SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:31:29 +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 Kronprinsessan på seminarium för klimatet https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/kronprinsessan-pa-seminarium-for-klimatet/ H.K.H. Kronprinsessan Victoria deltog i klimatseminariet anordnat av Stockholm Environment Institute och Nya Zeelands ambassad, där Agenda 2030-målen diskuterades och SEI presenterade de senaste forskningsrönen. H.K.H. Kronprinsessan Victoria deltog i klimatseminariet anordnat av Stockholm Environment Institute och Nya Zeelands ambassad, där Agenda 2030-målen diskuterades och SEI presenterade de senaste forskningsrönen.

]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 08:31:17 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/kronprinsessan-pa-seminarium-for-klimatet/ Press How poetry reduces traffic accidents amongst pupils https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/how-poetry-reduces-traffic-accidents-amongst-pupils/ This news article in The Observer (Uganda) reports on how the SEI York led project, i-CMiiST, is aiming to improve road safety for children in Kampala, Uganda. It describes how poetry and other creative methods were used with pupils in two schools in the city. This news article in The Observer (Uganda) reports on how the SEI York led project, i-CMiiST, is aiming to improve road safety for children in Kampala, Uganda. It describes how poetry and other creative methods were used with pupils in two schools in the city.

]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:40:03 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/how-poetry-reduces-traffic-accidents-amongst-pupils/ Press Urban Eco-Islands: Urban and Smart Island Tourism Destinations https://www.sei.org/projects/urban-eco-islands-eng/ The main objective of the project is to develop two new island destinations, located in the urban twin city area of Helsinki and Tallinn, into popular and smart nature tourism destinations. The main objective of the project is to develop two new island destinations, located in the urban twin city area of Helsinki and Tallinn, into popular and smart nature tourism destinations.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:21:57 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/urban-eco-islands-eng/ Project CASCADE – Ohutustegevus kogukonnas kliimamuutusega kohanemise ja arengutegevuse toetamiseks https://www.sei.org/projects/cascade-est/ Seoses kliimamuutusega on ilmastikuolud muutumas üha ettearvamatumaks ja äärmuslikumaks, nõudes hädaolukordade vältimiseks ning ohtudega silmitsi seismiseks uusi innovatiivseid lähenemisviise. CASCADE projekt pakub sellele vajadusele lahendusi – projekti eesmärk on töötada välja riskihindamise metoodika, mis keskendub kliimamuutusega kaasnevatele ohtudele, olles kohandatud just kohalikule tasandile ja eriti Läänemere piirkonnale. Seoses kliimamuutusega on ilmastikuolud muutumas üha ettearvamatumaks ja äärmuslikumaks, nõudes hädaolukordade vältimiseks ning ohtudega silmitsi seismiseks uusi innovatiivseid lähenemisviise. CASCADE projekt pakub sellele vajadusele lahendusi – projekti eesmärk on töötada välja riskihindamise metoodika, mis keskendub kliimamuutusega kaasnevatele ohtudele, olles kohandatud just kohalikule tasandile ja eriti Läänemere piirkonnale.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:27:18 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/cascade-est/ Project StratKIT-Innovatiivsed strateegiad avaliku sektori toitlustuses https://www.sei.org/projects/stratkit-innovatiivsed-strateegiad-avaliku-sektori-toitlustuses/ Läänemere piirkonna avalikul sektoril, sh kohalikel omavalitsustel, on selge huvi liikuda toitlustushangetes keskkonnahoidlike ehk roheliste riigihangete suunas, edendades nõnda tervislikkust, sotsiaalset sidusust ja ringmajandust. Interreg Läänemere programmi rahastusel ellu kutsutud rahvusvaheline projekt StratKIT võtab sellel teekonnal arvesse kohalikud tingimused ja tegurid, et liikuda jätkusuutlikumate hangete ja toitlustusteenuste suunas. Läänemere piirkonna avalikul sektoril, sh kohalikel omavalitsustel, on selge huvi liikuda toitlustushangetes keskkonnahoidlike ehk roheliste riigihangete suunas, edendades nõnda tervislikkust, sotsiaalset sidusust ja ringmajandust. Interreg Läänemere programmi rahastusel ellu kutsutud rahvusvaheline projekt StratKIT võtab sellel teekonnal arvesse kohalikud tingimused ja tegurid, et liikuda jätkusuutlikumate hangete ja toitlustusteenuste suunas.

