SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:15:54 +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 Production Gap Report Special Issue sees Covid-19 recovery as a potential turning point https://www.sei.org/features/production-gap-report-special-issue-covid-19-recovery-potential-turning-point/ The “lockdown” measures to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have led to short-term drops in coal, oil, and gas production in 2020. But production plans that predate the pandemic – as well as stimulus measures to address its economic impacts – all point to a continuation of the growing global fossil fuel production gap. The “lockdown” measures to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have led to short-term drops in coal, oil, and gas production in 2020. But production plans that predate the pandemic – as well as stimulus measures to address its economic impacts – all point to a continuation of the growing global fossil fuel production gap.

]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:58:02 +0000 Emily Yehle; Andrea Lindblom https://www.sei.org/features/production-gap-report-special-issue-covid-19-recovery-potential-turning-point/ Feature World’s governments must wind down fossil fuel production by 6% per year to limit catastrophic warming https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/worlds-governments-wind-down-fossil-fuel-production/ A special issue of the Production Gap Report – from leading research organizations and the UN – finds that the COVID-19 recovery marks a potential turning point, where countries must change course to avoid locking in levels of coal, oil, and gas production far higher than consistent with a 1.5°C limit. A special issue of the Production Gap Report – from leading research organizations and the UN – finds that the COVID-19 recovery marks a potential turning point, where countries must change course to avoid locking in levels of coal, oil, and gas production far higher than consistent with a 1.5°C limit.

]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:01:48 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/worlds-governments-wind-down-fossil-fuel-production/ Press Världen måste minska produktionen av fossila bränslen med 6 % per år för att begränsa en katastrofal uppvärmning https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/varlden-maste-minska-produktionen-av-fossila-branslen-med-6-per-ar-for-att-begransa-en-katastrofal-uppvarmning/ En specialutgåva av Production Gap Report – från SEI, FN och en rad internationella forskningsinstitut – visar att länder måste ändra kurs för att produktionen av kol, olja och gas inte hamnar på nivåer långt över vad som tillåts för att begränsa den globala uppvärmningen till 1,5°C. Rapporten pekar på att länders återhämtningspaket efter covid-19 pandemin erbjuder en vändpunkt. En specialutgåva av Production Gap Report – från SEI, FN  och en rad internationella forskningsinstitut – visar att länder måste ändra kurs för att produktionen av kol, olja och gas inte hamnar på nivåer långt över vad som tillåts för att begränsa den globala uppvärmningen till 1,5°C. Rapporten pekar på att länders återhämtningspaket efter covid-19 pandemin erbjuder en vändpunkt.

]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:32:47 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/varlden-maste-minska-produktionen-av-fossila-branslen-med-6-per-ar-for-att-begransa-en-katastrofal-uppvarmning/ Press Gobiernos deben reducir producción de combustibles fósiles en un 6% anual para limitar el calentamiento catastrófico https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/gobiernos-deben-reducir-produccion-de-combustibles-fosiles-en-un-6-anual-para-limitar-el-calentamiento-catastrofico/ Una edición especial del Informe de Brecha de Producción, presentado por organizaciones líderes en investigación y las Naciones Unidas, encuentra que la recuperación de COVID-19 marca un punto de inflexión potencial, donde los países deben cambiar de rumbo para evitar niveles de producción de carbón, petróleo y gas mucho más altos que los consistentes con el límite de calentamiento de 1,5 ° C Una edición especial del Informe de Brecha de Producción, presentado por organizaciones líderes en investigación y las Naciones Unidas, encuentra que la recuperación de COVID-19 marca un punto de inflexión potencial, donde los países deben cambiar de rumbo para evitar niveles de producción de carbón, petróleo y gas mucho más altos que los consistentes con el límite de calentamiento de 1,5 ° C

]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:13:11 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/gobiernos-deben-reducir-produccion-de-combustibles-fosiles-en-un-6-anual-para-limitar-el-calentamiento-catastrofico/ Press World is “doubling down” on fossil fuels despite climate crisis https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/world-is-doubling-down-on-fossil-fuels-despite-climate-crisis/ The world’s governments are “doubling down” on fossil fuels despite the urgent need for cuts in carbon emissions to tackle the climate crisis. The Guardian’s Damian Carrington covers the The Production Gap Report. The world’s governments are “doubling down” on fossil fuels despite the urgent need for cuts in carbon emissions to tackle the climate crisis. The Guardian’s Damian Carrington covers the The Production Gap Report.

