https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:55:54 +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/about-sei/press-room/food-production-emissions-harm-health/ SEI Senior Research Fellow Chris Malley was interviewed by Neena Bhandari from SciDev.Net about a recent SEI study linking agriculture production, unhealthy diets and rising greenhouse gas emissions. SEI Senior Research Fellow Chris Malley was interviewed by Neena Bhandari from SciDev.Net about a recent SEI study linking agriculture production, unhealthy diets and rising greenhouse gas emissions.

]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2021 16:04:21 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/food-production-emissions-harm-health/ Press https://www.sei.org/projects/stockholm50-report/ The UN international meeting “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity” was held in Stockholm on 2–3 June 2022. In collaboration with the Council of Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), SEI published a report that provided a scientific basis for the meeting, commissioned by the Swedish Government. The UN international meeting “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity” was held in Stockholm on 2–3 June 2022. In collaboration with the Council of Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), SEI published a report that provided a scientific basis for the meeting, commissioned by the Swedish Government.

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:58:13 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/stockholm50-report/ Project https://www.sei.org/features/stockholm50-report-qa/ SEI is initiating an independent scientific report to serve as a scientific basis for discussions at the international UN meeting “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”. In this interview, Åsa Persson, Research Director and Deputy Director at SEI, and Nina Weitz, Research Fellow at SEI and project leader for the Stockholm+50 scientific report, discuss what value they hope the report will offer to generate actionable policy solutions. SEI is initiating an independent scientific report to serve as a scientific basis for discussions at the international UN meeting “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”. In this interview, Åsa Persson, Research Director and Deputy Director at SEI, and Nina Weitz, Research Fellow at SEI and project leader for the Stockholm+50 scientific report, discuss what value they hope the report will offer to generate actionable policy solutions.

]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:25:11 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/stockholm50-report-qa/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/experiences-of-the-deaf-blind-and-deafblind-in-sub-saharan-africa-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ This SEI discussion brief provides insights about the impacts of the pandemic on those who are deaf, blind and deaf-blind living in four sub-Saharan African countries: Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa and Zimbabwe. This SEI discussion brief provides insights about the impacts of the pandemic on those who are deaf, blind and deaf-blind living in four sub-Saharan African countries: Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

]]> Tue, 29 Jun 2021 09:34:09 +0000 Filippa Ek; Rasmus Kløcker Larsen https://www.sei.org/publications/experiences-of-the-deaf-blind-and-deafblind-in-sub-saharan-africa-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/asean-equitable-food-secure-climate-smart-recovery-covid-19/ As governments in Southeast Asia focus solely on economic recovery from the pandemic, they are at risk of ignoring the nexus of climate change and food security. At a recent event in June 2021, the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN) outlined several pandemic recovery strategies that can strengthen long-term climate change responses to ensure food security and resolve growing inequality. As governments in Southeast Asia focus solely on economic recovery from the pandemic, they are at risk of ignoring the nexus of climate change and food security. At a recent event in June 2021, the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN) outlined several pandemic recovery strategies that can strengthen long-term climate change responses to ensure food security and resolve growing inequality.

]]> Tue, 29 Jun 2021 09:19:50 +0000 Nicole Anschell; Imelda Bacudo https://www.sei.org/perspectives/asean-equitable-food-secure-climate-smart-recovery-covid-19/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/initiate-scientific-report-stockholm50/ The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is initiating an independent scientific report to be launched ahead of the international UN meeting “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”. The report will lay out the scientific basis for the meeting and is funded by the Swedish Government. The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is initiating an independent scientific report to be launched ahead of the international UN meeting “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”. The report will lay out the scientific basis for the meeting and is funded by the Swedish Government.

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:18:50 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/initiate-scientific-report-stockholm50/ Press https://www.sei.org/publications/ndcs-leds-fossil-fuel-production/ This analysis finds that a growing number of countries are addressing fossil fuels as part of their climate mitigation activities. This analysis finds that a growing number of countries are addressing fossil fuels as part of their climate mitigation activities.

]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:33:25 +0000 Natalie Jones; Miquel Muñoz Cabré; Georgia Piggot; Michael Lazarus https://www.sei.org/publications/ndcs-leds-fossil-fuel-production/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/toward-climate-neutral-heavy-industry/ Global efforts to decarbonize heavy industry remain insufficiently aligned. Greater international collaboration between and among states is needed to ensure a global transition. To understand the scale of the problem, this paper analyses 29 industry transition road maps across 13 countries. Global efforts to decarbonize heavy industry remain insufficiently aligned. Greater international collaboration between and among states is needed to ensure a global transition. To understand the scale of the problem, this paper analyses 29 industry transition road maps across 13 countries.

