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 Partners selected for hosting environment events in Asia https://www.sei.org/features/partners-selected-for-hosting-environment-events-in-asia/ Seven organizations were selected to host regional environmental policy forums on this year’s seven key themes: climate change adaptation, climate finance, disaster risk reduction, urban, gender, water and agriculture. Seven organizations were selected to host regional environmental policy forums on this year’s seven key themes: climate change adaptation, climate finance, disaster risk reduction, urban, gender, water and agriculture.

]]> Wed, 20 May 2020 07:36:11 +0000 Charmaine Caparas https://www.sei.org/features/partners-selected-for-hosting-environment-events-in-asia/ Feature Scenario processes for socio-environmental systems analysis of futures: A review of recent efforts and a salient research agenda for supporting decision making https://www.sei.org/publications/scenario-processes-for-socio-environmental-systems-analysis-of-futures-a-review-of-recent-efforts-and-a-salient-research-agenda-for-supporting-decision-making/ This paper reviews the state of the art in research on scenarios, including processes and products for socio-environmental systems analysis, modeling and decision-making. This paper reviews the state of the art in research on scenarios, including processes and products for socio-environmental systems analysis, modeling and decision-making.

]]> Tue, 19 May 2020 08:53:56 +0000 Henrik Carlsen; Eric Kemp-Benedict https://www.sei.org/publications/scenario-processes-for-socio-environmental-systems-analysis-of-futures-a-review-of-recent-efforts-and-a-salient-research-agenda-for-supporting-decision-making/ Publication Desertification control practices in China https://www.sei.org/publications/desertification-control-china/ This article presents lessons learned from 60 years of desertification control in China. This article presents lessons learned from 60 years of desertification control in China.

]]> Tue, 19 May 2020 08:53:18 +0000 Guoyi Han https://www.sei.org/publications/desertification-control-china/ Publication A just transition https://www.sei.org/features/just-transition/ If the world is to meet internationally agreed targets for limiting climate change, the production and use of fossil fuels must wind down in a short span of time, and on a global scale. What it means to make this transition towards a low carbon economy "just", and what it takes to achieve it, is a key focus of SEI's work. If the world is to meet internationally agreed targets for limiting climate change, the production and use of fossil fuels must wind down in a short span of time, and on a global scale.

What it means to make this transition towards a low carbon economy "just", and what it takes to achieve it, is a key focus of SEI's work.

]]> Tue, 19 May 2020 10:02:05 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/just-transition/ Feature NEMO: the Next Energy Modeling system for Optimization https://www.sei.org/tools/nemo-the-next-energy-modeling-system-for-optimization/ NEMO, the Next Energy Modeling system for Optimization, is a high-performance, open-source energy system optimization tool. It is intended for modelers who seek substantial optimization capabilities without the financial burden of proprietary software or the performance bottlenecks of common open-source alternatives. NEMO, the Next Energy Modeling system for Optimization, is a high-performance, open-source energy system optimization tool. It is intended for modelers who seek substantial optimization capabilities without the financial burden of proprietary software or the performance bottlenecks of common open-source alternatives.

]]> Tue, 19 May 2020 08:01:59 +0000 https://www.sei.org/tools/nemo-the-next-energy-modeling-system-for-optimization/ Tool Collaboration to bridge the gap between climate science and adaptation policy https://www.sei.org/features/collaboration-to-bridge-the-gap-between-climate-science-and-adaptation-policy/ The SEI Initiative on Climate Services generated new insights about the reasons why growing stores of knowledge about climate change so seldom gain traction in adaptation policymaking. The initiative's focus on co-design shifted the field's prevailing emphasis from products to processes. The SEI Initiative on Climate Services generated new insights about the reasons why growing stores of knowledge about climate change so seldom gain traction in adaptation policymaking. The initiative's focus on co-design shifted the field's prevailing emphasis from products to processes.