]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:08:31 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/stratkit-innovatiivsed-strateegiad-avaliku-sektori-toitlustuses/ Project Linnalähedased ökosaared – targa linnaturismi sihtkohad https://www.sei.org/projects/linnalahedased-okosaared-targa-linnaturismi-sihtkohad/ Projekti eesmärk on linnalähedase loodus- ja kultuuriturismi keskkonnahoidlik arendamine kahel Helsingi ja Tallinna väikesaarel: Vasikkasaaril ja Aegna saarel. Projekti eesmärk on linnalähedase loodus- ja kultuuriturismi keskkonnahoidlik arendamine kahel Helsingi ja Tallinna väikesaarel: Vasikkasaaril ja Aegna saarel.

]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:24:23 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/linnalahedased-okosaared-targa-linnaturismi-sihtkohad/ Project Impact assessment and indigenous self-determination: a scalar framework of participation options https://www.sei.org/publications/impact-assessment-indigenous-self-determination-scalar-participation/ What options are there for Indigenous Peoples to take part in impact assessments? This paper offers a scalar framework of options. What options are there for Indigenous Peoples to take part in impact assessments? This paper offers a scalar framework of options.

]]> Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:41:00 +0000 Rasmus Kløcker Larsen https://www.sei.org/publications/impact-assessment-indigenous-self-determination-scalar-participation/ Publication Maintaining momentum, maximizing benefits on climate and SDGs https://www.sei.org/perspectives/tackling-climate-sdgs-together/ The achievements of the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement must not lose momentum at this crucial stage of implementation. Now is the time to up the game on climate action – and on the delivery of all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But how can policy-makers turn these ambitious agendas into coherent policies? And what tools are available to practitioners so that policy becomes transformative change – in the form of investments, infrastructure and development capacities? Part of the soluti... The achievements of the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement must not lose momentum at this crucial stage of implementation. Now is the time to up the game on climate action – and on the delivery of all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But how can policy-makers turn these ambitious agendas into coherent policies? And what tools are available to practitioners so that policy becomes transformative change – in the form of investments, infrastructure and development capacities?

Part of the solution is to use a suite of tools that reveal connections between climate action and other SDGs, map interactions between all SDGs, and empower local planning capacities across a range of SDGs. All with the goal of maximizing climate and SDG synergies.

SEI Executive Director Måns Nilsson

]]> Fri, 29 Mar 2019 08:23:35 +0000 Måns Nilsson https://www.sei.org/perspectives/tackling-climate-sdgs-together/ Perspective Circular solutions for the Baltic Sea https://www.sei.org/features/circular-solutions-for-the-baltic-sea/ We don’t want phosphorus in our seas – we want it on land, to produce food. In a new podcast by Nordic Surfers Magazine, Karina Barquet discusses the vulnerability of the Baltic Sea and solutions for a healthier Baltic. We don’t want phosphorus in our seas – we want it on land, to produce food. In a new podcast by Nordic Surfers Magazine, Karina Barquet discusses the vulnerability of the Baltic Sea and solutions for a healthier Baltic.

]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:53:36 +0000 Brenda Ochola https://www.sei.org/features/circular-solutions-for-the-baltic-sea/ Feature How investing in smallholder farms is investing in our society https://www.sei.org/perspectives/how-investing-in-smallholder-farms-is-investing-in-our-society/ Smallholder farmers are vital for sustainable development. Though Asia’s 350 million smallholders produce a significant portion of its consumed food, they also also act as landscape managers and are custodians of culture, all of which help rural communities thrive. These rural livelihoods, however, are threatened by a number of factors, and the current trends of rural flight, land consolidation, land grabbing and rural destitution must be swept away for investments in sustainable infrastructu... Smallholder farmers are vital for sustainable development. Though Asia’s 350 million smallholders produce a significant portion of its consumed food, they also also act as landscape managers and are custodians of culture, all of which help rural communities thrive. These rural livelihoods, however, are threatened by a number of factors, and the current trends of rural flight, land consolidation, land grabbing and rural destitution must be swept away for investments in sustainable infrastructure, climate-smart technology, fair and environmentally sound value chains and diverse and nutritious agricultural products.

