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 Biomajandus eeldab loovat lähenemist ja koostööd https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/biomajandus-eeldab-loovat-lahenemist-ja-koostood/ Täna toimub Radisson Blu Hotellis Olümpia konverents „Biomajandus – Loovus ja kestlikkus kõigile“, kus biomajanduse potentsiaali ja kasutusvõimaluste üle Eestis arutavad valdkonna eksperdid, ettevõtjad ja poliitikud. Täna toimub Radisson Blu Hotellis Olümpia konverents „Biomajandus – Loovus ja kestlikkus kõigile“, kus biomajanduse potentsiaali ja kasutusvõimaluste üle Eestis arutavad valdkonna eksperdid, ettevõtjad ja poliitikud.

 

]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2019 06:25:13 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/biomajandus-eeldab-loovat-lahenemist-ja-koostood/ Press Tackling fossil fuel subsidies through international trade agreements: taking stock, looking forward https://www.sei.org/publications/tackling-fossil-fuel-subsidies-through-international-trade-agreements-taking-stock-looking-forward/ The Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda represent calls for more decisive action on climate change and sustainable development, and they provide a clear mandate for deeper engagement of the international trade community in this space. Though the World Trade Organization (WTO) is an obvious candidate for advancing fossil fuel subsidy reform internationally, its engagement on this topic has been limited. A growing body of disputes on renewable energy support measures has been brought before the... The Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda represent calls for more decisive action on climate change and sustainable development, and they provide a clear mandate for deeper engagement of the international trade community in this space. Though the World Trade Organization (WTO) is an obvious candidate for advancing fossil fuel subsidy reform internationally, its engagement on this topic has been limited. A growing body of disputes on renewable energy support measures has been brought before the WTO, but members have yet to initiate legal proceedings against subsidies for oil, coal or gas. This article highlights the range of explanations for this puzzling discrepency, and suggests possible avenues for reform of international trade policy to address fossil fuel subsidies.

]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:13:34 +0000 Cleo Verkuijl; Harro van Asselt https://www.sei.org/publications/tackling-fossil-fuel-subsidies-through-international-trade-agreements-taking-stock-looking-forward/ Publication Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mining mitigation measures on social–ecological systems in Arctic and boreal regions: a systematic map protocol https://www.sei.org/publications/evidence-impacts-metal-mining-arctic-systematic-map/ Mining activities can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways. Mining activities can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways.

]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:15:48 +0000 Neal Haddaway; Biljana Macura https://www.sei.org/publications/evidence-impacts-metal-mining-arctic-systematic-map/ Publication Bolivia WATCH: an integrated approach to ensuring both clean and available water https://www.sei.org/features/bolivia-watch-ensuring-clean-and-available-water/ SEI experts explain how a new project will help Bolivia connect sanitation with watershed management. SEI experts explain how a new project will help Bolivia connect sanitation with watershed management.

]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:39:06 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/bolivia-watch-ensuring-clean-and-available-water/ Feature Äripäev: Vajame biomajanduse arengukava https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/aripaev-vajame-biomajanduse-arengukava/ Põhjamaade eeskujul peaks biomajandust arendama koostöös teaduse, ettevõtluse ja riigi vahel ning koostama vastava arengukava, kirjutavad Stockholmi Keskkonnainstituudi Tallinna Keskuse teadurid Kaidi Kaaret ja Kaja Peterson. Põhjamaade eeskujul peaks biomajandust arendama koostöös teaduse, ettevõtluse ja riigi vahel ning koostama vastava arengukava, kirjutavad Stockholmi Keskkonnainstituudi Tallinna Keskuse teadurid Kaidi Kaaret ja Kaja Peterson.

]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2019 09:30:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/aripaev-vajame-biomajanduse-arengukava/ Press Ministers in BiH met with Swedish Ambassador, discussed Environmental Situation https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/ministers-in-bih-met-with-swedish-ambassador-discussed-environmental-situation/ The Swedish Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina met with several BiH ministers, the Mayor of Brcko District, Ambassador of the European Union to BiH and Stockholm Environment Institute representatives to discuss the development of environmental policies in BiH. The Swedish Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina met with several BiH ministers, the Mayor of Brcko District, Ambassador of the European Union to BiH and Stockholm Environment Institute representatives to discuss the development of environmental policies in BiH.

