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 UK GCRF Living Deltas Hub https://www.sei.org/projects/uk-gcrf-living-deltas-hub/ The UK GCRF Living Deltas Hub is a renowned global research initiative collaborating with over 130 experts. We focus on the Red River and Mekong River deltas in Vietnam, and the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in India and Bangladesh. The UK GCRF Living Deltas Hub is a renowned global research initiative collaborating with over 130 experts. We focus on the Red River and Mekong River deltas in Vietnam, and the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in India and Bangladesh.

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:54:07 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/uk-gcrf-living-deltas-hub/ Project Understanding multi-level drivers of behaviour change https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-multi-level-drivers-behaviour-change/ This is a Cross-impact Balance analysis of what influences the adoption of improved cookstoves in Kenya. This is a Cross-impact Balance analysis of what influences the adoption of improved cookstoves in Kenya.

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:53:21 +0000 Fiona Lambe; Henrik Carlsen; Marie Jürisoo; Nina Weitz; Aaron Atteridge; Hannah Wanjiru; Gregor Vulturius https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-multi-level-drivers-behaviour-change/ Publication SEI’s highlights of 2018 https://www.sei.org/features/2018-highlights/ Whether you've been following SEI for days, months or decades, join us as we reflect on some of our research and organizational highlights from the year. Whether you've been following SEI for days, months or decades, join us as we reflect on some of our research and organizational highlights from the year.

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:19:18 +0000 Mischa Andrews https://www.sei.org/features/2018-highlights/ Feature COP24 recap: what did it deliver? https://www.sei.org/perspectives/cop24-recap-what-did-it-deliver/ The aim of this year’s UN climate conference was to “breathe life” into the 2015 Paris Agreement. While the agreement set in place long-term goals and the mechanisms to achieve them, it left important details to be decided about how these mechanisms should function in practice. For more than two weeks, negotiators in Katowice worked to thrash out those rules, requiring them to bridge contentious divides that had been “papered over” in Paris. Here, SEI Research Fellow Cleo Verkuijl and SEI Ass... The aim of this year’s UN climate conference was to “breathe life” into the 2015 Paris Agreement. While the agreement set in place long-term goals and the mechanisms to achieve them, it left important details to be decided about how these mechanisms should function in practice. For more than two weeks, negotiators in Katowice worked to thrash out those rules, requiring them to bridge contentious divides that had been “papered over” in Paris. Here, SEI Research Fellow Cleo Verkuijl and SEI Associate Harro van Asselt assess the key outcomes – and continuing challenges.

]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:50:09 +0000 Cleo Verkuijl; Harro van Asselt https://www.sei.org/perspectives/cop24-recap-what-did-it-deliver/ Perspective Improving consumption based accounting for global capture fisheries https://www.sei.org/publications/prince-capture-fisheries/ This article presents a new species-specific, capture-method-specific approach for estimating the environmental impacts linked to a country’s consumption of wild-caught fish. Fishing in a rough sea. Photo: piola666 / Getty Images. This article presents a new species-specific, capture-method-specific approach for estimating the environmental impacts linked to a country’s consumption of wild-caught fish.

Fishing in a rough sea. Photo: piola666 / Getty Images.

]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:47:16 +0000 Chris West; Emilie Stokeld; Simon Croft; Jonathan Green https://www.sei.org/publications/prince-capture-fisheries/ Publication Uncertainties in assessing the extent and legal compliance status of riparian forests in the eastern Brazilian Amazon https://www.sei.org/publications/riparian-forest-amazon-compliance/ This article demonstrates the importance of using finer-resolution land cover data and improved hydrological models to support implementation of Brazilian legislation to protect riverside forests and to safeguard the environmental benefits provided by these critically important ecosystems. Riparian forest in Brazil. Photo: FG Trade / Getty Images. This article demonstrates the importance of using finer-resolution land cover data and improved hydrological models to support implementation of Brazilian legislation to protect riverside forests and to safeguard the environmental benefits provided by these critically important ecosystems.

Riparian forest in Brazil. Photo: FG Trade / Getty Images.

]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:11:06 +0000 Toby Gardner https://www.sei.org/publications/riparian-forest-amazon-compliance/ Publication The Swedish footprint: A multi-model comparison https://www.sei.org/publications/the-swedish-footprint-a-multi-model-comparison/ This article compares carbon footprint results for Swedish consumption from a range of models, and offers insights and recommendations for developing a system of policy-relevant indicators of the environmental pressures linked to consumption, both inside and beyond a country’s borders. Graphic: PM Images / Getty Images. This article compares carbon footprint results for Swedish consumption from a range of models, and offers insights and recommendations for developing a system of policy-relevant indicators of the environmental pressures linked to consumption, both inside and beyond a country’s borders.

Graphic: PM Images / Getty Images.

