SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:05:52 +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 Konverentsil otsitakse võimalusi jätkusuutlikumate toitlustusteenuste ja -hangete korraldamiseks https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/konverentsil-otsitakse-voimalusi-jatkusuutlikumate-toitlustusteenuste-ja-hangete-korraldamiseks/ Täna Meriton hotellis algav kahepäevane konverents-ümarlaud toob kokku Läänemere piirkonna toitlustusteenuste pakkujad, tarnijad ja riigihangete korraldajad. Eesmärgiks on arutleda avaliku sektori toitlustuse praeguse olukorra üle ja arendada välja innovaatilisi strateegiaid valdkonna jätkusuutlikumaks muutmiseks. Täna Meriton hotellis algav kahepäevane konverents-ümarlaud toob kokku Läänemere piirkonna toitlustusteenuste pakkujad, tarnijad ja riigihangete korraldajad. Eesmärgiks on arutleda avaliku sektori toitlustuse praeguse olukorra üle ja arendada välja innovaatilisi strateegiaid valdkonna jätkusuutlikumaks muutmiseks.

]]> Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:52:13 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/konverentsil-otsitakse-voimalusi-jatkusuutlikumate-toitlustusteenuste-ja-hangete-korraldamiseks/ Press A journey through the history of the environment https://www.sei.org/features/journey-through-history-environment/ For this year’s Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture, environmental historian Sverker Sörlin examined the evolution of the concept of the environment. Photo: Sofia Runarsdotter and Enrique Díaz / 7cero, Getty Images (modified) For this year’s Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture, environmental historian Sverker Sörlin examined the evolution of the concept of the environment.

Photo: Sofia Runarsdotter and Enrique Díaz / 7cero, Getty Images (modified)

]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:23:37 +0000 Anneli Sundin https://www.sei.org/features/journey-through-history-environment/ Feature Aid Atlas https://www.sei.org/tools/aid-atlas/ Aid Atlas is an online platform that helps users to more easily understand how development finance is being provided, where it is going, and what it is being used for. It also enables them to ask questions about what impacts development finance has for people and the environment. A beta version was launched in December 2019. Aid Atlas is an online platform that helps users to more easily understand how development finance is being provided, where it is going, and what it is being used for.

It also enables them to ask questions about what impacts development finance has for people and the environment. A beta version was launched in December 2019.

]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 13:18:31 +0000 https://www.sei.org/tools/aid-atlas/ Tool Why gender matters in tackling marine plastic litter – a Q&A with May Thazin Aung and Babette Resurrección https://www.sei.org/perspectives/why-gender-matters-in-tackling-marine-plastic-litter-a-q-a-with-may-thazin-aung-and-babette-resurreccion/ In Asia, increases in marine plastic pollution have far-reaching impacts on different groups, including women, children, informal waste pickers and coastal communities. Issues around plastic products and pollution affect members of these groups in unique ways based on biology, culture, income, gender, consumption patterns and social norms. SEI’s May Thazin Aung and Babette Resurrección are lead authors of the UN Environment report, Marine Plastic Litter in East Asian Seas: Gender, Human Right... In Asia, increases in marine plastic pollution have far-reaching impacts on different groups, including women, children, informal waste pickers and coastal communities. Issues around plastic products and pollution affect members of these groups in unique ways based on biology, culture, income, gender, consumption patterns and social norms. SEI’s May Thazin Aung and Babette Resurrección are lead authors of the UN Environment report, Marine Plastic Litter in East Asian Seas: Gender, Human Rights and Economic Dimensions.

May Thazin Aung speaks at the launch of “Marine plastic litter in East Asian Seas: Gender, human rights and economic dimensions”. Photo: Michael Boyland / SEI

]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:56:42 +0000 Jamie Kemsey https://www.sei.org/perspectives/why-gender-matters-in-tackling-marine-plastic-litter-a-q-a-with-may-thazin-aung-and-babette-resurreccion/ Perspective Political Capabilities for Equitable Resilience (POL-CAPS) https://www.sei.org/projects/political-capabilities-for-equitable-resilience/ This project aims to transform the political capabilities of marginalized groups in Nepal and Thailand, so that the integration of development and disaster risk planning occurs in ways that provides them with control over their environment. This project aims to transform the political capabilities of marginalized groups in Nepal and Thailand, so that the integration of development and disaster risk planning occurs in ways that provides them with control over their environment.

