SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:01:58 +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 Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 https://www.sei.org/publications/position-statement-on-ai-use-in-evidence-synthesis/ This position statement advocates for the responsible use of AI and automation in evidence synthesis, emphasizing the need for human oversight, maintaining methodological rigor and the integrity of findings, and ensuring that AI use is fully and transparently reported. This position statement advocates for the responsible use of AI and automation in evidence synthesis, emphasizing the need for human oversight, maintaining methodological rigor and the integrity of findings, and ensuring that AI use is fully and transparently reported.

]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:54:03 +0000 Biljana Macura https://www.sei.org/publications/position-statement-on-ai-use-in-evidence-synthesis/ Publication Effectiveness of nature-based solutions to address water challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion: a systematic mapping https://www.sei.org/publications/effectiveness-of-nature-based-solutions-to-address-water-challenges-in-the-greater-mekong-subregion-a-systematic-mapping/ This review reveals a clear imbalance in the literature on NbS for water challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion, with significant gaps in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar despite existing policy commitments.There is a need to examine how governance structures and socio-political contexts in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar influence the implementation and uptake of NbS.The role of transboundary water politics, national priorities and influence of regional frameworks such as ASEAN and the Mekong... This review reveals a clear imbalance in the literature on NbS for water challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion, with significant gaps in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar despite existing policy commitments.

There is a need to examine how governance structures and socio-political contexts in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar influence the implementation and uptake of NbS.

The role of transboundary water politics, national priorities and influence of regional frameworks such as ASEAN and the Mekong River Commission remains underexplored, yet these factors are likely to be pivotal in shaping future trajectory and effectiveness of NbS in the region.

]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:08:11 +0000 Khaing Su Lwin; Ridhi Saluja; Sushmita Mandal; Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa https://www.sei.org/publications/effectiveness-of-nature-based-solutions-to-address-water-challenges-in-the-greater-mekong-subregion-a-systematic-mapping/ Publication Air pollution climate interactions – impact on crop productivity https://www.sei.org/publications/air-pollution-climate-crop-fao-agriculture/ A new UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) white paper reports that climate extremes are major drivers of “agrifood” crises, with systems bearing the greatest losses from climate shocks. It highlights the need to invest in sustainable, resilient agrifood systems to cut emissions and boost climate adaptation. Kevin Hicks, a co-author of Chapter 4 on crops, explores air pollution–climate interactions and their effects on crop productivity. A new UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) white paper reports that climate extremes are major drivers of “agrifood” crises, with systems bearing the greatest losses from climate shocks. It highlights the need to invest in sustainable, resilient agrifood systems to cut emissions and boost climate adaptation. Kevin Hicks, a co-author of Chapter 4 on crops, explores air pollution–climate interactions and their effects on crop productivity.

]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:25:39 +0000 Kevin Hicks; Lisa Emberson https://www.sei.org/publications/air-pollution-climate-crop-fao-agriculture/ Publication Exploring optimal sampling strategy of testate amoebae as hydrological bioindicators in UK upland peatlands https://www.sei.org/publications/testate-amoebae-sampling-bioindicators-peatlands/ Testate amoebae (single-celled organisms surrounded by a shell) have potential to act as bioindicators of the impact of peatland rewetting strategies. However, sampling in a time- and cost-effective way is challenging. In this paper, the authors discuss three methods which have improved their testate amoebae sampling and subsequent insights into peatland biology. Testate amoebae (single-celled organisms surrounded by a shell) have potential to act as bioindicators of the impact of peatland rewetting strategies. However, sampling in a time- and cost-effective way is challenging. In this paper, the authors discuss three methods which have improved their testate amoebae sampling and subsequent insights into peatland biology.