]]> Mon, 18 May 2020 11:35:52 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/collaboration-to-bridge-the-gap-between-climate-science-and-adaptation-policy/ Feature Policy integration https://www.sei.org/publications/policy-integration/ This book chapter asks, how effective are strategies for environmental policy integration when they are employed in practice? This book chapter asks, how effective are strategies for environmental policy integration when they are employed in practice?

]]> Fri, 15 May 2020 18:27:52 +0000 Åsa Persson https://www.sei.org/publications/policy-integration/ Publication Shaping a sustainable and low-carbon recovery that spurs industry transition https://www.sei.org/publications/sustainable-low-carbon-recovery-spurs-industry-transition/ The disruptive force of the COVID-19 pandemic opens a narrow policy window to steer economic development onto a more sustainable, equitable and net-zero emissions path. This brief from the Leadership Group for Industry Transition recommends how this can be achieved for industry. Read the brief in full below, or download as a PDF. The disruptive force of the COVID-19 pandemic opens a narrow policy window to steer economic development onto a more sustainable, equitable and net-zero emissions path. This brief from the Leadership Group for Industry Transition recommends how this can be achieved for industry.

Read the brief in full below, or download as a PDF.

]]> Fri, 15 May 2020 12:33:45 +0000 Oliver Johnson; Zoha Shawoo; Sara Talebian; Eric Kemp-Benedict; Andrea Lindblom https://www.sei.org/publications/sustainable-low-carbon-recovery-spurs-industry-transition/ Publication Connecting planning on air pollution, health and climate https://www.sei.org/features/connecting-planning-on-air-pollution-health-and-climate/ During the years 2015-2019, SEI invested in research, tool development and capacity enhancement as part of an initiative on Low Emissions Development Pathways (LED-P Initiative). Read about the outcomes and achievements of the work creating an integrated framework for climate change and air pollution, along with easy-to-use planning and analytical tools. During the years 2015-2019, SEI invested in research, tool development and capacity enhancement as part of an initiative on Low Emissions Development Pathways (LED-P Initiative).



Read about the outcomes and achievements of the work creating an integrated framework for climate change and air pollution, along with easy-to-use planning and analytical tools.

]]> Fri, 15 May 2020 14:10:04 +0000 Anneli Sundin https://www.sei.org/features/connecting-planning-on-air-pollution-health-and-climate/ Feature Contribuyendo a una gestión sostenible de la vida silvestre en Guyana https://www.sei.org/projects/contribuyendo-a-una-gestion-sostenible-de-la-vida-silvestre-en-guyana/ SEI y el Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional (CIFOR) unen esfuerzos para evaluar y mejorar el marco institucional y legal que regula el uso y consumo sostenible de fauna silvestre, y así, ofrecer opciones sostenibles para la seguridad alimentaria y medios de vida tradicionales, al tiempo que se mantienen poblaciones de vida silvestres saludables. SEI y el Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional (CIFOR) unen esfuerzos para evaluar y mejorar el marco institucional y legal que regula el uso y consumo sostenible de fauna silvestre, y así, ofrecer opciones sostenibles para la seguridad alimentaria y medios de vida tradicionales, al tiempo que se mantienen poblaciones de vida silvestres saludables. 

]]> Fri, 15 May 2020 21:55:31 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/contribuyendo-a-una-gestion-sostenible-de-la-vida-silvestre-en-guyana/ Project LEAP 2020: SEI’s flagship tool for low emissions analysis gets major upgrade https://www.sei.org/features/leap-2020-major-upgrade-for-low-emissions-analysis-tool/ Countries can now model energy storage and assess the health impacts of indoor air pollution for different groups including women and children. Countries can now model energy storage and assess the health impacts of indoor air pollution for different groups including women and children.

