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 StratKIT Läänemere piirkonna veebikonverents ja -seminarid https://www.sei.org/events/stratkit-laanemere-piirkonna-veebikonverents/ StratKIT Läänemere regiooni veebikonverents toimus 24. novembril 2020 ZOOMis. StratKIT Läänemere regiooni veebikonverents toimus 24. novembril 2020 ZOOMis.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:24:29 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/stratkit-laanemere-piirkonna-veebikonverents/ Event Effectiveness of struvite precipitation and ammonia stripping for recovery of phosphorus and nitrogen from anaerobic digestate: a systematic review https://www.sei.org/publications/struvite-precipitation-ammonia-stripping-recovery-of-phosphorus-and-nitrogen-anaerobic-digestate/ This article explores two promising ecotechnologies for energy and nutrient recovery and recycling, struvite precipitation and ammonia stripping, and how effective they might be in reducing the impact of waste on the environment. This article explores two promising ecotechnologies for energy and nutrient recovery and recycling, struvite precipitation and ammonia stripping, and how effective they might be in reducing the impact of waste on the environment.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:17:23 +0000 Dag Lorick; Biljana Macura https://www.sei.org/publications/struvite-precipitation-ammonia-stripping-recovery-of-phosphorus-and-nitrogen-anaerobic-digestate/ Publication The Chiquitania fires: the role of water resources in forest restoration plans https://www.sei.org/publications/the-chiquitania-fires-water-resources/ Researchers worked with key actors in Bolivia to build a framework to help policymakers integrate water and forest restoration planning. Researchers worked with key actors in Bolivia to build a framework to help policymakers integrate water and forest restoration planning.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 03:02:38 +0000 Bart (A.J.) Wickel; Jeanne Fernandez; Marisa Escobar https://www.sei.org/publications/the-chiquitania-fires-water-resources/ Publication Accelerating change in agriculture – AgriFoSe2030 phase II launch event https://www.sei.org/events/accelerating-change-in-agriculture-agrifose2030-phase-ii-launch-event/ Welcome to this launch of AgriFoSe2030 to highlight and celebrate the new, second phase of the programme. Welcome to this launch of AgriFoSe2030 to highlight and celebrate the new, second phase of the programme.

]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2020 07:36:27 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/accelerating-change-in-agriculture-agrifose2030-phase-ii-launch-event/ Event Understanding the gendered impacts of air pollution in the world of work https://www.sei.org/perspectives/gendered-impacts-air-pollution-work/ Not much is known about the effects of air pollution on, for example, those in informal employment, or street workers and vendors, or how these impacts differ for men and women. A new SEI research project aims to get a better understanding of the connections between air quality, gender, and work. Daily exposure to high levels of air pollution is a fact of life for many informally employed, including street workers and vendors. Photo: Egor Myznik / Unsplash. Not much is known about the effects of air pollution on, for example, those in informal employment, or street workers and vendors, or how these impacts differ for men and women. A new SEI research project aims to get a better understanding of the connections between air quality, gender, and work. 

Daily exposure to high levels of air pollution is a fact of life for many informally employed, including street workers and vendors. Photo: Egor Myznik / Unsplash.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 07:39:18 +0000 Diane Archer https://www.sei.org/perspectives/gendered-impacts-air-pollution-work/ Perspective Vías de bioeconomía innovadoras para promover la salud y el bienestar https://www.sei.org/events/vias-de-bioeconomia-innovadoras-para-promover-la-salud-y-el-bienestar/ Este taller de dos partes en la Cumbre Global de Bioeconomía 2020 involucrará a los participantes en una amplia discusión sobre cómo la cooperación regional en bioeconomía puede promover la salud, el bienestar y la resiliencia. Este taller de dos partes en la Cumbre Global de Bioeconomía 2020 involucrará a los participantes en una amplia discusión sobre cómo la cooperación regional en bioeconomía puede promover la salud, el bienestar y la resiliencia.

]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2020 03:47:03 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/vias-de-bioeconomia-innovadoras-para-promover-la-salud-y-el-bienestar/ Event Financing the Covid-19 recovery: five ways for Southeast Asia to attain sustainability https://www.sei.org/perspectives/financing-the-covid-19-recovery/ Southeast Asian countries have dedicated US$350 billion to COVID-19 recovery as of August 2020. Of this, around 2%, or US$6.7 billion, is externally financed through loans. Financing is enabling many of less developed countries to achieve the necessary and essential expenditure required to support their healthcare sectors, provide income for those in need and repair the economy. Does financing help the ASEAN reach the targets defined by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Additional fin... Southeast Asian countries have dedicated US$350 billion to COVID-19 recovery as of August 2020. Of this, around 2%, or US$6.7 billion, is externally financed through loans. Financing is enabling many of less developed countries to achieve the necessary and essential expenditure required to support their healthcare sectors, provide income for those in need and repair the economy. Does financing help the ASEAN reach the targets defined by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

Additional financing can help ASEAN reach the 2030 targets. Photo: Joshua Rawson Harris / Unsplash.