]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:30:15 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/political-capabilities-for-equitable-resilience/ Project Careless development models in wake of Yolanda https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/careless-devt-models-in-yolandas-wake/ Six years after Typhoon Haiyan (called Supertyphoon Yolanda in the Philippines), battered East and Southeast Asia, Tacloban city in the Philippines is still picking up the pieces. In this Opinion Editorial for the Inquirer in the Philippines, SEI’s Jamie Kemsey calls for a transformation of current development models that focus on economic growth and short-term relief at the expense of long-term resilience and adaptation that will help communities better face disasters and reduce their future... Six years after Typhoon Haiyan (called Supertyphoon Yolanda in the Philippines), battered East and Southeast Asia, Tacloban city in the Philippines is still picking up the pieces. In this Opinion Editorial for the Inquirer in the Philippines, SEI’s Jamie Kemsey calls for a transformation of current development models that focus on economic growth and short-term relief at the expense of long-term resilience and adaptation that will help communities better face disasters and reduce their future risks.

Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines. Photo: Oliver Cam

]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2019 05:18:50 +0000 Jamie Kemsey https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/careless-devt-models-in-yolandas-wake/ Press Taking SDG Synergies regional: Q&A with Nina Weitz about an EU-level interactions study https://www.sei.org/features/taking-sdg-synergies-regional/ A new SEI Project Report, SDGs and the Environment in the EU: A Systems View to Improve Coherence, describes a proof-of-concept study applying the SDG Synergies approach at the level of the European Union. The study, commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA), looked particularly at how eight Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets that are particularly relevant to environmental policy-makers interact with the rest of the 2030 Agenda in the EU as a whole. The study marks anoth... A new SEI Project Report, SDGs and the Environment in the EU: A Systems View to Improve Coherence, describes a proof-of-concept study applying the SDG Synergies approach at the level of the European Union. The study, commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA), looked particularly at how eight Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets that are particularly relevant to environmental policy-makers interact with the rest of the 2030 Agenda in the EU as a whole.

The study marks another breakthrough in the use of SDG Synergies, being the first time the approach has been applied at a regional level. Nina Weitz, who led the project, explains.

]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 06:00:39 +0000 Nina Weitz; Caspar Trimmer https://www.sei.org/features/taking-sdg-synergies-regional/ Feature Embracing complexity: a transdisciplinary conceptual framework for understanding behaviour change in the context of development-focused interventions https://www.sei.org/publications/embracing-complexity-conceptual-framework-behavior-change-development-interventions/ This paper proposes a conceptual framework to support the design of effective development interventions in complex settings. The framework links behavioural insights with service design. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to support the design of effective development interventions in complex settings. The framework links behavioural insights with service design.

]]> Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:21:20 +0000 Fiona Lambe; Ylva Ran; Marie Jürisoo; Cassilde Muhoza; Oliver Johnson; Matthew Osborne https://www.sei.org/publications/embracing-complexity-conceptual-framework-behavior-change-development-interventions/ Publication Indigenous knowledge for the future – a talk with community leader Mama Aleta https://www.sei.org/features/indigenous-knowledge-for-the-future-a-talk-with-community-leader-mama-aleta/ Indigenous leader Mama Aleta recently spoke with SEI about her globally recognized work with West Timur’s Indigenous communities. The community must use its knowledge to fulfill its economic needs, ensure food security and respond to climate change, she says, through guardianship of the land, water, soil and stone. Indigenous leader Mama Aleta recently spoke with SEI about her globally recognized work with West Timur’s Indigenous communities. The community must use its knowledge to fulfill its economic needs, ensure food security and respond to climate change, she says, through guardianship of the land, water, soil and stone.