]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:33:41 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/ministers-in-bih-met-with-swedish-ambassador-discussed-environmental-situation/ Press Bolivia WATCH: un enfoque integrado para garantizar la limpieza y disponibilidad del agua https://www.sei.org/features/bolivia-watch-un-enfoque-integrado-para-garantizar-la-limpieza-y-disponibilidad-del-agua/ Los expertos de SEI explican cómo un nuevo proyecto ayudará a Bolivia a conectar el saneamiento con la gestión de cuencas hidrográficas. Los expertos de SEI explican cómo un nuevo proyecto ayudará a Bolivia a conectar el saneamiento con la gestión de cuencas hidrográficas.

]]> Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:10:16 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/bolivia-watch-un-enfoque-integrado-para-garantizar-la-limpieza-y-disponibilidad-del-agua/ Feature The end of coal? Planning a “just transition” in South Africa https://www.sei.org/publications/the-end-of-coal-planning-a-just-transition-in-south-africa/ South Africa’s coal production may decline significantly in the next few years. This report – from SEI and the Energy Research Centre – explores the impacts, challenges and key elements of that transition. South Africa’s coal production may decline significantly in the next few years. This report – from SEI and the Energy Research Centre – explores the impacts, challenges and key elements of that transition.

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:34:45 +0000 Claudia Strambo; Aaron Atteridge https://www.sei.org/publications/the-end-of-coal-planning-a-just-transition-in-south-africa/ Publication Robust eligibility criteria essential for new global scheme to offset aviation emissions https://www.sei.org/publications/robust-eligibility-criteria-offset-aviation-emissions/ This paper finds that offsets will only compensate for aviation’s rapid emissions increase if there are robust criteria for the eligibility of offset credits. This paper finds that offsets will only compensate for aviation’s rapid emissions increase if there are robust criteria for the eligibility of offset credits.

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:38:15 +0000 Lambert Schneider https://www.sei.org/publications/robust-eligibility-criteria-offset-aviation-emissions/ Publication Innovation dynamics in transition pathways https://www.sei.org/publications/innovation-dynamics-in-transition-pathways/ This policy brief provides an overview of research findings and policy recommendations from Transition Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies (TRANSrisk), an international research project that studied the risks and uncertainties associated with adopting lower-carbon fuels. The brief examines how to support such transition pathways and the innovation systems on which they depend. This policy brief provides an overview of research findings and policy recommendations from Transition Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies (TRANSrisk), an international research project that studied the risks and uncertainties associated with adopting lower-carbon fuels. The brief examines how to support such transition pathways and the innovation systems on which they depend.

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2019 17:22:02 +0000 Stefan Bößner; Francis X. Johnson https://www.sei.org/publications/innovation-dynamics-in-transition-pathways/ Publication Kuwait’s first-ever energy outlook is launched, with support from SEI https://www.sei.org/features/kuwait-releases-first-ever-energy-outlook/ The Kuwait Energy Outlook envisions an energy strategy that fosters economic diversification and reduced fossil fuel dependency. The Kuwait Energy Outlook envisions an energy strategy that fosters economic diversification and reduced fossil fuel dependency.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2019 18:11:44 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/kuwait-releases-first-ever-energy-outlook/ Feature KUKU Ilmaparandaja: Mis on biomajanduse võimalused? https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/kuku-ilmaparandaja-mis-on-biomajanduse-voimalused/ Mis on biomajandus, mida põnevat hetkel biomajanduse vallas Eestis tehakse ja kuhu selles valdkonnas liigume? Kuula SEI Tallinna nooremeksperdi Kaidi Kaareti intervjuud KUKU Ilmaparandaja saates. Mis on biomajandus, mida põnevat hetkel biomajanduse vallas Eestis tehakse ja kuhu selles valdkonnas liigume? Kuula SEI Tallinna nooremeksperdi Kaidi Kaareti intervjuud KUKU Ilmaparandaja saates.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:51:16 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/kuku-ilmaparandaja-mis-on-biomajanduse-voimalused/ Press Food systems resilience: towards an interdisciplinary research agenda https://www.sei.org/publications/food-systems-resilience-towards-an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda/ This article contributes to the ongoing study of food by advancing a conceptual framework and interdisciplinary research agenda – termed as ‘food system resilience’. This article contributes to the ongoing study of food by advancing a conceptual framework and interdisciplinary research agenda – termed as ‘food system resilience’.

