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 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 How trade helps drive tropical deforestation https://www.sei.org/features/trade-helps-drive-deforestation/ Two new papers examine the role global consumption plays in driving tropical deforestation, and the implications for climate change mitigation and efforts to reverse forest loss around the world. Two new papers examine the role global consumption plays in driving tropical deforestation, and the implications for climate change mitigation and efforts to reverse forest loss around the world.

]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2019 03:00:15 +0000 Caspar Trimmer https://www.sei.org/features/trade-helps-drive-deforestation/ Feature Interview with Helen Clark at SEI policy dialogue https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/interview-with-helen-clark-at-sei-policy-dialogue/ On April 1 Stockholm Environment Institute and the New Zealand Embassy in Sweden co-hosted a joint policy dialogue on climate action and the SDGs. The event featured three speakers from SEI, presenting their research on climate change and the SDGs, and a panel discussion featuring, among others, former head of UNDP Helen Clark. On April 1 Stockholm Environment Institute and the New Zealand Embassy in Sweden co-hosted a joint policy dialogue on climate action and the SDGs. The event featured three speakers from SEI, presenting their research on climate change and the SDGs, and a panel discussion featuring, among others, former head of UNDP Helen Clark.

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:34:34 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/interview-with-helen-clark-at-sei-policy-dialogue/ Press Calculations for the Climate Equity Reference Calculator (CERc) https://www.sei.org/publications/calculations-for-the-climate-equity-reference-calculator-cerc/ This paper documents the calculations that the Climate Equity Reference Calculator implements. This paper documents the calculations that the Climate Equity Reference Calculator implements.

]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:12:45 +0000 Eric Kemp-Benedict; Ceecee Holz; Sivan Kartha https://www.sei.org/publications/calculations-for-the-climate-equity-reference-calculator-cerc/ Publication The Climate Equity Reference Calculator https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-equity-reference-calculator/ This article reports on the open-source code behind the Climate Equity Reference Calculator and its web-based interface. This article reports on the open-source code behind the Climate Equity Reference Calculator and its web-based interface.

]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:58:28 +0000 Ceecee Holz; Eric Kemp-Benedict; Sivan Kartha https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-equity-reference-calculator/ Publication Large-scale scenarios as “boundary conditions”: A cross-impact balance simulated annealing (CIBSA) approach https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-scenarios-as-boundary-conditions/ This paper shows how a simplified cross-impact balance can replace a full multi-scale balance when a stable set of global scenarios is adopted at large scale. This paper shows how a simplified cross-impact balance can replace a full multi-scale balance when a stable set of global scenarios is adopted at large scale.

]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:31:44 +0000 Eric Kemp-Benedict; Henrik Carlsen; Sivan Kartha https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-scenarios-as-boundary-conditions/ Publication Calculating maritime shipping emissions per traded commodity https://www.sei.org/publications/shipping-emissions-per-commodity/ Carbon emissions and air pollution linked to a commodity shipment transported by sea can now be precisely calculated with a new data-driven approach. Read the brief below or download as a PDF. Carbon emissions and air pollution linked to a commodity shipment transported by sea can now be precisely calculated with a new data-driven approach.

Read the brief below or download as a PDF.

]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:31:39 +0000 Caspar Trimmer; Javier Godar https://www.sei.org/publications/shipping-emissions-per-commodity/ Publication An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions https://www.sei.org/publications/agenda-sustainability-transitions-research/ This article presents an updated research agenda for the Sustainability Transitions Research Network. This article presents an updated research agenda for the Sustainability Transitions Research Network.

 

]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:39:07 +0000 Björn Nykvist https://www.sei.org/publications/agenda-sustainability-transitions-research/ Publication Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments https://www.sei.org/publications/criteria-zero-deforestation-comm/ This article presents new criteria for assessing the likely effectiveness of company commitments to eliminate deforestation in supply chains, and applies them to 52 existing commitments. This article presents new criteria for assessing the likely effectiveness of company commitments to eliminate deforestation in supply chains, and applies them to 52 existing commitments.