Harvesting at a farm in Southeast Asia. Photo: SEI.

]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2019 04:03:52 +0000 Clemens Grünbühel; Andrew Powell https://www.sei.org/perspectives/how-investing-in-smallholder-farms-is-investing-in-our-society/ Perspective New life from old clothes: SEI joins Nordic-Baltic collaboration towards a circular textile system https://www.sei.org/features/new-life-from-old-clothes-sei-joins-nordic-baltic-collaboration-towards-a-circular-textile-system/ The Baltic states are one of the main destinations for used clothing from the Nordic countries. How to get the most value out of second hand garments in the region, is still to be explored. A new project aims to cut textile waste in the Baltics and help create a circular system that keeps this textile waste in the economy, and out of the trash. The Baltic states are one of the main destinations for used clothing from the Nordic countries. How to get the most value out of second hand garments in the region, is still to be explored. A new project aims to cut textile waste in the Baltics and help create a circular system that keeps this textile waste in the economy, and out of the trash.

]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:19:34 +0000 Helen Saarniit https://www.sei.org/features/new-life-from-old-clothes-sei-joins-nordic-baltic-collaboration-towards-a-circular-textile-system/ Feature Robust support for Asia’s small-scale farmers https://www.sei.org/features/asia-small-scale-farmers/ As over 400 food, agriculture and nutrition decision makers convene in Bangkok for the 6th Responsible Business Forum on Food & Agriculture, hosted by SEI and its partners, the challenges of maintaining a food secure future for Asia continue to build. SEI Asia Director Niall O’Connor explains why Asia’s smallholder farmers are vital to meeting these challenges, and how innovation in the entire food value chain, from smallholder and consumer, must be kindled. As over 400 food, agriculture and nutrition decision makers convene in Bangkok for the 6th Responsible Business Forum on Food & Agriculture, hosted by SEI and its partners, the challenges of maintaining a food secure future for Asia continue to build. SEI Asia Director Niall O’Connor explains why Asia’s smallholder farmers are vital to meeting these challenges, and how innovation in the entire food value chain, from smallholder and consumer, must be kindled.

]]> Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:03:28 +0000 Jamie Kemsey https://www.sei.org/features/asia-small-scale-farmers/ Feature Deforestation displaced: Trade in forest-risk commodities and the prospects for a global forest transition https://www.sei.org/publications/deforestation-displaced/ This article shows that around one-third of gains in forest area due to forest transitions in developed countries was offset by tropical deforestation embedded in their consumption. This article shows that around one-third of gains in forest area due to forest transitions in developed countries was offset by tropical deforestation embedded in their consumption.

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:24:47 +0000 Javier Godar https://www.sei.org/publications/deforestation-displaced/ Publication Trade and land-use telecouplings https://www.sei.org/publications/trade-land-use-telecouplings/ This chapter examines the causes and effects of trade and land-use telecouplings. This chapter examines the causes and effects of trade and land-use telecouplings.

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:38:25 +0000 Javier Godar; Toby Gardner https://www.sei.org/publications/trade-land-use-telecouplings/ Publication Sustainable management and resilience of Arctic wetlands – scoping study https://www.sei.org/publications/sustainable-management-resilience-arctic-wetlands/ Wetlands have often been thought of as wastelands – a widespread misunderstanding that has led to wetlands often being drained, landfilled, even paved over, depriving both people and nature of wetlands’ many critically important ecosystems functions and benefits. This report from the first phase of an Arctic Council project inventories Arctic wetlands and reviews the current state of knowledge on these unique environments. Wetlands have often been thought of as wastelands – a widespread misunderstanding that has led to wetlands often being drained, landfilled, even paved over, depriving both people and nature of wetlands’ many critically important ecosystems functions and benefits. This report from the first phase of an Arctic Council project inventories Arctic wetlands and reviews the current state of knowledge on these unique environments.