]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:16:11 +0000 Oliver Johnson; Gökçe Mete; Felipe Sanchez; Zoha Shawoo; Sara Talebian https://www.sei.org/publications/toward-climate-neutral-heavy-industry/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/swedens-electric-heavy-duty-transport-pledges/ The transport sector represents about a third of Sweden’s emissions, with road transport accounting for 90% of all transport emissions. According to Sweden’s official statistics, 74% of all domestic goods transport are within the limits of a county. This means that the distances for transporting goods are often short. For short distances, electrification is a viable alternative for reducing emissions. The transport sector represents about a third of Sweden’s emissions, with road transport accounting for 90% of all transport emissions. According to Sweden’s official statistics, 74% of all domestic goods transport are within the limits of a county. This means that the distances for transporting goods are often short. For short distances, electrification is a viable alternative for reducing emissions.

]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:00:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/swedens-electric-heavy-duty-transport-pledges/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/subsidies-shale-oil-and-gas/ This study provides one of the first estimates of the extent to which federal government policy – in the form of three tax incentives – increased the expected value of investments in new unconventional oil and gas developments in the US over the last two decades. This study provides one of the first estimates of the extent to which federal government policy – in the form of three tax incentives – increased the expected value of investments in new unconventional oil and gas developments in the US over the last two decades.

]]> Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:00:04 +0000 Peter Erickson; Ploy Achakulwisut https://www.sei.org/publications/subsidies-shale-oil-and-gas/ Publication https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/subsidies-shale-oil-and-gas-profits/ A new SEI analysis finds that federal oil and gas subsidies helped spur and sustain the US shale boom. A new SEI analysis finds that federal oil and gas subsidies helped spur and sustain the US shale boom.

]]> Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:01:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/subsidies-shale-oil-and-gas-profits/ Press https://www.sei.org/features/sdg-synergies-de-sei-ahora-disponible-en-linea/ SDG Synergies es una herramienta desarrollada por SEI que ahora se encuentra disponible en línea de manera gratuita para cualquier persona que necesite tomar decisiones estratégicas que involucren múltiples objetivos e intereses interactuantes. SDG Synergies es una herramienta desarrollada por SEI que ahora se encuentra disponible en línea de manera gratuita para cualquier persona que necesite tomar decisiones estratégicas que involucren múltiples objetivos e intereses interactuantes.

]]> Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:47:06 +0000 Natalia Ortiz https://www.sei.org/features/sdg-synergies-de-sei-ahora-disponible-en-linea/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/bioeconomia-subnacional-visiones-y-hoja-de-ruta-en-el-valle-del-cauca-colombia/ Este documento de trabajo busca identificar una visión común de bioeconomía a nivel subnacional en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia, desde las visiones de los participantes de un taller que incluyó la exploración de objetivos, creación de valor, mediadores de innovación y enfoque geográfico de la bioeconomía; alrededor de tres sectores: agropecuario, agroindustrial, y turismo de naturaleza. Este documento de trabajo busca identificar una visión común de bioeconomía a nivel subnacional en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia, desde las visiones de los participantes de un taller que incluyó la exploración de objetivos, creación de valor, mediadores de innovación y enfoque geográfico de la bioeconomía; alrededor de tres sectores: agropecuario, agroindustrial, y turismo de naturaleza.

]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:52:42 +0000 Nella Canales; Mónica Trujillo; David Purkey https://www.sei.org/publications/bioeconomia-subnacional-visiones-y-hoja-de-ruta-en-el-valle-del-cauca-colombia/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/corporate-power-in-the-bioeconomy/ Depending on how it is pursued, the bioeconomy transition can either relieve fossil fuel dependence sustainably or exacerbate human dependence on the environment. Using Brazil as an in-depth case study, this article assesses the role of corporate power in steering bioeconomic development pathways. Depending on how it is pursued, the bioeconomy transition can either relieve fossil fuel dependence sustainably or exacerbate human dependence on the environment. Using Brazil as an in-depth case study, this article assesses the role of corporate power in steering bioeconomic development pathways.

]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:00:07 +0000 Mairon G. Bastos Lima https://www.sei.org/publications/corporate-power-in-the-bioeconomy/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/health-and-environment-impacts-of-food-consumption/ This paper presents an agricultural systems model that integrates the assessment of food consumption-related health risks, with quantification of the greenhouse gas emissions. This paper presents an agricultural systems model that integrates the assessment of food consumption-related health risks, with quantification of the greenhouse gas emissions.

