SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:51:20 +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 Miljö och klimat i EU-valet 2019 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/miljo-och-klimat-i-eu-valet-2019/ Mistra, Stockholm Environment Institute, IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet och Institute for European Environmental Policy bjuder in till seminarium på Europahuset för att prata miljö och klimat med svenska kandidater till Europaparlamentet. − Miljö- och klimatfrågor berör och oroar allt fler av Europas medborgare, särskilt de unga. Samtidigt blir vår chans att vända de negativa trenderna för miljö och klimat allt mindre. För att lyckas krävs gemensamma krafttag av politiker, näringsliv och civilsa... Mistra, Stockholm Environment Institute, IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet och Institute for European Environmental Policy bjuder in till seminarium på Europahuset för att prata miljö och klimat med svenska kandidater till Europaparlamentet.

− Miljö- och klimatfrågor berör och oroar allt fler av Europas medborgare, särskilt de unga. Samtidigt blir vår chans att vända de negativa trenderna för miljö och klimat allt mindre. För att lyckas krävs gemensamma krafttag av politiker, näringsliv och civilsamhälle, säger Mia Pantzar, policyanalytiker vid IEEP.

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:02:44 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/miljo-och-klimat-i-eu-valet-2019/ Press Conditional cash transfers to retain rural Kenyan women in the continuum of care during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial https://www.sei.org/publications/conditional-cash-transfers-protocol/ This trial will contribute to evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of conditional cash transfers in facilitating health visits and promoting maternal and child health in rural Kenya and in other comparable contexts. This trial will contribute to evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of conditional cash transfers in facilitating health visits and promoting maternal and child health in rural Kenya and in other comparable contexts.

]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:15:02 +0000 Caroline Ochieng; Sarah Dickin; Stacey Noel; Matthew Fielding; Sarah Odera; Fedra Vanhuyse https://www.sei.org/publications/conditional-cash-transfers-protocol/ Publication CANDIES https://www.sei.org/projects/candies-svenska/ Vi vill ge konsumenter möjligheten att göra klimatvänligare val vid köptillfället med hjälp av digital information om olika varors miljöpåverkan. Konsumenten kommer även att få exempel på mer hållbara produkter. Foto: ElasticComputeFarm / Pixabay.  Photo: ElasticComputeFarm / Pixabay. Vi vill ge konsumenter möjligheten att göra klimatvänligare val vid köptillfället med hjälp av digital information om olika varors miljöpåverkan. Konsumenten kommer även att få exempel på mer hållbara produkter.

Foto: ElasticComputeFarm / Pixabay.  Photo: ElasticComputeFarm / Pixabay.

]]> Fri, 03 May 2019 08:27:05 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/candies-svenska/ Project CANDIES https://www.sei.org/projects/candies/ A transformative shift in our food production and consumption patterns is urgently needed to secure a future within the planetary boundaries. The Carbon Neutral Digestive Initiative – Enhancing Systems (CANDIES) investigates how environmental information and digital tools can potentially support this shift, by improving traceability and transparency in food supply chains, and increasing capability, opportunity and motivation of the supply chain actors, retailers and consumers. A transformative shift in our food production and consumption patterns is urgently needed to secure a future within the planetary boundaries. The Carbon Neutral Digestive Initiative – Enhancing Systems (CANDIES) investigates how environmental information and digital tools can potentially support this shift, by improving traceability and transparency in food supply chains, and increasing capability, opportunity and motivation of the supply chain actors, retailers and consumers.

]]> Fri, 03 May 2019 08:15:28 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/candies/ Project Has the term “collaborative research” been stretched beyond usefulness? https://www.sei.org/perspectives/has-the-term-collaborative-research-been-stretched-beyond-usefulness/ Collaborative research has been attributed to delivering long term ownership of outcomes but may not always do so. Collaborative research has been attributed to delivering long term ownership of outcomes but may not always do so.

]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:27:55 +0000 Leonie Pearson https://www.sei.org/perspectives/has-the-term-collaborative-research-been-stretched-beyond-usefulness/ Perspective Climate change adaptation finance: are the most vulnerable nations prioritised? https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-adaptation-finance-vulnerable-nations/ Climate vulnerability is only attractive to donors up to a point. This study shows that vulnerable nations are not the most likely to get adaptation funding. Climate vulnerability is only attractive to donors up to a point. This study shows that vulnerable nations are not the most likely to get adaptation funding.