]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:44:14 +0000 Toby Gardner; Javier Godar https://www.sei.org/publications/criteria-zero-deforestation-comm/ Publication Annual report 2018 https://www.sei.org/publications/annual-report-2018/ Our latest annual report – From Policy to Practice – reviews how we made an impact in 2018. It offers complete information on our finances and funders, includes a feature on our newest centre in Latin America and, as SEI moves into its thirtieth year, reflects on the origins of the institute. Our latest annual report – From Policy to Practice – reviews how we made an impact in 2018. It offers complete information on our finances and funders, includes a feature on our newest centre in Latin America and, as SEI moves into its thirtieth year, reflects on the origins of the institute.

]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/annual-report-2018/ Publication Climate and SDGs synergy conference https://www.sei.org/events/un-climate-sdgs-synergy-conference/ Climate action is one of the Sustainable Development Goals, but climate policies don’t necessarily align with policy plans working towards other SDGs. What does it take to change that? Climate action is one of the Sustainable Development Goals, but climate policies don’t necessarily align with policy plans working towards other SDGs. What does it take to change that?

]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:03:26 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/un-climate-sdgs-synergy-conference/ Event Assessing Climate Change Impacts on River Flows in the Tonle Sap Lake Basin, Cambodia https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-climate-change-impacts-on-river-flows-in-the-tonle-sap-lake-basin-cambodia/ Though the Tonle Sap in Cambodia is the most fertile and diverse freshwater ecosystem in Southeast Asia, its water resources have been affected by rapid population growth, urbanization, deforestation, agricultural expansion and hydropower demand over the past few decades. This paper provides results and a discussion of a study that simulated baseline river flows in all 11 Tonle Sap sub-basins, and assessed the potential impacts of future climate change on river flows within each. Though the Tonle Sap in Cambodia is the most fertile and diverse freshwater ecosystem in Southeast Asia, its water resources have been affected by rapid population growth, urbanization, deforestation, agricultural expansion and hydropower demand over the past few decades. This paper provides results and a discussion of a study that simulated baseline river flows in all 11 Tonle Sap sub-basins, and assessed the potential impacts of future climate change on river flows within each.

]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2019 05:53:49 +0000 Thanapon Piman https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-climate-change-impacts-on-river-flows-in-the-tonle-sap-lake-basin-cambodia/ Publication Launch of the SuSanA Latin America Chapter https://www.sei.org/events/launch-of-the-susana-latin-america-chapter/ Welcome to the official launch of the SuSanA Latin America Chapter during the LatinoSan Conference in San José, Costa Rica. During the event BORDA Las Américas will present an integrated, decentralized approach to water and sanitation solutions. Also participating in the launch are network partners ACEPESA, GIZ, OLAS, SEI, Aguatuya and RRASCA. Photo: Chih-Hsuan Wu, EyeEm / Getty Images. Welcome to the official launch of the SuSanA Latin America Chapter during the LatinoSan Conference in San José, Costa Rica. During the event BORDA Las Américas will present an integrated, decentralized approach to water and sanitation solutions. Also participating in the launch are network partners ACEPESA, GIZ, OLAS, SEI, Aguatuya and RRASCA.

Photo: Chih-Hsuan Wu, EyeEm / Getty Images.

]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:45:45 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/launch-of-the-susana-latin-america-chapter/ Event Adapting to climate change: SEI case studies test new collaborative approach https://www.sei.org/features/adapting-to-climate-change-sei-case-studies-test-new-collaborative-approach/ Work being conducted by SEI in many regions of the world is testing new ways to improve responses to the global challenge of adapting to climate change. Work being conducted by SEI in many regions of the world is testing new ways to improve responses to the global challenge of adapting to climate change.

