SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:48:26 +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 Identifying climate service production constraints to adaptation decision-making in Sweden https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-service-production-constraints-sweden/ Slow progress in climate adaptation is often blamed on a failure by climate service producers to deliver actionable information. While previous articles have tried to analyse what climate service producers are doing wrong, this paper explores the why, and in particular the constraints that these climate producers face. Slow progress in climate adaptation is often blamed on a failure by climate service producers to deliver actionable information. While previous articles have tried to analyse what climate service producers are doing wrong, this paper explores the why, and in particular the constraints that these climate producers face.

]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:05:18 +0000 Åsa Gerger Swartling; Karin André; Richard J.T. Klein https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-service-production-constraints-sweden/ Publication How do we prioritize when making decisions about development and disaster risk? A look at five key dimensions of trade-offs https://www.sei.org/publications/trade-offs-in-development-and-disaster-risk-a-look-at-five-key-dimensions/ This discussion brief outlines key dimensions of trade-offs in decision-making on Development and Disaster Risk Reduction at multiple governance levels, identifying intervention points to transform the relationship between development and DRR. This discussion brief outlines key dimensions of trade-offs in decision-making on Development and Disaster Risk Reduction at multiple governance levels, identifying intervention points to transform the relationship between development and DRR.

]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:53:11 +0000 Heidi Tuhkanen; Guoyi Han https://www.sei.org/publications/trade-offs-in-development-and-disaster-risk-a-look-at-five-key-dimensions/ Publication Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs https://www.sei.org/publications/strategic-approaches-restoring-ecosystems-triple-conservation-gains-halve-costs/ International commitments for ecosystem restoration add up to one-quarter of the world’s arable land. While fulfilling them would ease global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity decline, it could also displace food production and impose financial costs on farmers. This article presents a restoration prioritization approach that can reveal these synergies and trade-offs, incorporate ecological and economic efficiencies of scale and model specific policy options. International commitments for ecosystem restoration add up to one-quarter of the world’s arable land. While fulfilling them would ease global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity decline, it could also displace food production and impose financial costs on farmers. This article presents a restoration prioritization approach that can reveal these synergies and trade-offs, incorporate ecological and economic efficiencies of scale and model specific policy options.

]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:22:11 +0000 Toby Gardner https://www.sei.org/publications/strategic-approaches-restoring-ecosystems-triple-conservation-gains-halve-costs/ Publication Conserving biodiversity in the Chindwin River Basin in Myanmar https://www.sei.org/publications/conserving-biodiversity-in-the-chindwin-river-basin-in-myanmar/ How is the issue of biodiversity conservation perceived in Myanmar in terms of economic development, livelihoods and policy? Where are the policy gaps? How is the issue of biodiversity conservation perceived in Myanmar in terms of economic development, livelihoods and policy? Where are the policy gaps?

]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2019 06:53:14 +0000 Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa; May Thazin Aung; Clemens Grünbühel https://www.sei.org/publications/conserving-biodiversity-in-the-chindwin-river-basin-in-myanmar/ Publication Bangkok fights floods with thirsty landscaping https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/bangkok-fights-floods-with-thirsty-landscaping/ Photo: Evan Krause / Unsplash.

Photo: Evan Krause / Unsplash.

]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:41:28 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/bangkok-fights-floods-with-thirsty-landscaping/ Press Once derided, ways of adapting to climate change are gaining steam https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/once-derided-ways-of-adapting-to-climate-change-are-gaining-steam/ SEI’s Senior Research Fellow Richard Klein talks about the urgency for climate adaptation in an article written by the famous writer Andrew Revkin, published by National Geographic. “There is momentum developing and it’s long overdue,” said Richard Klein, who signed on this fall to direct science and innovation at the Global Center on Adaptation, which is managing the adaptation commission’s work along with the World Resource Institute. “This is about a current risk that’s bad enough to take ... SEI’s Senior Research Fellow Richard Klein talks about the urgency for climate adaptation in an article written by the famous writer Andrew Revkin, published by National Geographic.

