SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:39:42 +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 Recuperando el rumbo de los ODS: perspectivas de América Latina y Asia https://www.sei.org/features/recuperando-el-rumbo-de-los-ods-perspectivas-de-america-latina-y-asia/ ¿Cómo renovar el compromiso global para mejorar el estado del desarrollo sostenible? A raíz de la reciente 75a Asamblea General de la ONU, los centros de SEI en América Latina y Asia sugieren tres formas para avanzar en la Agenda 2030 y revertir las tendencias descendentes actuales. ¿Cómo renovar el compromiso global para mejorar el estado del desarrollo sostenible? A raíz de la reciente 75a Asamblea General de la ONU, los centros de SEI en América Latina y Asia sugieren tres formas para avanzar en la Agenda 2030 y revertir las tendencias descendentes actuales.

]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2020 22:10:15 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/recuperando-el-rumbo-de-los-ods-perspectivas-de-america-latina-y-asia/ Feature Amazon study shows big conservation gains possible for imperilled freshwater ecosystems https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/conservation-gains-for-freshwater-ecosystems/ A new study by an international team of environmental scientists in the Brazilian Amazon shows that redesigned conservation projects could deliver big gains for critical freshwater ecosystems – raising hopes for the futures of thousands of species. The study, published in the journal Science, is co-authored by Dr Toby Gardner, Senior Research Fellow at SEI and a co-founder of the Sustainable Amazon Network of researchers that contributed to the study. A new study by an international team of environmental scientists in the Brazilian Amazon shows that redesigned conservation projects could deliver big gains for critical freshwater ecosystems – raising hopes for the futures of thousands of species.

The study, published in the journal Science, is co-authored by Dr Toby Gardner, Senior Research Fellow at SEI and a co-founder of the Sustainable Amazon Network of researchers that contributed to the study.

]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:00:30 +0000 Toby Gardner https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/conservation-gains-for-freshwater-ecosystems/ Press Let’s get the SDGs back on track https://www.sei.org/perspectives/lets-get-the-sdgs-back-on-track/ How can the world renew its global commitment to improving the state of sustainable development? In the wake of the recent 75th UN General Assembly, this perspective piece from SEI Latin America and Asia suggests three ways to move the 2030 Agenda forward and reverse current, downward trends. How can the world renew its global commitment to improving the state of sustainable development? In the wake of the recent 75th UN General Assembly, this perspective piece from SEI Latin America and Asia suggests three ways to move the 2030 Agenda forward and reverse current, downward trends.

]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:59:31 +0000 Clemens Grünbühel; Ivonne Lobos Alva; Natalia Ortiz; Kuntum Melati; Karen Brandon https://www.sei.org/perspectives/lets-get-the-sdgs-back-on-track/ Perspective Entrepreneurial urbanisation and masculine identities in Khon Kaen, Thailand https://www.sei.org/projects/entrepreneurial-urbanisation-and-masculine-identities-in-khon-kaen-thailand/ Conceptions of sustainable urbanization and global imaginaries of city building have attempted to tackle the dilemma between urban development and increasing climate risks. Urban development trajectories can potentially destabilize local gender norms. Photo: Evan Krause/Unsplash Conceptions of sustainable urbanization and global imaginaries of city building have attempted to tackle the dilemma between urban development and increasing climate risks.

Urban development trajectories can potentially destabilize local gender norms. Photo: Evan Krause/Unsplash

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:33:53 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/entrepreneurial-urbanisation-and-masculine-identities-in-khon-kaen-thailand/ Project ConnectedByBiobord https://www.sei.org/projects/connectedbybiobord-eng/ The ConnectedByBiobord project centres around the Biobord platform which enables a co-creation dialogue between the business, research, policy and civil society in a transnational bioeconomy network to find new solutions and to support innovations towards sustainable bioeconomy on the rural regions of the Baltic Sea region. The ConnectedByBiobord project centres around the Biobord platform which enables a co-creation dialogue between the business, research, policy and civil society in a transnational bioeconomy network to find new solutions and to support innovations towards sustainable bioeconomy on the rural regions of the Baltic Sea region.

]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:33:58 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/connectedbybiobord-eng/ Project ConnectedByBiobord https://www.sei.org/projects/connectedbybiobord-est/ ConnectedByBiobord projekt edendab rahvusvahelist koostööd biomajanduse võrgustikus koondades ühele platvormile (Biobord) kokku Läänemere regiooni biomajanduse arendajad. ConnectedByBiobord projekt edendab rahvusvahelist koostööd biomajanduse võrgustikus koondades ühele platvormile (Biobord) kokku Läänemere regiooni biomajanduse arendajad.

]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:35:55 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/connectedbybiobord-est/ Project Pollution and Climate Smart Agriculture in China (PaCSAC) https://www.sei.org/projects/pollution-and-climate-smart-agriculture-in-china-pacsac/ The primary aim of PaCSAC is to identify feasible greenhouse gas (GHGs) and air pollutant emission reduction options and develop scenarios for the Chinese agricultural sector. The project will quantify the impact of each scenario in terms of its ability to reduce the adverse effects on arable crop productivity and on human health. The primary aim of PaCSAC is to identify feasible greenhouse gas (GHGs) and air pollutant emission reduction options and develop scenarios for the Chinese agricultural sector.  The project will quantify the impact of each scenario in terms of its ability to reduce the adverse effects on arable crop productivity and on human health.