]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:00:32 +0000 Bing Liu; Andreas Heinemeyer https://www.sei.org/publications/testate-amoebae-sampling-bioindicators-peatlands/ Publication SEI leder projekt för att stärka svenska hamnars klimat- och krisberedskap https://www.sei.org/features/sei-leder-projekt-for-att-starka-svenska-hamnars-klimat-och-krisberedskap/ Utan hamnar stannar Sverige. Men hur redo är de egentligen att möta hot från klimatförändringar och växande geopolitiska spänningar? För att ta reda på det och stärka hamnarnas motståndskraft finansierar Trafikverket projektet Ökad beredskap för svenska hamnregioner som leds av SEI. Under tre år samverkar experter från olika institutioner för att ta fram kunskap och metoder. Utan hamnar stannar Sverige. Men hur redo är de egentligen att möta hot från klimatförändringar och växande geopolitiska spänningar? För att ta reda på det och stärka hamnarnas motståndskraft finansierar Trafikverket projektet Ökad beredskap för svenska hamnregioner som leds av SEI. Under tre år samverkar experter från olika institutioner för att ta fram kunskap och metoder.

]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:39:36 +0000 Karina Barquet; Frans Sjölander; Maria Sköld https://www.sei.org/features/sei-leder-projekt-for-att-starka-svenska-hamnars-klimat-och-krisberedskap/ Feature Discover how LEAP supports energy, climate and air pollution planning with new Publications Database https://www.sei.org/features/leap-energy-climate-air-pollution-publications-database/ A new feature in the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) allows users to explore thousands of LEAP-related publications to see how the climate, air pollution and energy planning tool has been used for research and policy development throughout the world. A new feature in the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) allows users to explore thousands of LEAP-related publications to see how the climate, air pollution and energy planning tool has been used for research and policy development throughout the world.

]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:49:49 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/leap-energy-climate-air-pollution-publications-database/ Feature SEI Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) Tool https://www.sei.org/tools/agriculture-forestry-land-use-afolu-tool/ The AFOLU Tool is a simulation tool that models greenhouse gas emission pathways from agriculture, forestry, and land-use change to help policymakers develop robust, evidence-based national climate mitigation plans within the LEAP modelling platform. The AFOLU Tool is a simulation tool that models greenhouse gas emission pathways from agriculture, forestry, and land-use change to help policymakers develop robust, evidence-based national climate mitigation plans within the LEAP modelling platform.

]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:26:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/tools/agriculture-forestry-land-use-afolu-tool/ Tool Perspectives in governance – AI & Energy in Europe https://www.sei.org/publications/perspectives-governance-ai-energy-europe/ A new report from Schneider Electric Sustainability Research Institute offers four case scenarios that offer insights into how diverse governance and energy mixes might unfold. A new report from Schneider Electric Sustainability Research Institute offers four case scenarios that offer insights into how diverse governance and energy mixes might unfold.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:31:42 +0000 https://www.sei.org/publications/perspectives-governance-ai-energy-europe/ Publication Ecological implications of changes in vegetation elemental composition under different heather (Calluna vulgaris) managements on British blanket bog https://www.sei.org/publications/heather-management-moorland-biodiversity/ In this paper, the authors investigate how three different land management approaches impact the elemental composition and subsequent nutritional content of key blanket bog vegetation. Their findings have important implications for the health of grazing animals and upland birds, such as red grouse. In this paper, the authors investigate how three different land management approaches impact the elemental composition and subsequent nutritional content of key blanket bog vegetation. Their findings have important implications for the health of grazing animals and upland birds, such as red grouse.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:32:11 +0000 Andreas Heinemeyer; Tom Holmes; Anthony Jones; Bing Liu https://www.sei.org/publications/heather-management-moorland-biodiversity/ Publication SEI and Smart Freight Centre drive progress in global logistics climate reporting https://www.sei.org/features/sei-and-sfc-advance-global-logistics-climate-reporting/ The Smart Freight Centre and SEI have partnered to enhance global logistics climate reporting. Through an update to the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) framework, they have added air pollutant reporting alongside greenhouse gases for the first time. This update strengthens transparency and consistency across the logistics sector and makes sustainability reporting more actionable for companies of all sizes. The Smart Freight Centre and SEI have partnered to enhance global logistics climate reporting. Through an update to the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) framework, they have added air pollutant reporting alongside greenhouse gases for the first time. This update strengthens transparency and consistency across the logistics sector and makes sustainability reporting more actionable for companies of all sizes.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:07:15 +0000 Eleni Michalopoulou; Ananya Choudhury; Jennifer Aghaji; Benedict Smith https://www.sei.org/features/sei-and-sfc-advance-global-logistics-climate-reporting/ Feature Bioeconomy Cluster Development Workshop https://www.sei.org/events/kenya-sweden-bioeconomy-workshop-and-preparation-for-the-business-and-innovation-fair/ This event will discuss practical experiences, sector challenges, and draw lessons for business growth and innovation in the bioeconomy sector. This event will discuss practical experiences, sector challenges, and draw lessons for business growth and innovation in the bioeconomy sector.