“There is momentum developing and it’s long overdue,” said Richard Klein, who signed on this fall to direct science and innovation at the Global Center on Adaptation, which is managing the adaptation commission’s work along with the World Resource Institute. “This is about a current risk that’s bad enough to take action to start with, and that is already increasing.”

]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:29:04 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/once-derided-ways-of-adapting-to-climate-change-are-gaining-steam/ Press Learning for social-ecological change: a qualitative review of outcomes across empirical literature in natural resource management https://www.sei.org/publications/learning-social-ecological-change-review-outcomes-literature-natural-resource-management/ Learning is considered as a promising mechanism to cope with rapid environmental change. This article provides a qualitative review of types of learning outcomes and considers their manifestations in NRM across selected empirical literature. Learning is considered as a promising mechanism to cope with rapid environmental change. This article provides a qualitative review of types of learning outcomes and considers their manifestations in NRM across selected empirical literature.

]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:43:27 +0000 Biljana Macura https://www.sei.org/publications/learning-social-ecological-change-review-outcomes-literature-natural-resource-management/ Publication Swedish TV hosts test SEI and WWF’s Klimatkalkylator https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/swedish-tv-hosts-test-sei-and-wwfs-klimatkalkylator/ Katarina Axelsson was interviewed on Swedish TV, as part of the programme “Efter fem” (After Five) on TV4. The programme was about the climate impact that Swedish lifestyles are causing. Katarina introduced the viewers to the web-based tool Klimatkalkylatorn (Climate Calculator), developed by SEI in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The hosts of “Efter fem”, Tilde de Paula Eby and Axel Pileby, and a family from the Swedish tv documentary Mandelmanns Gård, used the tool. Their ... Katarina Axelsson was interviewed on Swedish TV, as part of the programme “Efter fem” (After Five) on TV4. The programme was about the climate impact that Swedish lifestyles are causing. Katarina introduced the viewers to the web-based tool Klimatkalkylatorn (Climate Calculator), developed by SEI in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

The hosts of “Efter fem”, Tilde de Paula Eby and Axel Pileby, and a family from the Swedish tv documentary Mandelmanns Gård, used the tool. Their results, and the challenges associated with moving to lower-carbon lifestyles, were discussed in the programme.

]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:15:10 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/swedish-tv-hosts-test-sei-and-wwfs-klimatkalkylator/ Press Research weaving: visualizing the future of research synthesis https://www.sei.org/publications/research-weaving-visualizing-future-research-synthesis/ An exponential increase in scientific publications requires informative and integrative reviews to provide a detailed synthesis of a particular research field, and this has resulted in the emergence of novel methods for synthesizing heterogeneous research. This paper proposes a new framework – “research weaving” – for research synthesis of both evidence and influence. An exponential increase in scientific publications requires informative and integrative reviews to provide a detailed synthesis of a particular research field, and this has resulted in the emergence of novel methods for synthesizing heterogeneous research. This paper proposes a new framework – “research weaving” – for research synthesis of both evidence and influence.

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:09:07 +0000 Neal Haddaway https://www.sei.org/publications/research-weaving-visualizing-future-research-synthesis/ Publication What ecotechnologies exist for recycling carbon and nutrients from domestic wastewater? A systematic map protocol https://www.sei.org/publications/ecotechnologies-recycling-carbon-nutrients-domestic-wastewaterl/ Pollution of the Baltic Sea continues to be a major problem. The biggest terrestrial sources of nutrient emissions to the Baltic Sea are agriculture and wastewater, both major causes of eutrophication. What technologies are available to help recover nutrients and carbon from wastewater sources? Pollution of the Baltic Sea continues to be a major problem. The biggest terrestrial sources of nutrient emissions to the Baltic Sea are agriculture and wastewater, both major causes of eutrophication. What technologies are available to help recover nutrients and carbon from wastewater sources?