]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:03:03 +0000 Leonie Pearson; Corrado Topi https://www.sei.org/perspectives/financing-the-covid-19-recovery/ Perspective Resilience for all: key messages from the Virtual Dialogue on Inclusive Resilience https://www.sei.org/perspectives/resilience-for-all-key-messages-from-the-virtual-dialogue-on-inclusive-resilience/ Climate change adaptation needs to take into account the challenges faced by people and communities facing the brunt of climate impacts to ensure they can contribute to resilience practice. On 22 October we invited groups whose voices are sidelined in climate negotiations to a panel and virtual dialogue on inclusive resilience. Climate change adaptation needs to take into account the challenges faced by people and communities facing the brunt of climate impacts to ensure they can contribute to resilience practice. On 22 October we invited groups whose voices are sidelined in climate negotiations to a panel and virtual dialogue on inclusive resilience.

]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:07:32 +0000 Nicole Anschell; Minh Tran https://www.sei.org/perspectives/resilience-for-all-key-messages-from-the-virtual-dialogue-on-inclusive-resilience/ Perspective Equitable Mobility for City Health and Wellbeing https://www.sei.org/projects/equitable-mobility-for-city-health-and-wellbeing/ The overall aim of Equitable Mobility for City Health and Wellbeing (EMCHEW) is to develop stakeholder-led solutions to achieve sustainable and equitable mobility, grounded in a better understanding of the issue and the health impacts it causes. The overall aim of Equitable Mobility for City Health and Wellbeing (EMCHEW) is to develop stakeholder-led solutions to achieve sustainable and equitable mobility, grounded in a better understanding of the issue and the health impacts it causes.

]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:46:44 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/equitable-mobility-for-city-health-and-wellbeing/ Project In-car particulate matter exposure across ten global cities https://www.sei.org/publications/in-car-particulate-matter-exposure-across-ten-global-cities/ With cars being a commuting lifeline worldwide, their contribution to air pollution is significant. This article presents the first global assessment on air pollution exposure in cars across ten cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh); Chennai (India); Guangzhou (China); Medellín (Colombia); São Paulo (Brazil); Cairo (Egypt); Sulaymaniyah (Iraq); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Blantyre (Malawi); and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania). With cars being a commuting lifeline worldwide, their contribution to air pollution is significant. This article presents the first global assessment on air pollution exposure in cars across ten cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh); Chennai (India); Guangzhou (China); Medellín (Colombia); São Paulo (Brazil); Cairo (Egypt); Sulaymaniyah (Iraq); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Blantyre (Malawi); and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania).

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2020 21:22:49 +0000 Philip Osano https://www.sei.org/publications/in-car-particulate-matter-exposure-across-ten-global-cities/ Publication Workshop: Framgångsfaktorer för välfungerande tillståndsprocesser https://www.sei.org/events/framgangsfaktorer-for-tillstandsprocesser/ SEI arrangerar denna workshop om framgångsfaktorer för bra tillståndsprocesser inom projektet HYBRIT. Ett tjugotal inbjudna representanter från myndigheter, företag och relevanta intressenter i Sverige deltar. SEI arrangerar denna workshop om framgångsfaktorer för bra tillståndsprocesser inom projektet HYBRIT. Ett tjugotal inbjudna representanter från myndigheter, företag och relevanta intressenter i Sverige deltar.

]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:43:53 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/framgangsfaktorer-for-tillstandsprocesser/ Event How sustainable sanitation can drive us out of the pandemic crisis https://www.sei.org/features/how-sustainable-sanitation-can-drive-us-out-of-the-pandemic-crisis/ Investing in sustainable sanitation is a way to create green jobs, reduce the vulnerability of our economies, increase wellbeing and protect human health during the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond. Drawing from SEI research and expert advice, this feature explains how to amplify impact and achieve lasting equitable outcomes by integrating social and technical solutions. Investing in sustainable sanitation is a way to create green jobs, reduce the vulnerability of our economies, increase wellbeing and protect human health during the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond.

Drawing from SEI research and expert advice, this feature explains how to amplify impact and achieve lasting equitable outcomes by integrating social and technical solutions.

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2020 23:00:25 +0000 Ekaterina Bessonova https://www.sei.org/features/how-sustainable-sanitation-can-drive-us-out-of-the-pandemic-crisis/ Feature Causal pathways in the political economy of adaptation projects: Experience from mapping the solar electricity system in Turkana, Kenya https://www.sei.org/publications/causal-pathways-in-the-political-economy-of-adaptation-projects-turkana-kenya/ This paper seeks to represent and analyse the political economy of adaptation projects in terms of actions and actors. To do so, it uses Sovacool et al.’s 4E typology as an analytical framework and the solar electricity system in Turkana, Kenya as an example. This paper seeks to represent and analyse the political economy of adaptation projects in terms of actions and actors. To do so, it uses Sovacool et al.’s 4E typology as an analytical framework and the solar electricity system in Turkana, Kenya as an example.