]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2020 07:56:59 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/world-is-doubling-down-on-fossil-fuels-despite-climate-crisis/ Press EU Climate Action Dialogue – Future of the EU https://www.sei.org/projects/eu-climate-action-dialogues/ The EU has agreed to become climate neutral by 2050. In the next 30 years, achieving climate neutrality is a great societal, economic and political undertaking, with many challenges and opportunities. The EU has agreed to become climate neutral by 2050. In the next 30 years, achieving climate neutrality is a great societal, economic and political undertaking, with many challenges and opportunities.

]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:13:26 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/eu-climate-action-dialogues/ Project Transformative change at the grassroots: women environmental defenders speak out about how to protect their communities https://www.sei.org/perspectives/women-environmental-defenders-protect-communities/ A few days before the International Women Human Rights Defenders day, SEI took part in an online retreat for women environmental human rights defenders. Indigenous women gathered from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines to discuss how to protect their communities and identify key areas for research and policy action in 2021. Here are some highlights from the retreat. Unsustainable development practices are leading to ecosystem degradation and affecting the rights of local co... A few days before the International Women Human Rights Defenders day, SEI took part in an online retreat for women environmental human rights defenders. Indigenous women gathered from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines to discuss how to protect their communities and identify key areas for research and policy action in 2021. Here are some highlights from the retreat.

Unsustainable development practices are leading to ecosystem degradation and affecting the rights of local communities, especially Indigenous women. Photo: UN Women/Piyavit Thongsa-Ard

]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:31:11 +0000 Camille Pross; Sara Vigil https://www.sei.org/perspectives/women-environmental-defenders-protect-communities/ Perspective Our common home: bridging science and faith https://www.sei.org/projects/our-common-home-booklet/ SEI partnered with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to develop a unique publication that connects the science of climate change, biodiversity and sustainable resource use with the messages of Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical on the environment, Laudato si’. SEI partnered with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to develop a unique publication that connects the science of climate change, biodiversity and sustainable resource use with the messages of Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical on the environment, Laudato si’.

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:55:53 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/our-common-home-booklet/ Project Nuestra casa común: conectando la ciencia y la fe https://www.sei.org/projects/nuestra-casa-comun-folleto/ SEI se asoció con el Dicasterio para el Servicio del Desarrollo Humano Integral del Vaticano para desarrollar una publicación única que conecta la ciencia del cambio climático, la biodiversidad y el uso sostenible de los recursos con los mensajes de la Encíclica del Papa Francisco de 2015 sobre el medio ambiente, Laudato si’. SEI se asoció con el Dicasterio para el Servicio del Desarrollo Humano Integral del Vaticano para desarrollar una publicación única que conecta la ciencia del cambio climático, la biodiversidad y el uso sostenible de los recursos con los mensajes de la Encíclica del Papa Francisco de 2015 sobre el medio ambiente, Laudato si’.

]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2023 18:38:14 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/nuestra-casa-comun-folleto/ Project A new agenda for managing a vital resource https://www.sei.org/publications/a-new-agenda-for-managing-a-vital-resource/ Water management that is environmentally sustainable and equitable requires a better understanding of connections beyond the watershed, inclusive participatory approaches, and the water needs of ecosystems. SEI’s initiative, Water Beyond Boundaries, aims to deliver that knowledge and the tools to use it. Water management that is environmentally sustainable and equitable requires a better understanding of connections beyond the watershed, inclusive participatory approaches, and the water needs of ecosystems.

SEI’s initiative, Water Beyond Boundaries, aims to deliver that knowledge and the tools to use it.

]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2020 02:27:28 +0000 Leonie Pearson; Héctor Angarita; Marisa Escobar; Natalia Ortiz https://www.sei.org/publications/a-new-agenda-for-managing-a-vital-resource/ Publication Un paso hacia la implementación coherente de la dimensión ambiental de los ODS en Colombia https://www.sei.org/publications/un-paso-hacia-la-implementacion-coherente-de-la-dimension-ambiental-de-los-ods-en-colombia/ SEI y el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) lideraron un análisis de interacciones en Colombia que constituye un esfuerzo pionero para determinar cómo las metas ODS interactúan a nivel nacional y regional y cómo se puede avanzar en el camino hacia una implementación integral de políticas nacionales en torno a la Agenda 2030, en particular, la dimensión ambiental del desarrollo sostenible en Colombia. Medellín, Colombia. Photo: Getty Images SEI y el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) lideraron un análisis de interacciones en Colombia que constituye un esfuerzo pionero para determinar cómo las metas ODS interactúan a nivel nacional y regional y cómo se puede avanzar en el camino hacia una implementación integral de políticas nacionales en torno a la Agenda 2030, en particular, la dimensión ambiental del desarrollo sostenible en Colombia.