]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:50:38 +0000 Elena Dawkins https://www.sei.org/publications/the-swedish-footprint-a-multi-model-comparison/ Publication The SEI Initiative on City Health and Wellbeing https://www.sei.org/publications/the-sei-initiative-on-city-health-and-wellbeing/ Rapidly growing cities represent unique challenges and opportunities. Unplanned growth often outpaces infrastructure development and occurs at the expense of a city’s ecological foundations, undermining residents’ well-being and its sustainability. This brief describes how the SEI City Health and Well-being Initiative will use novel approaches to investigate how evolving cities are affecting the well-being of residents and how this interacts with the overall health of city systems. Photo: chu... Rapidly growing cities represent unique challenges and opportunities. Unplanned growth often outpaces infrastructure development and occurs at the expense of a city’s ecological foundations, undermining residents’ well-being and its sustainability. This brief describes how the SEI City Health and Well-being Initiative will use novel approaches to investigate how evolving cities are affecting the well-being of residents and how this interacts with the overall health of city systems.

Photo: chuttersnap / Unsplash.

]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:44:15 +0000 Steve Cinderby https://www.sei.org/publications/the-sei-initiative-on-city-health-and-wellbeing/ Publication Resource or risk? When it comes to reusing sewage sludge, attitudes matter https://www.sei.org/perspectives/sewage-sludge-attitudes/ Reusing treated sewage sludge in agriculture can make sound economic and environmental sense. But as history shows, even the safest reuse technologies need to win over hearts as well as minds. The idea of fertilizing food crops with sewage sludge can stir up strong reactions. Photo: Kurhan / Getty Images. Reusing treated sewage sludge in agriculture can make sound economic and environmental sense. But as history shows, even the safest reuse technologies need to win over hearts as well as minds.

The idea of fertilizing food crops with sewage sludge can stir up strong reactions. Photo: Kurhan / Getty Images.

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:18:38 +0000 Linn Järnberg https://www.sei.org/perspectives/sewage-sludge-attitudes/ Perspective 4 key ingredients for chemical safety beyond 2020 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/4-key-ingredients-for-chemical-safety-beyond-2020/ The internationally agreed vision to minimize risks to human health and the environment from the use of chemicals by 2020 is a long way from being achieved. What is the recipe for a successful new regime on chemicals management? The internationally agreed vision to minimize risks to human health and the environment from the use of chemicals by 2020 is a long way from being achieved. What is the recipe for a successful new regime on chemicals management?

]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:51:59 +0000 Linn Persson https://www.sei.org/perspectives/4-key-ingredients-for-chemical-safety-beyond-2020/ Perspective Resource nexus perspectives towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals https://www.sei.org/publications/resource-nexus-perspectives-sustainable-development-goals/ Debate around increasing demand for natural resources is often framed in terms of a ‘nexus’, which is perhaps at risk of becoming a buzz word. A nexus between what? Over what scales? And what are the consequences of such a nexus? Debate around increasing demand for natural resources is often framed in terms of a ‘nexus’, which is perhaps at risk of becoming a buzz word. A nexus between what? Over what scales? And what are the consequences of such a nexus?

]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:28:47 +0000 Holger Hoff https://www.sei.org/publications/resource-nexus-perspectives-sustainable-development-goals/ Publication Meet Modesta Read, Financial Assistant https://www.sei.org/people/meet-sei/modesta-read/ Meet Modesta, SEI’s Financial Assistant based in our Stockholm headquarters. When she first lived in Sweden, Modesta struggled with the dark winter months – but she found a sense of home and ambition through her studies, and has now been living here for around 15 years. Modesta shares how she loves working with such a diverse group of people, fitting together like a puzzle to solve some of the world’s most important issues. Meet Modesta, SEI’s Financial Assistant based in our Stockholm headquarters. When she first lived in Sweden, Modesta struggled with the dark winter months – but she found a sense of home and ambition through her studies, and has now been living here for around 15 years. Modesta shares how she loves working with such a diverse group of people, fitting together like a puzzle to solve some of the world’s most important issues.

]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:39:02 +0000 https://www.sei.org/people/meet-sei/modesta-read/ Meet SEI COP24: A tale of two panels https://www.sei.org/features/cop24-a-tale-of-two-panels/ Two side events discussed fossil fuels. One focused on the past; the other envisioned a sustainable and equitable future. Two side events discussed fossil fuels. One focused on the past; the other envisioned a sustainable and equitable future.

]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:37:54 +0000 Emily Yehle https://www.sei.org/features/cop24-a-tale-of-two-panels/ Feature Biomajanduse parimad praktikad – mida saab Eesti Põhjamaadelt õppida? https://www.sei.org/features/biomajanduse-parimad-praktikad-mida-saab-eesti-pohjamaadelt-oppida/ Norra ja Rootsi biomajanduse klastrid ja ettevõtted on inspireerivaks eeskujuks, kuidas biomjaanduse valdkonnas edukalt tegutseda. Klastritega viis SEI Tallinna eksperte tutvuma rahvusvaheline biomajanduse projekt RDI2CLUB, mille eesmärgiks on biomajanduse võimaluste arendamine Läänemere maapiirkondades. Norra ja Rootsi biomajanduse klastrid ja ettevõtted on inspireerivaks eeskujuks, kuidas biomjaanduse valdkonnas edukalt tegutseda. Klastritega viis SEI Tallinna eksperte tutvuma rahvusvaheline biomajanduse projekt RDI2CLUB, mille eesmärgiks on biomajanduse võimaluste arendamine Läänemere maapiirkondades.

