic collaboration among aid agencies, NGOs, governments and local actors needs to become the new normal. Based on learnings from a recent publication, this interactive session at World Water Week focuses on the potential for maximum synergies between SDG6 and SDG13. To achieve effective climate change adaptation and mitigation in the water sector, systematic collaboration among aid agencies, NGOs, governments and local actors needs to become the new normal. Based on learnings from a recent publication, this interactive session at World Water Week focuses on the potential for maximum synergies between SDG6 and SDG13.

]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:01:55 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/collaboration-triggering-maximum-sdg6-and-sdg13-synergies/ Event