Medellín, Colombia. Photo: Getty Images

]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2020 23:11:39 +0000 Ivonne Lobos Alva; Mario Cárdenas; Efraim Hernández https://www.sei.org/publications/un-paso-hacia-la-implementacion-coherente-de-la-dimension-ambiental-de-los-ods-en-colombia/ Publication Putting gender equality, social equity and poverty into the environmental agenda https://www.sei.org/features/putting-gender-equality-social-equity-and-poverty-into-the-environmental-agenda/ Many environmental projects seek to incorporate a gender equality, social equity and poverty (GESEP) perspective within their team and in their activities and outputs. This piece features a video where we describe the links between environmental problems and issues of gender, poverty and social inequality. We explain how inclusive facilitation can ensure that a diverse range of perspectives in environmental decision-making are represented, heard and incorporated. Many environmental projects seek to incorporate a gender equality, social equity and poverty (GESEP) perspective within their team and in their activities and outputs.

This piece features a video where we describe the links between environmental problems and issues of gender, poverty and social inequality. We explain how inclusive facilitation can ensure that a diverse range of perspectives in environmental decision-making are represented, heard and incorporated.

]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:03:04 +0000 Emily Ghosh https://www.sei.org/features/putting-gender-equality-social-equity-and-poverty-into-the-environmental-agenda/ Feature Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders Regional Online Retreat https://www.sei.org/events/women-environmental-human-rights-defenders-regional-online-retreat/ The Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders regional online retreat will provide a space for strategic convergence of grassroots women’s groups and their networks in five South and Southeast Asian countries and facilitate collective analysis, strategizing, planning and organising for lobby and advocacy against persisting unjust power structures at local, national and regional levels. The regional online retreat will provide a space for strategic convergence of grassroots women’s groups and... The Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders regional online retreat will provide a space for strategic convergence of grassroots women’s groups and their networks in five South and Southeast Asian countries and facilitate collective analysis, strategizing, planning and organising for lobby and advocacy against persisting unjust power structures at local, national and regional levels.

The regional online retreat will provide a space for strategic convergence of grassroots women’s groups and their networks in South and Southeast Asia.Photo: Asian Development Bank

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:35:23 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/women-environmental-human-rights-defenders-regional-online-retreat/ Event Politiskt stöd viktigast för kommuners arbete med konsumtion https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/politiskt-stod-viktigast-for-kommuners-arbete-med-konsumtion/ Kommuner i Sverige jobbar ambitiöst med hållbar konsumption men arbetet måste förankras bättre mellan lokal, regional och nationell nivå. Indikatorer för hållbar konsumtion på lokal nivå behövs samt bättre samarbete över kommungränserna. Aktuell Hållbarhets Daniel Boman intervjuar SEI forskare Karin André. Kommuner i Sverige jobbar ambitiöst med hållbar konsumption men arbetet måste förankras bättre mellan lokal, regional och nationell nivå.

Indikatorer för hållbar konsumtion på lokal nivå behövs samt bättre samarbete över kommungränserna.

Aktuell Hållbarhets Daniel Boman intervjuar SEI forskare Karin André.

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:49:11 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/politiskt-stod-viktigast-for-kommuners-arbete-med-konsumtion/ Press Local governments advancing sustainable consumption https://www.sei.org/events/local-governments-advancing-sustainable-consumption/ This webinar showcases the current opportunities and challenges local governments face in advancing sustainable consumption in their communities. Taking Sweden as a springboard for discussion a panel discusses next steps and recommendations for more progress on sustainable consumption through municipalities. This webinar showcases the current opportunities and challenges local governments face in advancing sustainable consumption in their communities. Taking Sweden as a springboard for discussion a panel discusses next steps and recommendations for more progress on sustainable consumption through municipalities.

]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:20:17 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/local-governments-advancing-sustainable-consumption/ Event IPEN-SEA Virtual Conference 2020: Citizen Science in Southeast and East Asia https://www.sei.org/events/ipen-sea-virtual-conference-2020-citizen-science-in-southeast-and-east-asia/ IPEN-SEA’s virtual conference is a 4-part series that would provide a platform for regional stakeholders to discuss and advance citizen science approaches towards environmental justice, citizens’ empowerment, gender equity, and health promotion in addressing urban pollution from toxic chemicals. Image: IPEN-SEA IPEN-SEA’s virtual conference is a 4-part series that would provide a platform for regional stakeholders to discuss and advance citizen science approaches towards environmental justice, citizens’ empowerment, gender equity, and health promotion in addressing urban pollution from toxic chemicals.