]]> Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:27:31 +0000 Jamie Kemsey https://www.sei.org/features/indigenous-knowledge-for-the-future-a-talk-with-community-leader-mama-aleta/ Feature Bosnia and Herzegovina developing new environmental strategy and action plan with Swedish support https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/bih-developing-new-environmental-strategy/ Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is preparing an environmental strategy and action plan for 2030 and beyond, with support from Stockholm Environment Institute, the Swedish Embassy in BiH and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida. The project was launched on Wednesday with a tree-planting event in Sarajevo attended by HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Swedish Environment Minister Isabella Lövin, and high-level officials from BiH. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is preparing an environmental strategy and action plan for 2030 and beyond, with support from Stockholm Environment Institute, the Swedish Embassy in BiH and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida. The project was launched on Wednesday with a tree-planting event in Sarajevo attended by HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Swedish Environment Minister Isabella Lövin, and high-level officials from BiH.

]]> Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:45:16 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/bih-developing-new-environmental-strategy/ Press Cerrando la brecha de producción de combustibles fósiles https://www.sei.org/publications/cerrando-la-brecha-de-produccion-de-combustibles-fosiles/ A medida la ONU hace un llamado a los gobiernos para dejar de construir nuevas centrales eléctricas de carbón, la investigación emergente muestra que los países están en camino de producir mucho más carbón, petróleo y gas para 2030 de lo que sería consistente con los objetivos del Acuerdo de París. A medida la ONU hace un llamado a los gobiernos para dejar de construir nuevas centrales eléctricas de carbón, la investigación emergente muestra que los países están en camino de producir mucho más carbón, petróleo y gas para 2030 de lo que sería consistente con los objetivos del Acuerdo de París.

]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:27:36 +0000 Michael Lazarus; Cleo Verkuijl; Emily Yehle https://www.sei.org/publications/cerrando-la-brecha-de-produccion-de-combustibles-fosiles/ Publication Development of the Environmental Strategy and Action Plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina https://www.sei.org/publications/development-of-the-environmental-strategy-and-action-plan-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ With support from SEI, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has started the preparation of an environmental strategy and action plan. With support from SEI, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has started the preparation of an environmental strategy and action plan.

]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:50:39 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/development-of-the-environmental-strategy-and-action-plan-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ Publication Dudas sobre compatibilidad en agendas de clima, desarrollo sostenible y transiciones justas después de que Chile renuncia a ser anfitrión de la COP25 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/dudas-sobre-compatibilidad-de-agendas-sobre-clima-desarrollo-sostenible-y-transiciones-justas-despues-de-que-chile-renuncia-a-ser-anfitrion-de-la-cop25/ A raíz de la decisión de Chile de no organizar la COP25, Adis Dzebo de SEI, examina la situación a la luz de la necesidad de conciliar los objetivos de limitar el cambio climático, mejorar el desarrollo sostenible y lograr transiciones justas. A raíz de la decisión de Chile de no organizar la COP25, Adis Dzebo de SEI, examina la situación a la luz de la necesidad de conciliar los objetivos de limitar el cambio climático, mejorar el desarrollo sostenible y lograr transiciones justas.

]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:34:15 +0000 Adis Dzebo https://www.sei.org/perspectives/dudas-sobre-compatibilidad-de-agendas-sobre-clima-desarrollo-sostenible-y-transiciones-justas-despues-de-que-chile-renuncia-a-ser-anfitrion-de-la-cop25/ Perspective Democratising planetary boundaries: Experts, social values and deliberative risk evaluation in Earth system governance https://www.sei.org/publications/democratising-planetary-boundaries/ An examination of how planetary boundaries-based analysis can be compatible with democratic decision-making in earth system governance. Photo: franckreporter / Getty An examination of how planetary boundaries-based analysis can be compatible with democratic decision-making in earth system governance.

Photo: franckreporter / Getty

]]> Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:47:50 +0000 Åsa Persson https://www.sei.org/publications/democratising-planetary-boundaries/ Publication TR2AIL https://www.sei.org/projects/tr2ail/ The Tracking, Reflecting and Reducing Air Travel: A pathway to more sustainable travel behaviour (TR2AIL) project aims at developing a prototype tool to support more sustainable decision-making around air travel. The Tracking, Reflecting and Reducing Air Travel: A pathway to more sustainable travel behaviour (TR2AIL) project aims at developing a prototype tool to support more sustainable decision-making around air travel.