]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:51:20 +0000 Jon Ensor https://www.sei.org/publications/food-systems-resilience-towards-an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda/ Publication Global Environmental Outlook for Youth in Asia and the Pacific https://www.sei.org/publications/global-environmental-outlook-for-youth-in-asia-and-the-pacific/ The engagement of young people is vital for addressing current and future environmental challenges. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where ever-escalating development is bringing about a growing raft of environmental and societal challenges. The UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are addressing these challenges, but how can we support the one billion young people in the region to get involved? The engagement of young people is vital for addressing current and future environmental challenges. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where ever-escalating development is bringing about a growing raft of environmental and societal challenges. The UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are addressing these challenges, but how can we support the one billion young people in the region to get involved?

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 05:39:38 +0000 Michael Boyland; Karlee Johnson https://www.sei.org/publications/global-environmental-outlook-for-youth-in-asia-and-the-pacific/ Publication New tool to help align strategic decisions with the 2030 Agenda https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/new-tool-to-help-align-strategic-decisions-with-the-2030-agenda/ Sweden’s Innovation Agency, Vinnova, is investing close to 10 million SEK (around US$1 million) in developing a crowd-sourced online tool to help industries, governments, civil society organizations and others to ensure their long-term strategies deliver maximum positive value to society. The Agenda 2030 Compass is being developed by a team including Stockholm Environment Institute, Jernkontoret (the Swedish steel producers’ association), software developer Foxway and the MIT Center for Colle... Sweden’s Innovation Agency, Vinnova, is investing close to 10 million SEK (around US$1 million) in developing a crowd-sourced online tool to help industries, governments, civil society organizations and others to ensure their long-term strategies deliver maximum positive value to society.

The Agenda 2030 Compass is being developed by a team including Stockholm Environment Institute, Jernkontoret (the Swedish steel producers’ association), software developer Foxway and the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:38:21 +0000 Ylva Rylander; Caspar Trimmer https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/new-tool-to-help-align-strategic-decisions-with-the-2030-agenda/ Press Svensk satsning för att uppnå Agenda 2030 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/svensk-satsning-pa-agenda-2030/ Vinnova investerar nära 10 miljoner kronor i ett innovativt beslutsverktyg som ska säkerställa att långsiktiga strategier hos företag, regeringar och organisationer bidrar till att uppnå Agenda 2030 och skapar samhällsnytta. Agenda 2030-kompassen kommer att utvecklas av Stockholm Environment Institute, Jernkontoret, Foxway och MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. Vinnova investerar nära 10 miljoner kronor i ett innovativt beslutsverktyg som ska säkerställa att långsiktiga strategier hos företag, regeringar och organisationer bidrar till att uppnå Agenda 2030 och skapar samhällsnytta.

Agenda 2030-kompassen kommer att utvecklas av Stockholm Environment Institute, Jernkontoret, Foxway och MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:13:03 +0000 Ylva Rylander https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/svensk-satsning-pa-agenda-2030/ Press Understanding why people waste food https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-why-people-waste-food/ Global concerns about food waste are growing. For example, Sustainable Development Goal 12 calls for reductions in food waste generated by retailers and consumers. Against this backdrop, the authors of this brief conducted a pilot exercise with a small group of people in the United Kingdom to understand how consumers’ “food journey” – from shopping and storing, to cooking and disposing of food – might suggest possible ways to reduce food waste. Discussions with participants in the exercise su... Global concerns about food waste are growing. For example, Sustainable Development Goal 12 calls for reductions in food waste generated by retailers and consumers. Against this backdrop, the authors of this brief conducted a pilot exercise with a small group of people in the United Kingdom to understand how consumers’ “food journey” – from shopping and storing, to cooking and disposing of food – might suggest possible ways to reduce food waste. Discussions with participants in the exercise suggest that the shopping stage holds the most potential for reducing food waste, and that people are motivated by the desire to save money and to set an example for their children.