]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:30:21 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-adaptation-finance-vulnerable-nations/ Publication It’s time for the US government to get out of the fossil fuels business https://www.sei.org/perspectives/us-government-fossil-fuels-business/ One US presidential candidate has proposed phasing out oil and gas on federal lands. It’s a necessary, and straightforward, step. One US presidential candidate has proposed phasing out oil and gas on federal lands. It’s a necessary, and straightforward, step.

]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:21:23 +0000 Jessica Koski https://www.sei.org/perspectives/us-government-fossil-fuels-business/ Perspective ¿Cómo aplicar el Storytelling para la comunicación científica? https://www.sei.org/perspectives/como-hacer-de-la-ciencia-algo-llamativo-storytelling-para-la-comunicacion-cientifica/ ¿Son efectivas las estructuras narrativas que despliegan los científicos y los comunicadores científicos? ¿Cómo podemos crear historias científicas convincentes que garanticen que los tomadores de decisiones entiendan los hallazgos de la investigación? Nuestra investigadora, Anneli Sundin, presenta una nueva forma de utilizar las técnicas de storytelling para hacer que la investigación resuene con tomadores de decisión y les dé poder para actuar. ¿Son efectivas las estructuras narrativas que despliegan los científicos y los comunicadores científicos? ¿Cómo podemos crear historias científicas convincentes que garanticen que los tomadores de decisiones entiendan los hallazgos de la investigación?

Nuestra investigadora, Anneli Sundin, presenta una nueva forma de utilizar las técnicas de storytelling para hacer que la investigación resuene con tomadores de decisión y les dé poder para actuar.

]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:38:46 +0000 Anneli Sundin https://www.sei.org/perspectives/como-hacer-de-la-ciencia-algo-llamativo-storytelling-para-la-comunicacion-cientifica/ Perspective Tracking China’s soy footprint in Brazil https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/tracking-chinas-soy-footprint-in-brazil/ Despite the risks associated with its large trade volume, China purchases proportionally less soy from places with higher rates of deforestation than the EU. China buys most of its soy from southern Brazil, while European purchases are concentrated in areas further north. Despite the risks associated with its large trade volume, China purchases proportionally less soy from places with higher rates of deforestation than the EU. China buys most of its soy from southern Brazil, while European purchases are concentrated in areas further north.

]]> Wed, 08 May 2019 13:01:48 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/tracking-chinas-soy-footprint-in-brazil/ Press Weather insurance that works for African farmers https://www.sei.org/features/weather-insurance-african-farmers/ In Uganda, SEI is helping to develop a kind of insurance for smallholders that can shield them from climate shocks. In Uganda, SEI is helping to develop a kind of insurance for smallholders that can shield them from climate shocks.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2019 04:00:10 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/weather-insurance-african-farmers/ Feature Nairobi locals empowered to tackle air pollution https://www.sei.org/features/locals-nairobi-act-air-pollution/ Citizen science is being used to generate accurate data on particulate matter, ammonia and nitrogen dioxide. Citizen scientists in Mukuru monitoring particulate matter. Photo credit: William Apondo / SEI Citizen science is being used to generate accurate data on particulate matter, ammonia and nitrogen dioxide.

Citizen scientists in Mukuru monitoring particulate matter. Photo credit: William Apondo / SEI

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:27:48 +0000 William Apondo https://www.sei.org/features/locals-nairobi-act-air-pollution/ Feature Green macroeconomics: Growth and distribution in a finite world https://www.sei.org/publications/green-macroeconomics-module/ This teaching module introduces the study of green macroeconomics. This teaching module introduces the study of green macroeconomics.

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:59:12 +0000 Eric Kemp-Benedict https://www.sei.org/publications/green-macroeconomics-module/ Publication Study links EU diet to deforestation footprint in the tropics https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/study-links-eu-diet-to-deforestation-footprint-in-the-tropics/ A new publication, co-written by SEI Senior Research Fellow Javier Godar, presents a quantification of carbon emissions from agriculture- and forestry-related deforestation across the tropics. It then traces these emissions embodied in traded commodities through global supply chains to the consumers. A new publication, co-written by SEI Senior Research Fellow Javier Godar, presents a quantification of carbon emissions from agriculture- and forestry-related deforestation across the tropics. It then traces these emissions embodied in traded commodities through global supply chains to the consumers.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:43:04 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/study-links-eu-diet-to-deforestation-footprint-in-the-tropics/ Press Empowerment in WASH Index launched https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/empowerment-in-wash-index-launched/ As part of the REACH project, the EWI tool is being tested in Asia and Africa with pilot studies completed in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Stakeholders in the WASH sector met in Accra to discuss the findings from the case study in the Asutifi North District in Ghana. As part of the REACH project, the EWI tool is being tested in Asia and Africa with pilot studies completed in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Stakeholders in the WASH sector met in Accra to discuss the findings from the case study in the Asutifi North District in Ghana.