]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:28:09 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/pollution-and-climate-smart-agriculture-in-china-pacsac/ Project ClimVis https://www.sei.org/projects/climvis/ ClimVis Europe prepared a tailored implementation concept of a transnational, multilinguistic visualisation tool of observed and projected climate information in Europe, targeted to a large range of users, including the general public. ClimVis Europe prepared a tailored implementation concept of a transnational, multilinguistic visualisation tool of observed and projected climate information in Europe, targeted to a large range of users, including the general public.

]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2020 10:54:59 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/climvis/ Project Kaitse- ja julgeolekusektori keskkonnajalajälje ja selle vähendamise võimaluste uuring https://www.sei.org/projects/kaitse-ja-julgeolekusektori-keskkonnajalajalje-ja-selle-vahendamise-voimaluste-uuring/ SEI Tallinn uuris koos Rahvusvahelise Kaitseuuringute Keskusega Eesti kaitse-ja julgeolekusektori keskkonnajalajälge ja võimalusi selle vähendamiseks. SEI Tallinn uuris koos Rahvusvahelise Kaitseuuringute Keskusega Eesti kaitse-ja julgeolekusektori keskkonnajalajälge ja võimalusi selle vähendamiseks.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:58:39 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/kaitse-ja-julgeolekusektori-keskkonnajalajalje-ja-selle-vahendamise-voimaluste-uuring/ Project Environmental footprint of the Estonian defence and security sector and mitigation measures https://www.sei.org/projects/environmental-footprint-estonian-defence-and-security-sector/ SEI Tallinn in collaboration with the International Centre for Defence and Security has embarked on mapping the environmental footprint of the Estonian defence and security sector as well as outlining the possibilities for reducing it. SEI Tallinn in collaboration with the International Centre for Defence and Security has embarked on mapping the environmental footprint of the Estonian defence and security sector as well as outlining the possibilities for reducing it.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:00:35 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/environmental-footprint-estonian-defence-and-security-sector/ Project Climate Recon 2050 – pikaajalised riiklikud kliimapoliitika strateegiad https://www.sei.org/projects/climate-recon-2050/ ELi eesmärk on saada 2050. aastaks kliimaneutraalseks, mille saavutamine on järgmise 30 aasta jooksul suur ühiskondlik, majanduslik ja poliitiline katsumus. Climate Recon 2050 on osa ühisprojektist „ELi kliimameetmete dialoogid“, milles käsitletakse kliimaneutraalsuse saavutamiseks keskse tähtsusega protsesse: (1) kliimapoliitika muutmine ELi reformi keskseks teemaks (Conference on the Future of Europe); (2) pikaajaliste riiklike kliimastrateegiate väljatöötamine ja rakendamine. ELi eesmärk on saada 2050. aastaks kliimaneutraalseks, mille saavutamine on järgmise 30 aasta jooksul suur ühiskondlik, majanduslik ja poliitiline katsumus. Climate Recon 2050 on osa ühisprojektist „ELi kliimameetmete dialoogid“, milles käsitletakse kliimaneutraalsuse saavutamiseks keskse tähtsusega protsesse: (1) kliimapoliitika muutmine ELi reformi keskseks teemaks (Conference on the Future of Europe); (2) pikaajaliste riiklike kliimastrateegiate väljatöötamine ja rakendamine.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:47:15 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/climate-recon-2050/ Project EU Climate Action Dialogue – Climate Recon 2050 – a dialogue on long-term strategies https://www.sei.org/projects/climate-recon-2050-eng/ The EU has agreed to become climate neutral by 2050. Achieving climate neutrality in the next 30 years is a great societal, economic and political undertaking, with many challenges and opportunities. The EU has agreed to become climate neutral by 2050. Achieving climate neutrality in the next 30 years is a great societal, economic and political undertaking, with many challenges and opportunities.

]]> Mon, 04 Jan 2021 09:55:41 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/climate-recon-2050-eng/ Project The impact of air pollution on the world of work for women and youth in East and South East Asia https://www.sei.org/projects/air-pollution-world-of-work/ Air pollution is a growing problem in Asian countries, and while the impacts on human health are becoming increasingly known, the associated impacts on the world of work, including worker productivity, and work quality and quantity, remain understudied. There is little evidence of the gendered impacts of poor air quality in the world of work. Photo: v2osk/Unsplash Air pollution is a growing problem in Asian countries, and while the impacts on human health are becoming increasingly known, the associated impacts on the world of work, including worker productivity, and work quality and quantity, remain understudied.