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:11:56 +0000 Biljana Macura; Neal Haddaway https://www.sei.org/publications/ecotechnologies-recycling-carbon-nutrients-domestic-wastewaterl/ Publication Evaluation of simulated ozone effects in forest ecosystems against biomass damage estimates from fumigation experiments https://www.sei.org/publications/evaluation-of-simulated-ozone-effects-in-forest-ecosystems-against-biomass-damage-estimates-from-fumigation-experiments/ This article evaluates four previously-published ozone damage functions used in terrestrial biosphere models to determine their ability to simulate observed biomass dose-response relationships using the O-CN model. None were able to reproduce the observed ozone-induced biomass reductions. Calibrating a plant-functional-type-specific relationship between accumulated ozone uptake and leaf-level photosynthesis did lead to a good agreement between observed and modelled ozone damage. This article evaluates four previously-published ozone damage functions used in terrestrial biosphere models to determine their ability to simulate observed biomass dose-response relationships using the O-CN model. None were able to reproduce the observed ozone-induced biomass reductions. Calibrating a plant-functional-type-specific relationship between accumulated ozone uptake and leaf-level photosynthesis did lead to a good agreement between observed and modelled ozone damage.

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:48:47 +0000 Lisa Emberson https://www.sei.org/publications/evaluation-of-simulated-ozone-effects-in-forest-ecosystems-against-biomass-damage-estimates-from-fumigation-experiments/ Publication Solar-pumped water slakes rural Kenya’s thirst for development https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/solar-pumped-water-kenyas-development/ Kenya, a country with 3 permanent rivers and plenty of sunshine, is investing in solar powered pumps to stimulate rural development. Thomson Reuters quotes SEI Research Fellow Mbeo Ogeya in this recent article. Kenya, a country with 3 permanent rivers and plenty of sunshine, is investing in solar powered pumps to stimulate rural development. Thomson Reuters quotes SEI Research Fellow Mbeo Ogeya in this recent article.

]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:26:26 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/solar-pumped-water-kenyas-development/ Press CASCADE – Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate Adaptation and Development https://www.sei.org/projects/cascade-eng/ The climate is becoming increasingly unpredictable and extreme, requiring new innovative tactics to prevent disasters, and address risks. The Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate Adaptation and Development (CASCADE) project targets this need – to develop risk assessment methodologies focusing on climate change risks, tailor-made for the local level, and specifically for the Baltic Sea Region. The climate is becoming increasingly unpredictable and extreme, requiring new innovative tactics to prevent disasters, and address risks. The Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate Adaptation and Development (CASCADE) project targets this need – to develop risk assessment methodologies focusing on climate change risks, tailor-made for the local level, and specifically for the Baltic Sea Region.

]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:04:12 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/cascade-eng/ Project Development of the Environmental Strategy and Action Plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina https://www.sei.org/projects/bosnia-herzegovina-environmental-policy/ The Environmental Strategy and Action Plan 2030+ (ESAP 2030+), implemented by SEI during the timeframe 2019 – 2023, directly supported Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to develop the environmental strategy and action plan (BiH ESAP 2030+), including the strategies and action plans for BiH, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), Republika Srpska (RS), and Brčko District (BD). The Environmental Strategy and Action Plan 2030+ (ESAP 2030+), implemented by SEI during the timeframe 2019 – 2023, directly supported Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to develop the environmental strategy and action plan (BiH ESAP 2030+), including the strategies and action plans for BiH, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), Republika Srpska (RS), and Brčko District (BD).

]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:40:21 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/bosnia-herzegovina-environmental-policy/ Project StratKIT – Innovative Strategies for Public Catering https://www.sei.org/projects/stratkit/ The public procurement and catering services, and the public bodies administrating them in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), have a clear interest to move on with the agenda of Green Public Procurement, circular economy and social cohesion. The public procurement and catering services, and the public bodies administrating them in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), have a clear interest to move on with the agenda of Green Public Procurement, circular economy and social cohesion.