]]> Thu, 14 May 2020 16:03:04 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/leap-2020-major-upgrade-for-low-emissions-analysis-tool/ Feature Una hoja de ruta que acelera la gestión de conocimiento para la acción climática https://www.sei.org/perspectives/una-hoja-de-ruta-para-acelerar-el-intercambio-de-informacion-para-la-accion-climatica/ Los autores sostienen que es posible abrir y acelerar el intercambio de información global necesario para avanzar en las agendas de cambio climático, riesgo de desastres y desarrollo sostenible. ¿La clave? Invertir en una práctica organizacional básica, a menudo pasada por alto: información y gestión del conocimiento. Los autores sostienen que es posible abrir y acelerar el intercambio de información global necesario para avanzar en las agendas de cambio climático, riesgo de desastres y desarrollo sostenible. ¿La clave? Invertir en una práctica organizacional básica, a menudo pasada por alto: información y gestión del conocimiento.

]]> Thu, 14 May 2020 22:08:35 +0000 Sukaina Bharwani; Julia Barrott; Karen Brandon https://www.sei.org/perspectives/una-hoja-de-ruta-para-acelerar-el-intercambio-de-informacion-para-la-accion-climatica/ Perspective Strengths and weaknesses of the WHO urban air pollutant database https://www.sei.org/publications/improving-who-urban-air-pollutant-database/ This paper highlights the challenges of comparing air pollution in cities across the globe and makes recommendations to improve the WHO’s 2018 global ambient air quality database. This paper highlights the challenges of comparing air pollution in cities across the globe and makes recommendations to improve the WHO’s 2018 global ambient air quality database.

]]> Wed, 13 May 2020 09:11:27 +0000 Dieter Schwela; Gary Haq https://www.sei.org/publications/improving-who-urban-air-pollutant-database/ Publication Five ideas to turn the Covid-19 recovery into a global green new deal https://www.sei.org/features/5-ideas-to-turn-the-covid-19-recovery-into-a-global-green-new-deal/ Covid-19 is an unprecedented public health crisis, but it also offers a unique opportunity to revive our societies. Here, SEI experts make recommendations for a sustainable recovery, focusing on policies to promote equity, resilience and green growth. Photo: Giuseppe Manfra / Getty Images. Covid-19 is an unprecedented public health crisis, but it also offers a unique opportunity to revive our societies. Here, SEI experts make recommendations for a sustainable recovery, focusing on policies to promote equity, resilience and green growth.

Photo: Giuseppe Manfra / Getty Images.

]]> Wed, 13 May 2020 09:33:04 +0000 Ekaterina Bessonova https://www.sei.org/features/5-ideas-to-turn-the-covid-19-recovery-into-a-global-green-new-deal/ Feature Launch of five-year strategy for tackling Asia’s environmental challenges https://www.sei.org/features/launch-of-five-year-strategy-for-tackling-asias-environmental-challenges/ SEI Asia has released a new five-year strategy (2020–2024) to guide our work in addressing the many critical and complex environmental challenges in Asia. The strategy aims to address many of Asia’s urgent environmental issues with a people-centred approach. SEI Asia has released a new five-year strategy (2020–2024) to guide our work in addressing the many critical and complex environmental challenges in Asia. The strategy aims to address many of Asia’s urgent environmental issues with a people-centred approach.

]]> Thu, 14 May 2020 02:26:33 +0000 Rajesh Daniel https://www.sei.org/features/launch-of-five-year-strategy-for-tackling-asias-environmental-challenges/ Feature A road map to accelerate information exchange for climate action https://www.sei.org/perspectives/a-road-map-to-accelerate-information-exchange-for-climate-action/ The authors argue that it is possible to open up and speed up the global information exchange needed to advance the climate change, disaster risk, and sustainable development agendas. The key? Investing in a basic, often-overlooked organizational practice: information and knowledge management. The authors argue that it is possible to open up and speed up the global information exchange needed to advance the climate change, disaster risk, and sustainable development agendas. The key? Investing in a basic, often-overlooked organizational practice: information and knowledge management.