]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:08:34 +0000 Chris Malley; Kevin Hicks; Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna; Eleni Michalopoulou; Amy Molotoks; Jessica Slater; Charles Heaps; Jason Veysey; Silvia Ulloa https://www.sei.org/publications/health-and-environment-impacts-of-food-consumption/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/circular-nutrient-solutions-for-agriculture-and-wastewater/ This paper reviews circular solutions to waste streams in the agricultural and wastewater sectors. This paper reviews circular solutions to waste streams in the agricultural and wastewater sectors.

]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:28:02 +0000 Arno Rosemarin; Karina Barquet; Biljana Macura; Neal Haddaway; Linn Järnberg; Dag Lorick https://www.sei.org/publications/circular-nutrient-solutions-for-agriculture-and-wastewater/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/four-cs-to-foresee-a-climate-resilient-europe/ In a post originally published by the CASCADES project, SEI’s Katy Harris and Richard J.T. Klein write that cross-border and cascading climate risks will become a defining issue for climate diplomacy in the years ahead. Four Cs – candour, cooperation, coherence and commitment – are needed to foresee a climate-resilient Europe. In a post originally published by the CASCADES project, SEI’s Katy Harris and Richard J.T. Klein write that cross-border and cascading climate risks will become a defining issue for climate diplomacy in the years ahead. Four Cs – candour, cooperation, coherence and commitment – are needed to foresee a climate-resilient Europe.

]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 05:30:44 +0000 Katy Harris; Richard J.T. Klein https://www.sei.org/perspectives/four-cs-to-foresee-a-climate-resilient-europe/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/publications/slupsk-bioenergy-cluster-a-new-paradigm-for-a-local-circular-economy-in-renewable-energy-and-waste-recycling-in-poland/ Municipal officials and local business leaders in the Polish city of Słupsk are not waiting for the benefits of the circular economy in renewable energy production and waste recycling to come to their corner of the Baltic Sea Region. They are making it happen now from the ground up and demonstrating how these transitions can be designed and operationalized at the city-county level. Municipal officials and local business leaders in the Polish city of Słupsk are not waiting for the benefits of the circular economy in renewable energy production and waste recycling to come to their corner of the Baltic Sea Region. They are making it happen now from the ground up and demonstrating how these transitions can be designed and operationalized at the city-county level.

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:36:33 +0000 Mark Rasmussen; Karina Barquet; Arno Rosemarin https://www.sei.org/publications/slupsk-bioenergy-cluster-a-new-paradigm-for-a-local-circular-economy-in-renewable-energy-and-waste-recycling-in-poland/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/implications-of-new-national-policies-on-sewage-sludge-management-for-a-swedish-municipality/ In 2018, a Swedish government inquiry was set up to explore how to implement a ban on the decades-old practice of spreading sewage sludge on farmland and set new requirements for recycling the phosphorus found in sludge. The ban was portrayed as a means to both reduce the environmental and food safety risks of direct sludge application and accelerate the transition to a complete circular economy for phosphorus, a vital plant nutrient and finite mineral – both laudable goals. In 2018, a Swedish government inquiry was set up to explore how to implement a ban on the decades-old practice of spreading sewage sludge on farmland and set new requirements for recycling the phosphorus found in sludge. The ban was portrayed as a means to both reduce the environmental and food safety risks of direct sludge application and accelerate the transition to a complete circular economy for phosphorus, a vital plant nutrient and finite mineral – both laudable goals.

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:56:51 +0000 Mark Rasmussen; Olle Olsson; Caspar Trimmer; Karina Barquet; Arno Rosemarin https://www.sei.org/publications/implications-of-new-national-policies-on-sewage-sludge-management-for-a-swedish-municipality/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/role-of-gypsum-soil-amendments-in-reducing-nutrient-run-off-in-finland/ Phosphorus run-off from agriculture fields in southern Finland is the largest threat to water quality and living marine resources in this area of the Baltic Sea. Decades of attempts to reduce this run-off through traditional farming methods have proven inadequate. A new opportunity has now emerged: using gypsum as a soil amendment on agricultural fields. This reduces run-off pollution by 50%, decreases demand for virgin-mined phosphorus and reuses industrial waste. Phosphorus run-off from agriculture fields in southern Finland is the largest threat to water quality and living marine resources in this area of the Baltic Sea. Decades of attempts to reduce this run-off through traditional farming methods have proven inadequate. A new opportunity has now emerged: using gypsum as a soil amendment on agricultural fields. This reduces run-off pollution by 50%, decreases demand for virgin-mined phosphorus and reuses industrial waste.

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:24:18 +0000 Mark Rasmussen; Karina Barquet; Arno Rosemarin https://www.sei.org/publications/role-of-gypsum-soil-amendments-in-reducing-nutrient-run-off-in-finland/ Publication