]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:36:36 +0000 Helen Saarniit https://www.sei.org/features/biomajanduse-parimad-praktikad-mida-saab-eesti-pohjamaadelt-oppida/ Feature The Sustainable Development Goals viewed through a climate lens https://www.sei.org/publications/the-sustainable-development-goals-viewed-through-a-climate-lens/ There is great potential for policy coherence in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. The NDC-SDG Connections Tool visualizes potential synergies between the SDGs and countries’ climate actions. This brief presents findings from a comprehensive data-driven analysis of more than 7000 climate activities extracted from 164 Nationally Determined Contributions (countries’ climate action plans) under the Paris Agreement. There is great potential for policy coherence in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. The NDC-SDG Connections Tool visualizes potential synergies between the SDGs and countries’ climate actions. This brief presents findings from a comprehensive data-driven analysis of more than 7000 climate activities extracted from 164 Nationally Determined Contributions (countries’ climate action plans) under the Paris Agreement.

]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:52:40 +0000 Adis Dzebo https://www.sei.org/publications/the-sustainable-development-goals-viewed-through-a-climate-lens/ Publication Webinar: Policy briefs – Getting read, getting understood https://www.sei.org/events/webinar-policy-briefs/ If you want your agricultural research to make a real difference, you need to get the attention of policy-makers, companies, extension services and other experts. This second AgriFoSe2030 policy briefs webinar focuses on how to profile your target audience, then how to formulate and deliver compelling messages about your research. Photo: Witthaya Prasongsin / Getty Images. If you want your agricultural research to make a real difference, you need to get the attention of policy-makers, companies, extension services and other experts. This second AgriFoSe2030 policy briefs webinar focuses on how to profile your target audience, then how to formulate and deliver compelling messages about your research.

Photo: Witthaya Prasongsin / Getty Images.

]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:33:09 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/webinar-policy-briefs/ Event Soy trade from Brazil’s Cerrado driving climate emissions https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/soy-trade-from-brazils-cerrado-driving-climate-emissions/ Some 17,500 km2 of Brazil’s Cerrado – an area almost the size of New Jersey – has been cleared in the last 11 years to make way for soy plantations, according to new analysis by Trase which reveals the traders and consumer countries involved. Some 17,500 km2 of Brazil’s Cerrado – an area almost the size of New Jersey – has been cleared in the last 11 years to make way for soy plantations, according to new analysis by Trase which reveals the traders and consumer countries involved.

]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:00:54 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/soy-trade-from-brazils-cerrado-driving-climate-emissions/ Press Sojahandel från Brasiliens Cerrado driver på klimatutsläpp https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sojahandel-fran-brasiliens-cerrado-driver-pa-klimatutslapp/ De senaste elva åren har cirka 17 500 km2 av Brasiliens Cerrado avverkats för att ge plats åt sojaplantager. Brasiliens Cerrado är en av världens stora savanner med omfattande artrikedom. En ny analys utförd inom Trase, som leds av Stockholm Environment Institute och Global Canopy, synliggör avverkningen och vilka handlare och konsumentländer som är involverade. De senaste elva åren har cirka 17 500 km2 av Brasiliens Cerrado avverkats för att ge plats åt sojaplantager. Brasiliens Cerrado är en av världens stora savanner med omfattande artrikedom.

En ny analys utförd inom Trase, som leds av Stockholm Environment Institute och Global Canopy, synliggör avverkningen och vilka handlare och konsumentländer som är involverade.

]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:19:21 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sojahandel-fran-brasiliens-cerrado-driver-pa-klimatutslapp/ Press Scaling up private sector investment for adaptation in Africa https://www.sei.org/events/private-sector-adaptation-and-mitigation-finance-for-ndc-implementation-in-sub-saharan-africa/ Side event of COP24 in Katowice, Poland This side event, organised by SEI, UNCDF and AAI, will highlight how the private sector can be best incentivized to contribute to the financing of adaptation activities. This side event, organised by SEI, UNCDF and AAI, will highlight how the private sector can be best incentivized to contribute to the financing of adaptation activities.

]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2018 23:10:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/private-sector-adaptation-and-mitigation-finance-for-ndc-implementation-in-sub-saharan-africa/ Event Accelerating action and support for adaptation https://www.sei.org/events/accelerating-action-and-support-for-adaptation/ The Global Commission on Adaptation will host its first public event since its launch at the UN climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland. SEI is a research partner in this important new alliance. The Global Commission on Adaptation will host its first public event since its launch at the UN climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland. SEI is a research partner in this important new alliance.

]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:01:32 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/accelerating-action-and-support-for-adaptation/ Event