 

]]> Wed, 13 May 2020 08:59:13 +0000 Julia Barrott; Sukaina Bharwani; Karen Brandon https://www.sei.org/perspectives/a-road-map-to-accelerate-information-exchange-for-climate-action/ Perspective Cinco ideas para convertir la recuperación de COVID-19 en un nuevo acuerdo verde global https://www.sei.org/features/cinco-ideas-para-convertir-la-recuperacion-de-covid-19-en-un-nuevo-acuerdo-verde-global/ Foto: Giuseppe Manfra/ Getty Images. La pandemia de COVID-19 es una crisis de salud pública sin precedentes, pero también ofrece una oportunidad única para revivir nuestras sociedades. Aquí, los expertos de SEI hacen recomendaciones para una recuperación sostenible, enfocándose en políticas para promover la equidad, la resiliencia y el crecimiento verde.

Foto: Giuseppe Manfra/ Getty Images.

La pandemia de COVID-19 es una crisis de salud pública sin precedentes, pero también ofrece una oportunidad única para revivir nuestras sociedades. Aquí, los expertos de SEI hacen recomendaciones para una recuperación sostenible, enfocándose en políticas para promover la equidad, la resiliencia y el crecimiento verde.

]]> Wed, 13 May 2020 18:12:44 +0000 Ekaterina Bessonova https://www.sei.org/features/cinco-ideas-para-convertir-la-recuperacion-de-covid-19-en-un-nuevo-acuerdo-verde-global/ Feature Webinar: Adapting to extremes — exploring the challenges of the new decade https://www.sei.org/events/adapting-to-extremes-exploring-the-challenges-of-the-new-decade/ On 12 May, PLACARD hosted an event that took stock of current collaboration between climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), showcasing success stories and diving into what is not going so well. On 12 May, PLACARD hosted an event that took stock of current collaboration between climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), showcasing success stories and diving into what is not going so well.

]]> Tue, 05 May 2020 10:59:44 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/adapting-to-extremes-exploring-the-challenges-of-the-new-decade/ Event Después del colapso del petróleo, necesitamos una reducción gradual de la producción de combustibles fósiles. https://www.sei.org/perspectives/despues-del-colapso-del-petroleo-necesitamos-una-reduccion-gradual-de-la-produccion-de-combustibles-fosiles/ Para cumplir con los objetivos climáticos y evitar un mayor caos en el mercado, los gobiernos deben planificar la disminución de la producción de carbón, petróleo y gas, con el apoyo de los trabajadores. Esta perspectiva fue publicada originalmente en Climate Home News. Para cumplir con los objetivos climáticos y evitar un mayor caos en el mercado, los gobiernos deben planificar la disminución de la producción de carbón, petróleo y gas, con el apoyo de los trabajadores.

Esta perspectiva fue publicada originalmente en Climate Home News.

]]> Tue, 12 May 2020 20:40:09 +0000 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/despues-del-colapso-del-petroleo-necesitamos-una-reduccion-gradual-de-la-produccion-de-combustibles-fosiles/ Perspective Covid-19 offers chance to go green for good, environmental researchers say https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/corona-crisis-offers-chance-to-go-green-for-good/ Planes are grounded and pedestrians have taken over the streets as countries around the world are enforcing lockdowns in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Social distancing and travel restrictions have resulted in reduced CO2 emissions. “The latest figures that have come out are those of the International Energy Agency. They estimate an eight percent drop in CO2 emissions this year and that is significant,” Cleo Verkuijl, Research Fellow at Stockholm Environment Institute, told Radio Sweden. Planes are grounded and pedestrians have taken over the streets as countries around the world are enforcing lockdowns in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Social distancing and travel restrictions have resulted in reduced CO2 emissions.

“The latest figures that have come out are those of the International Energy Agency. They estimate an eight percent drop in CO2 emissions this year and that is significant,” Cleo Verkuijl, Research Fellow at Stockholm Environment Institute, told Radio Sweden.

]]> Wed, 27 May 2020 09:13:49 +0000 Ylva Rylander https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/corona-crisis-offers-chance-to-go-green-for-good/ Press