 

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:19:41 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/empowerment-in-wash-index-launched/ Press Understanding health and well-being in urban Thailand: the case of Udon Thani https://www.sei.org/perspectives/urban-thailand-health-and-well-being-in-urban-the-case-of-udon-thani/ What does a healthy and liveable city look like? This initiative is working with residents of the Northern Thailand city of Udon Thani to find out. A busy street in central Udon Thani. Photo: Diane Archer / SEI. What does a healthy and liveable city look like? This initiative is working with residents of the Northern Thailand city of Udon Thani to find out.

A busy street in central Udon Thani. Photo: Diane Archer / SEI.

]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:19:38 +0000 Diane Archer https://www.sei.org/perspectives/urban-thailand-health-and-well-being-in-urban-the-case-of-udon-thani/ Perspective New insights into leaf physiological responses to ozone for use in crop modelling https://www.sei.org/publications/modelling-crop-yield-ozone/ This paper describes the results of modelling work investigating how ozone pollution affects crop growth and yield. This paper describes the results of modelling work investigating how ozone pollution affects crop growth and yield.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:48:51 +0000 Lisa Emberson; Divya Pandey; Patrick Büker; David Gillies https://www.sei.org/publications/modelling-crop-yield-ozone/ Publication Village propre – Village productif: Un cadre innovante pour inciter les communautés rurales à un assainissement amélioré et productif https://www.sei.org/publications/village-propre-village-productif-brief/ Village propre–Village productif est un nouveau cadre de mise en œuvre de l’assainissement qui vise à promouvoir les progrès en assainissement et en hygiène tout en encourageant les ménages à bénéficier d’un recyclage sûr des déchets locaux. Village propre–Village productif est un nouveau cadre de mise en œuvre de l’assainissement qui vise à promouvoir les progrès en assainissement et en hygiène tout en encourageant les ménages à bénéficier d’un recyclage sûr des déchets locaux.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 08:32:26 +0000 Linus Dagerskog; Sarah Dickin https://www.sei.org/publications/village-propre-village-productif-brief/ Publication The role of finance for adaptation https://www.sei.org/publications/the-role-of-finance-for-adaptation/ Åsa Persson and Aaron Atteridge explore the practical and political influences over adaptation finance, and how these shape what adaptation looks like on the ground. Åsa Persson and Aaron Atteridge explore the practical and political influences over adaptation finance, and how these shape what adaptation looks like on the ground.

]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 09:32:26 +0000 Åsa Persson; Aaron Atteridge https://www.sei.org/publications/the-role-of-finance-for-adaptation/ Publication What is equitable resilience? https://www.sei.org/publications/what-is-equitable-resilience-brief/ This discussion brief examines equity, and outlines four key elements for equitable resilience-building in development and disaster risk management: recognizing subjectivities, working toward inclusion and representation, working across scales and promoting transformative change. Aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Photo: Sonny Inbaraj. This discussion brief examines equity, and outlines four key elements for equitable resilience-building in development and disaster risk management: recognizing subjectivities, working toward inclusion and representation, working across scales and promoting transformative change.

Aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Photo: Sonny Inbaraj.

]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 05:10:38 +0000 Jon Ensor; John Forrester; Marion Davis https://www.sei.org/publications/what-is-equitable-resilience-brief/ Publication The future of biomass and bioenergy deployment and trade: synthesis of 15 years IEA Bioenergy Task 40 on sustainable bioenergy trade https://www.sei.org/publications/future-biomass-bioenergy-deployment-trade/ This paper reviews past and current trade flows of the main bioenergy products and offers a vision of how widespread trade and deployment of biomass for energy purposes can be integrated with the wider (bio)economy. This paper reviews past and current trade flows of the main bioenergy products and offers a vision of how widespread trade and deployment of biomass for energy purposes can be integrated with the wider (bio)economy.

]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:24:45 +0000 Olle Olsson https://www.sei.org/publications/future-biomass-bioenergy-deployment-trade/ Publication