]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:10:05 +0000 Annemarieke de Bruin; Steve Cinderby; Howard Cambridge https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-why-people-waste-food/ Publication In the shadows of the Himalayan Mountains: persistent gender and social exclusion in development https://www.sei.org/publications/in-the-shadows-of-the-himalayan-mountains-persistent-gender-and-social-exclusion-in-development/ The increasing awareness of climate change impacts on mountains, mountain ecosystems, and mountain communities have started drawing attention to mountains during international debates. Policies that support adaptation to climate change in the mountains will not succeed unless they consider gender and how it interacts with other factors such as class/caste, ethnicity, and geography. The increasing awareness of climate change impacts on mountains, mountain ecosystems, and mountain communities have started drawing attention to mountains during international debates. Policies that support adaptation to climate change in the mountains will not succeed unless they consider gender and how it interacts with other factors such as class/caste, ethnicity, and geography.

]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:16:54 +0000 Bernadette P. Resurrección https://www.sei.org/publications/in-the-shadows-of-the-himalayan-mountains-persistent-gender-and-social-exclusion-in-development/ Publication Barriers and opportunities to bioenergy transitions: an integrated, multi-level perspective analysis of biogas uptake in Bali https://www.sei.org/publications/barriers-and-opportunities-to-bioenergy-transitions-an-integrated-multi-level-perspective-analysis-of-biogas-uptake-in-bali/ The authors analyse household-level biogas development in rural Bali, Indonesia. The paper examines factors that enable or hinder biogas expansion, and it identifies opportunities for improving the design and implementation of related policy, finance and technology measures. The findings offer practical insights for Indonesia and other developing countries that are increasingly investing in transitioning to low-carbon energy futures. The authors analyse household-level biogas development in rural Bali, Indonesia. The paper examines factors that enable or hinder biogas expansion, and it identifies opportunities for improving the design and implementation of related policy, finance and technology measures. The findings offer practical insights for Indonesia and other developing countries that are increasingly investing in transitioning to low-carbon energy futures.

]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:17:57 +0000 Stefan Bößner; Tahia Devisscher; Timothy Suljada https://www.sei.org/publications/barriers-and-opportunities-to-bioenergy-transitions-an-integrated-multi-level-perspective-analysis-of-biogas-uptake-in-bali/ Publication SEI ocupa el segundo lugar entre los principales “think tanks” de políticas medioambientales del mundo https://www.sei.org/features/sei-ocupa-el-segundo-lugar-entre-los-principales-think-tanks-de-politicas-medioambientales-del-mundo/ SEI ha sido calificado entre los think tanks de política medioambiental más influyentes del mundo en el Índice Global Go To Think Tank de 2018, catalogado como la “principal base de datos y medida de los think tanks mundiales”. Cultivos de café en Manizales, Colombia, uno de los países donde llevamos a cabo investigaciones y proyectos, promoviendo el desarrollo sostenible. Foto: Karin Petrusson. SEI ha sido calificado entre los think tanks de política medioambiental más influyentes del mundo en el Índice Global Go To Think Tank de 2018, catalogado como la “principal base de datos y medida de los think tanks mundiales”.

Cultivos de café en Manizales, Colombia, uno de los países donde llevamos a cabo investigaciones y proyectos, promoviendo el desarrollo sostenible. Foto: Karin Petrusson.

]]> Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:48:23 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/sei-ocupa-el-segundo-lugar-entre-los-principales-think-tanks-de-politicas-medioambientales-del-mundo/ Feature