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:35:37 +0000 Matthew Osborne https://www.sei.org/publications/causal-pathways-in-the-political-economy-of-adaptation-projects-turkana-kenya/ Publication Regional cooperation for innovative bioeconomy pathways to promote health and well-being https://www.sei.org/events/regional-cooperation-for-innovative-bioeconomy-pathways/ This two-part workshop at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 engaged participants in a broad discussion about how regional bioeconomy cooperation can promote health, well-being, and resilience. This two-part workshop at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 engaged participants in a broad discussion about how regional bioeconomy cooperation can promote health, well-being, and resilience.

]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:37:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/regional-cooperation-for-innovative-bioeconomy-pathways/ Event Making room for gender and social equity in low-carbon systems https://www.sei.org/features/making-room-for-gender-and-social-equity-in-low-carbon-systems/ The search for low-carbon energy systems is expanding, but there is a risk in assuming that they are inherently more inclusive or just that those they replace. A new article by SEI researchers explores how social contexts shape the impact of alternative energy systems and how they might be designed more equitably. The search for low-carbon energy systems is expanding, but there is a risk in assuming that they are inherently more inclusive or just that those they replace. A new article by SEI researchers explores how social contexts shape the impact of alternative energy systems and how they might be designed more equitably.

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:36:10 +0000 Molly Killeen https://www.sei.org/features/making-room-for-gender-and-social-equity-in-low-carbon-systems/ Feature ”Klimatomställning har blivit norm i politiken” https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/klimatomstallning-har-blivit-norm-i-politiken/ Coronapandemin tvingade klimatmötet i Glasgow att ställa in. Ändå har världens klimatarbete gått framåt under det gångna året. ”Trots de positiva signalerna är det ett allvarligt läge”, säger SEI:s forskningschef Åsa Persson i en intervju med Dagens Industris Jenny Stiernstedt inför femårsdagen av Parisavtalet. Coronapandemin tvingade klimatmötet i Glasgow att ställa in. Ändå har världens klimatarbete gått framåt under det gångna året.

”Trots de positiva signalerna är det ett allvarligt läge”, säger SEI:s forskningschef Åsa Persson i en intervju med Dagens Industris Jenny Stiernstedt inför femårsdagen av Parisavtalet.

]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:27:59 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/klimatomstallning-har-blivit-norm-i-politiken/ Press Rohemajanduse veebikursus noortele ootab osalejaid! https://www.sei.org/features/rohemajanduse-veebikursus-noortele-ootab-osalejaid/ Kutsume noori üles osalema rohemajanduse valdkondi käsitleva veebipõhisel e-kursusel. Kutsume noori üles osalema rohemajanduse valdkondi käsitleva veebipõhisel e-kursusel.

]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:30:48 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/rohemajanduse-veebikursus-noortele-ootab-osalejaid/ Feature No money to achieve clean air goal: Experts https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/no-money-to-achieve-clean-air-goal-experts/ Experts say increased funding for air quality monitoring and research can save children aged five and below from respiratory diseases due to pollution. Further, a national budget should be allocated to specifically cater for air quality research countrywide, acquisition of equipment, and expert training. Experts say increased funding for air quality monitoring and research can save children aged five and below from respiratory diseases due to pollution. Further, a national budget should be allocated to specifically cater for air quality research countrywide, acquisition of equipment, and expert training.

]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:23:04 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/no-money-to-achieve-clean-air-goal-experts/ Press Financing Sustainable, Climate Neutral Cities https://www.sei.org/events/financing-sustainable-cities/ As part of the Smart City Business Event, this three-day digital workshop series explored what barriers and possibilities exist in amplifying city innovations and enabling cities to reach their sustainability goals. As part of the Smart City Business Event, this three-day digital workshop series explored what barriers and possibilities exist in amplifying city innovations and enabling cities to reach their sustainability goals.

]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:05:51 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/financing-sustainable-cities/ Event Impacts of land use, population, and climate change on global food security https://www.sei.org/publications/impacts-of-land-use-population-and-climate-change-on-global-food-security/ This paper uses a modelling framework (FEEDME) to examine future global impacts of climate variability, population, and land use change on food security to 2050. This paper uses a modelling framework (FEEDME) to examine future global impacts of climate variability, population, and land use change on food security to 2050.

]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:27:39 +0000 Amy Molotoks https://www.sei.org/publications/impacts-of-land-use-population-and-climate-change-on-global-food-security/ Publication