Image: IPEN-SEA

]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2020 06:11:14 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/ipen-sea-virtual-conference-2020-citizen-science-in-southeast-and-east-asia/ Event Presenting an interactive tracker to explore roadmaps for industry transition https://www.sei.org/features/interactive-tracker-to-explore-industry-transition-roadmaps/ SEI’s Zoha Shawoo discusses the Industry Transition Tracker, a database of industry transition roadmaps developed by the Leadership Group for Industry Transition, which allows users to compare, contrast and identify trends in the decarbonization plans of different countries and sectors. Graphic: Leadership Group for Industry Transition SEI’s Zoha Shawoo discusses the Industry Transition Tracker, a database of industry transition roadmaps developed by the Leadership Group for Industry Transition, which allows users to compare, contrast and identify trends in the decarbonization plans of different countries and sectors.

Graphic: Leadership Group for Industry Transition

]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:47:05 +0000 Andrea Lindblom https://www.sei.org/features/interactive-tracker-to-explore-industry-transition-roadmaps/ Feature VAATA VIDEOT: Mis saab kasutatud rõivastest Eestis, Lätis ja Leedus? https://www.sei.org/features/vaata-videot-mis-saab-kasutatud-roivastest-eestis-latis-ja-leedus/ Eestlased ostavad keskmiselt kolm uut riideeset kuus – võrreldes Läti ja Leeduga tunduvalt rohkem. Samas on riiete tarbimine kasvanud lähiaastatel kõigis Balti riikides. Mis saab aga mahakantud rõivastest edasi, on probleem ka globaalsel tasandil ja tõstatab ohtralt küsimusi „kiir“moe jätkusuutlikkusest. Viimase 15 aasta jooksul on rõivaste ostmine suurenenud kogu maailmas, aga samas on rõivaste tarbimistsükkel läinud poole lühemaks, kui see varemalt oli. Eestlased ostavad keskmiselt kolm uut riideeset kuus – võrreldes Läti ja Leeduga tunduvalt rohkem. Samas on riiete tarbimine kasvanud lähiaastatel kõigis Balti riikides. Mis saab aga mahakantud rõivastest edasi, on probleem ka globaalsel tasandil ja tõstatab ohtralt küsimusi „kiir“moe jätkusuutlikkusest. Viimase 15 aasta jooksul on rõivaste ostmine suurenenud kogu maailmas, aga samas on rõivaste tarbimistsükkel läinud poole lühemaks, kui see varemalt oli.

]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:41:31 +0000 Helen Saarniit https://www.sei.org/features/vaata-videot-mis-saab-kasutatud-roivastest-eestis-latis-ja-leedus/ Feature Supporting policies and practices for SDG2 in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia https://www.sei.org/features/supporting-policies-and-practices-for-sdg2-in-sub-saharan-africa-south-asia-and-southeast-asia/ More than 800 million people – roughly ten percent of the world population – do not have enough food to eat. And there is rising fear that the situation could soon get worse. Due to climate shocks, ecosystem disruptions, as well as the global COVID-19 pandemic, with its brutal impact on supply chains, economies and communities, millions of people are being pushed closer to the brink of severe starvation. More than 800 million people – roughly ten percent of the world population – do not have enough food to eat. And there is rising fear that the situation could soon get worse. Due to climate shocks, ecosystem disruptions, as well as the global COVID-19 pandemic, with its brutal impact on supply chains, economies and communities, millions of people are being pushed closer to the brink of severe starvation.

]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:46:19 +0000 Ivar Virgin; Anneli Sundin https://www.sei.org/features/supporting-policies-and-practices-for-sdg2-in-sub-saharan-africa-south-asia-and-southeast-asia/ Feature VIDEO: What happens to used clothes and textiles in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? https://www.sei.org/features/watch-the-video-what-happens-to-used-textiles-in-estonia-latvia-lithuania/ Estonians buy approximately three new garments per month – considerably more than Latvians or Lithuanians. At the same time, consumption of new clothes has recently increased in all three Baltic countries. The question of what happens to cast-off clothes is a global issue, too, with questions being raised about the sustainability of “fast” fashion. Over the past 15 years, consumers around the world have increased the number of garments they buy, and they now keep these items for about half as... Estonians buy approximately three new garments per month – considerably more than Latvians or Lithuanians. At the same time, consumption of new clothes has recently increased in all three Baltic countries. The question of what happens to cast-off clothes is a global issue, too, with questions being raised about the sustainability of “fast” fashion. Over the past 15 years, consumers around the world have increased the number of garments they buy, and they now keep these items for about half as long as they once did.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:48:33 +0000 Helen Saarniit https://www.sei.org/features/watch-the-video-what-happens-to-used-textiles-in-estonia-latvia-lithuania/ Feature