There is little evidence of the gendered impacts of poor air quality in the world of work. Photo: v2osk/Unsplash

]]> Thu, 07 Jan 2021 08:08:50 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/air-pollution-world-of-work/ Project Opening the black pot: a service design-driven approach to understanding the use of cleaner cookstoves in peri-urban Kenya https://www.sei.org/publications/cleaner-cookstoves-peri-urban-kenya/ Decades of efforts to replace traditional cooking methods that rely on solid biomass fuels with cleaner-burning and more energy-efficient cookstoves have fallen short of expectation. Typically, new stoves are only used for a short time or they fail to fully displace the traditional methods. This underscores a need to understand what cookstove users value in new cooking technologies. Researchers worked to identify how programmes can boost clean cookstove uptake. Decades of efforts to replace traditional cooking methods that rely on solid biomass fuels with cleaner-burning and more energy-efficient cookstoves have fallen short of expectation. Typically, new stoves are only used for a short time or they fail to fully displace the traditional methods.

This underscores a need to understand what cookstove users value in new cooking technologies. Researchers worked to identify how programmes can boost clean cookstove uptake.

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:15:06 +0000 Fiona Lambe; Ylva Ran; Emily Ghosh; Rob Bailis https://www.sei.org/publications/cleaner-cookstoves-peri-urban-kenya/ Publication Responding to the “planetary emergency” – biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and climate change https://www.sei.org/features/planetary-emergency-biodiversity-ecosystem-climate-change/ Species are becoming extinct at an alarming rate, and deforestation is known to be a major cause of this “extinction crisis”. The UN Summit on Biodiversity is a unique chance to protect natural systems around the world. Global leaders are acknowledging the emergency and promising to act, by signing up to the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature. Data and insights from the Trase initiative are helping governments, companies and civil society to understand deforestation risks in supply chains, and to inf... Species are becoming extinct at an alarming rate, and deforestation is known to be a major cause of this “extinction crisis”. The UN Summit on Biodiversity is a unique chance to protect natural systems around the world. Global leaders are acknowledging the emergency and promising to act, by signing up to the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature. Data and insights from the Trase initiative are helping governments, companies and civil society to understand deforestation risks in supply chains, and to inform possible solutions.

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:21:51 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/planetary-emergency-biodiversity-ecosystem-climate-change/ Feature The Ocean and Biodiversity https://www.sei.org/features/the-ocean-and-biodiversity/ SEI's Strategy for the Ocean and Biodiversity focuses on bridging science and policy within a) sources of marine pollution, b) coastal resilience and adaptation, c) governance of the blue economy, and d) commodity–driven land-use change and biodiversity loss. SEI's Strategy for the Ocean and Biodiversity focuses on bridging science and policy within a) sources of marine pollution, b) coastal resilience and adaptation, c) governance of the blue economy, and d) commodity–driven land-use change and biodiversity loss.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:52:28 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/the-ocean-and-biodiversity/ Feature How can your organization cut its travel emissions? https://www.sei.org/features/how-can-your-organization-cut-its-travel-emissions/ A new SEI report and upcoming data tool create pathways to reducing travel emissions for both individuals and institutions. Learn about the report’s recommendations and the TR2AIL tool below. A new SEI report and upcoming data tool create pathways to reducing travel emissions for both individuals and institutions. Learn about the report’s recommendations and the TR2AIL tool below.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:53:16 +0000 Molly Killeen https://www.sei.org/features/how-can-your-organization-cut-its-travel-emissions/ Feature Covid-19 and WASH https://www.sei.org/perspectives/covid-19-and-wash/ Water, sanitation and hygiene services should be a first line of defence in the pandemic. But for many, existing challenges in access to these services have increased vulnerability to Covid-19. Inequalities in access must be understood for a successful response to Covid-19. Water, sanitation and hygiene services should be a first line of defence in the pandemic. But for many, existing challenges in access to these services have increased vulnerability to Covid-19. Inequalities in access must be understood for a successful response to Covid-19.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:24:29 +0000 Laura Del Duca; Sarah Dickin; Biljana Macura; Adriana Soto Trujillo https://www.sei.org/perspectives/covid-19-and-wash/ Perspective Kohalike omavalitsuste tuule- ja päikeseenergia käsiraamat https://www.sei.org/projects/kohalike-omavalitsuste-tuule-ja-paikeseenergia-kasiraamat/ Käsiraamat järgib tuule- ja päikeseenergia arendamisega seotud arendusprojektide menetluslikku elukaart kohalikul tasandil alates idee tekkimisest ja asukohavalikust kuni lahenduse kasutuselevõtuni. Käsiraamat järgib tuule- ja päikeseenergia arendamisega seotud arendusprojektide menetluslikku elukaart kohalikul tasandil alates idee tekkimisest ja asukohavalikust kuni lahenduse kasutuselevõtuni.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:37:54 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/kohalike-omavalitsuste-tuule-ja-paikeseenergia-kasiraamat/ Project Local government wind and solar energy project handbook https://www.sei.org/projects/local-government-wind-and-solar-energy-project-handbook/ The handbook follows the procedural life cycle of local level wind and solar energy projects, from the conception of the idea and the choice of location to the implementation of the solution. The handbook follows the procedural life cycle of local level wind and solar energy projects, from the conception of the idea and the choice of location to the implementation of the solution.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:53:38 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/local-government-wind-and-solar-energy-project-handbook/ Project