]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:42:51 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/stratkit/ Project RESPONSE https://www.sei.org/projects/response-eng/ Demand-responsive transport to ensure accessibility, availability and reliability of rural public transport – RESPONSE was an initiative driven by the public transport sector seeking to develop and coordinate existing publicly funded transport services in the Baltic Sea region. Demand-responsive transport to ensure accessibility, availability and reliability of rural public transport – RESPONSE was an initiative driven by the public transport sector seeking to develop and coordinate existing publicly funded transport services in the Baltic Sea region.

]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:41:32 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/response-eng/ Project Deployment of biobased value chains https://www.sei.org/projects/iea-bioenergy-task-40-deployment-of-biobased-value-chains/ Under the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy the work on bioenergy technologies of twenty-four countries and the European Commission is practically coordinated and shared, accelerating deployment of technologies and strengthening research and development capabilities. Under the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy the work on bioenergy technologies of twenty-four countries and the European Commission is practically coordinated and shared, accelerating deployment of technologies and strengthening research and development capabilities.

]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:36:53 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/iea-bioenergy-task-40-deployment-of-biobased-value-chains/ Project Linking child health and the Sustainable Development Goals in Cambodia https://www.sei.org/projects/linking-child-health-sdgs-cambodia/ In this project, SEI partnered with Karolinska Institutet to explore interactions between child health and other dimensions of the 2030 Agenda in Cambodia. Using the SDG Synergies approach developed by SEI, a systematic assessment of how the SDGs influence child health and vice versa was carried out. Over a two-day workshop in August 2020 in the Phnom Penh area, 29 government and non-government stakeholders discussed and scored interactions across the 17 Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals. In this project, SEI partnered with Karolinska Institutet to explore interactions between child health and other dimensions of the 2030 Agenda in Cambodia.

Using the SDG Synergies approach developed by SEI, a systematic assessment of how the SDGs influence child health and vice versa was carried out. Over a two-day workshop in August 2020 in the Phnom Penh area, 29 government and non-government stakeholders discussed and scored interactions across the 17 Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals.

]]> Fri, 06 May 2022 14:00:10 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/linking-child-health-sdgs-cambodia/ Project Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina keskkonnastrateegia ja tegevuskava 2030+ koostamine https://www.sei.org/projects/bosnia-ja-hertsegoviina-keskkonnastrateegia-ja-tegevuskava-2030-koostamine/ SEI aitab Bosnia ja Hertsegoviinal koostada keskkonnastrateegiat ja tegevusplaani 2030+ vaates. Projekti töös osaleb ka SEI Tallinna vanemekspert ja säästva arengu programmijuht Kaja Peterson. Photo: Luka Korica / Unsplash. SEI aitab Bosnia ja Hertsegoviinal koostada keskkonnastrateegiat ja tegevusplaani 2030+ vaates. Projekti töös osaleb ka SEI Tallinna vanemekspert ja säästva arengu programmijuht Kaja Peterson.

Photo: Luka Korica / Unsplash.

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2020 08:41:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/bosnia-ja-hertsegoviina-keskkonnastrateegia-ja-tegevuskava-2030-koostamine/ Project Policy coherence between the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 https://www.sei.org/projects/policy-coherence-between-the-paris-agreement-and-agenda-2030/ Growing evidence demonstrates that climate action necessitates a transition addressing all dimensions of sustainability. The need to address distributional impacts and inequality emerges as a critical requirement for climate action, and vice versa. This program aims to advance policy coherence research by focusing on the causes of policy incoherence and how it affects achievement of global climate and development goals, especially ambitious climate action and reducing inequality. Growing evidence demonstrates that climate action necessitates a transition addressing all dimensions of sustainability. The need to address distributional impacts and inequality emerges as a critical requirement for climate action, and vice versa. This program aims to advance policy coherence research by focusing on the causes of policy incoherence and how it affects achievement of global climate and development goals, especially ambitious climate action and reducing inequality.

]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:17:34 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/policy-coherence-between-the-paris-agreement-and-agenda-2030/ Project