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:23:52 +0000 Magnus Land; Marcus Carson https://www.sei.org/publications/sustainable-management-resilience-arctic-wetlands/ Publication Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions https://www.sei.org/publications/agriculture-deforestation-emissions/ A pan-tropical survey of deforestation-related emissions, coupled with supply-chain mapping, reveals the scale of the emissions and their links to different consumer markets for cattle and oilseed products around the world. A pan-tropical survey of deforestation-related emissions, coupled with supply-chain mapping, reveals the scale of the emissions and their links to different consumer markets for cattle and oilseed products around the world.

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:23:31 +0000 Javier Godar https://www.sei.org/publications/agriculture-deforestation-emissions/ Publication Eat your way to a healthier Baltic Sea https://www.sei.org/features/eat-your-way-to-a-healthier-baltic-sea/ In the right place and from the right source, phosphorus makes our food grow – we would starve without it. However, in and from the wrong places it can create massive problems. We follow the phosphorus chain from mines in Morocco through fields and sewage pipes all the way to the Baltic Sea. This journey will show you what you can do to reduce negative impacts of this essential but problematic resource. In the right place and from the right source, phosphorus makes our food grow – we would starve without it. However, in and from the wrong places it can create massive problems. We follow the phosphorus chain from mines in Morocco through fields and sewage pipes all the way to the Baltic Sea. This journey will show you what you can do to reduce negative impacts of this essential but problematic resource.

]]> Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:53:02 +0000 Linn Järnberg; Brenda Ochola https://www.sei.org/features/eat-your-way-to-a-healthier-baltic-sea/ Feature Environmental financialization: what could go wrong? https://www.sei.org/publications/environmental-financialization-what-could-go-wrong/ The desire to mitigate pressure on ecosystems has led to the development of ecosystem valuation – but is it effective? The desire to mitigate pressure on ecosystems has led to the development of ecosystem valuation – but is it effective?

]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:01:56 +0000 Eric Kemp-Benedict; Sivan Kartha https://www.sei.org/publications/environmental-financialization-what-could-go-wrong/ Publication First impressions: A visit to a vulnerable watershed reveals the need for strong water planning https://www.sei.org/perspectives/visit-to-vulnerable-watershed-reveals-need-for-strong-water-planning/ SEI researchers Felipe Benavides and Jeanne Fernandez reflect on a recent tour of Bolivia’s Tupiza watershed, where residents have “lost everything.” SEI researchers Felipe Benavides and Jeanne Fernandez reflect on a recent tour of Bolivia’s Tupiza watershed, where residents have “lost everything.”

]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:57:07 +0000 Felipe Benavides; Jeanne Fernandez https://www.sei.org/perspectives/visit-to-vulnerable-watershed-reveals-need-for-strong-water-planning/ Perspective Primeras impresiones: La visita a una cuenca vulnerable revela la necesidad de una mejor gestión del agua https://www.sei.org/perspectives/primeras-impresiones-la-visita-a-una-cuenca-vulnerable-revela-la-necesidad-de-una-mejor-gestion-del-agua/ Jeanne Fernandez y Felipe Benavides, investigadores de SEI, reflexionan sobre un recorrido reciente por la cuenca de Tupiza en Bolivia, donde sus residentes lo han “perdido todo”. Jeanne Fernandez y Felipe Benavides, investigadores de SEI, reflexionan sobre un recorrido reciente por la cuenca de Tupiza en Bolivia, donde sus residentes lo han “perdido todo”.

]]> Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:57:46 +0000 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/primeras-impresiones-la-visita-a-una-cuenca-vulnerable-revela-la-necesidad-de-una-mejor-gestion-del-agua/ Perspective