]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2019 06:00:48 +0000 Tania Santos; Karen Brandon https://www.sei.org/features/adapting-to-climate-change-sei-case-studies-test-new-collaborative-approach/ Feature Development aid for energy in Small Island Developing States https://www.sei.org/publications/development-aid-for-energy-in-small-island-developing-states/ Has aid to Small Island Developing States increased following international commitments to support their efforts to tackle climate change? Has aid to Small Island Developing States increased following international commitments to support their efforts to tackle climate change?

]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:36:59 +0000 Aaron Atteridge; Georgia Savvidou https://www.sei.org/publications/development-aid-for-energy-in-small-island-developing-states/ Publication The Connectivity Hub expands its reach https://www.sei.org/features/the-connectivity-hub-expands/ The Connectivity Hub, a “search and discovery” tool linking climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) communities, announces its expansion from prototype to a complete working version. The Hub’s evolution means that it now reaches a wider set of platforms, taps more data, and uses a targeted glossary created specifically to address differences in the ways the two communities use common terms. Here, a video introduces the Hub, and SEI researchers Sukaina Bharwani and Ju... The Connectivity Hub, a “search and discovery” tool linking climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) communities, announces its expansion from prototype to a complete working version. The Hub’s evolution means that it now reaches a wider set of platforms, taps more data, and uses a targeted glossary created specifically to address differences in the ways the two communities use common terms. Here, a video introduces the Hub, and SEI researchers Sukaina Bharwani and Julia Barrott answer questions about its premise.

]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2019 06:00:09 +0000 Julia Barrott; Sukaina Bharwani https://www.sei.org/features/the-connectivity-hub-expands/ Feature GUILD https://www.sei.org/projects/guild/ GUILD is a 4 year partnership project led by East Street Arts (Leeds, UK) aiming to transform the landscape of artist’s spaces in England in terms of their resilience and sustainability. GUILD is a 4 year partnership project led by East Street Arts (Leeds, UK) aiming to transform the landscape of artist’s spaces in England in terms of their resilience and sustainability.

]]> Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:38:29 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/guild/ Project Estimating on-road vehicle fuel economy in Africa: a case study based on an urban transport survey in Nairobi, Kenya https://www.sei.org/publications/estimating-on-road-vehicle-fuel-economy-in-africa/ In sub-Saharan African (SSA) cities, policies to improve vehicle fuel economy help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality, but lack of data is a major challenge. This paper presents a methodology for estimating fuel economy in such cities. In sub-Saharan African (SSA) cities, policies to improve vehicle fuel economy help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality, but lack of data is a major challenge. This paper presents a methodology for estimating fuel economy in such cities.

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:32:48 +0000 Andriannah Mbandi; Harry Vallack; Lisa Emberson; Dieter Schwela; Mike Ashmore https://www.sei.org/publications/estimating-on-road-vehicle-fuel-economy-in-africa/ Publication Joint seminar and policy dialogue on climate action and the SDGs https://www.sei.org/events/policy-dialogue-on-climate-action-and-sdgs/ Stockholm Environment Institute and the New Zealand Embassy in Sweden are proud to host a very special guest, Ms Helen Clark, on her visit to Sweden. Ms Clark was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1998 to 2008 and was the first woman to lead the United Nations Development Programme between 2009 and 2017. Stockholm Environment Institute and the New Zealand Embassy in Sweden are proud to host a very special guest, Ms Helen Clark, on her visit to Sweden. Ms Clark was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1998 to 2008 and was the first woman to lead the United Nations Development Programme between 2009 and 2017.

]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:21:24 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/policy-dialogue-on-climate-action-and-sdgs/ Event REVAMP: Bringing urban waste into the circular economy https://www.sei.org/features/revamp-urban-waste-circular-economy/ In Chía, Colombia, inadequate waste management shrivels up valuable energy and nutrients. Using our REVAMP tool, we collaborated with local stakeholders to crunch the data and calculate scenarios for change. In Chía, Colombia, inadequate waste management shrivels up valuable energy and nutrients. Using our REVAMP tool, we collaborated with local stakeholders to crunch the data and calculate scenarios for change.

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:00:31 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/revamp-urban-waste-circular-economy/ Feature