]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:12:06 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/tr2ail/ Project After Chile pulls out of hosting COP 25, is it possible to reconcile goals for climate, sustainable development and just transitions? https://www.sei.org/perspectives/questions-about-compatibility-of-key-agendas-on-climate-sustainable-development-agendas-and-just-transitions-as-chile-pulls-out-of-hosting-cop25/ In the wake of Chile’s decision to not host the UN Climate Change Conference COP25, SEI’s Adis Dzebo examines the situation in light of the need to reconcile the goals of limiting climate change, enhancing sustainable development, and achieving just transitions. In the wake of Chile’s decision to not host the UN Climate Change Conference COP25, SEI’s Adis Dzebo examines the situation in light of the need to reconcile the goals of limiting climate change, enhancing sustainable development, and achieving just transitions.

]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:42:00 +0000 Adis Dzebo https://www.sei.org/perspectives/questions-about-compatibility-of-key-agendas-on-climate-sustainable-development-agendas-and-just-transitions-as-chile-pulls-out-of-hosting-cop25/ Perspective Financing urban transitions https://www.sei.org/projects/financing-urban-transitions/ In a series of projects, SEI studies funding needs for city sustainability transitions, exploring how to redirect resources towards these goals. This involves assessing associated risks, economic implications, necessary policies and the financial capacity of various stakeholders like municipal governments, citizens and industry, as well as the potential financial instruments these city actors can use. In a series of projects, SEI studies funding needs for city sustainability transitions, exploring how to redirect resources towards these goals. This involves assessing associated risks, economic implications, necessary policies and the financial capacity of various stakeholders like municipal governments, citizens and industry, as well as the potential financial instruments these city actors can use.

]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:02:57 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/financing-urban-transitions/ Project Cambio de planes de la COP25: Justicia social en el centro de conversaciones sobre cambio climático https://www.sei.org/perspectives/cambio-de-planes-de-la-cop25-justicia-social-en-el-centro-de-conversaciones-sobre-cambio-climatico/ Ivonne Lobos Alva de SEI explica por qué la decisión de Chile subraya la necesidad apremiante de transiciones justas que involucren a las personas que actualmente se sienten abandonadas y apartadas en la discusión sobre cambio climático. Ivonne Lobos Alva de SEI explica por qué la decisión de Chile subraya la necesidad apremiante de transiciones justas que involucren a las personas que actualmente se sienten abandonadas y apartadas en la discusión sobre cambio climático.

]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:12:28 +0000 Ivonne Lobos Alva https://www.sei.org/perspectives/cambio-de-planes-de-la-cop25-justicia-social-en-el-centro-de-conversaciones-sobre-cambio-climatico/ Perspective Chile’s cancellation of COP25 highlights the social justice dimension of climate change https://www.sei.org/perspectives/chiles-cancellation-of-cop25-social-justice-climate-change/ SEI’s Ivonne Lobos Alva explains why Chile’s decision underscores the pressing need for just transitions that involve the people who are currently feeling left behind. SEI’s Ivonne Lobos Alva explains why Chile’s decision underscores the pressing need for just transitions that involve the people who are currently feeling left behind.

]]> Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:31:44 +0000 Ivonne Lobos Alva https://www.sei.org/perspectives/chiles-cancellation-of-cop25-social-justice-climate-change/ Perspective Stepping Up Knowledge Exchange between Climate Adaptation Platforms https://www.sei.org/projects/knowledge-exchange-between-climate-adaptation-platforms/ The Knowledge Exchange between Climate Adaptation Platforms (KE4CAP) project seeks to connect and improve such platforms to help them become more effective tools to inform climate-related decisions and policies. The Knowledge Exchange between Climate Adaptation Platforms (KE4CAP) project seeks to connect and improve such platforms to help them become more effective tools to inform climate-related decisions and policies.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:21:11 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/knowledge-exchange-between-climate-adaptation-platforms/ Project