]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:09:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/kenya-sweden-bioeconomy-workshop-and-preparation-for-the-business-and-innovation-fair/ Event Circular threads: innovating in Kenya’s textile industry https://www.sei.org/features/circular-threads-innovating-in-kenyas-textile-industry/ Partnership with textile and garment producer Rivatex in Kenya reached a milestone in 2024, positioning it as a leader in sustainable manufacturing. The work builds on the Estonian UPMADE upcycling model, which empowers local factories and designers to create sustainable and circular garments and fabrics. Partnership with textile and garment producer Rivatex in Kenya reached a milestone in 2024, positioning it as a leader in sustainable manufacturing. The work builds on the Estonian UPMADE upcycling model, which empowers local factories and designers to create sustainable and circular garments and fabrics.

]]> Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:12:55 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/circular-threads-innovating-in-kenyas-textile-industry/ Feature Air Hub: engineering healthy indoor environments https://www.sei.org/projects/air-hub/ Air Hub is a new interdisciplinary network of engineers, health scientists and others set up to create healthier indoor air for everyone. We will achieve this by creating collaborations and co-designing research projects around the questions “How much and what is in PM2.5 indoors, what are its health impacts, and what are the most effective and equitable ways to reduce those impacts?” Air Hub is a new interdisciplinary network of engineers, health scientists and others set up to create healthier indoor air for everyone. We will achieve this by creating collaborations and co-designing research projects around the questions “How much and what is in PM2.5 indoors, what are its health impacts, and what are the most effective and equitable ways to reduce those impacts?”

]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:41:47 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/air-hub/ Project Strategic resilience: outlining a new government approach to climate change adaptation https://www.sei.org/publications/strategic-resilience/ A key objective for governments today should be to chart a course through an uncertain and complex world of polycrises to maximize justice and sustainability without risking conflict.Interlinked polycrises pose risks that ignore national borders, and they impose costs that erode the political and financial capital available to invest in preventing and preparing for climate-related shocks at the very time when these efforts are most needed.Relying on analysis of related literature and a case s... A key objective for governments today should be to chart a course through an uncertain and complex world of polycrises to maximize justice and sustainability without risking conflict.

Interlinked polycrises pose risks that ignore national borders, and they impose costs that erode the political and financial capital available to invest in preventing and preparing for climate-related shocks at the very time when these efforts are most needed.

Relying on analysis of related literature and a case study of the UK, the authors argue that the situation presents an opportunity to take a more ambitious approach to climate change adaptation through a new paradigm of “strategic resilience” a term they define as building the capacity to withstand and recover from multiple,complex shocks while pursuing coherent, strategic national objectives.

The authors argue that new governance structures – and possibly new institutions – are needed to reflect the primacy of this mission, with the ability to lead; steer finance and policy; orchestrate national-level coordination; and transcend narrow, traditional views of what constitutes the national interest.

The authors suggest that such an approach offers a “third way” forward – between a strictly territorial approach to adaptation, and an already emerging and riskier securitization approach to adaptation dominated by defence logics, which has the potential to lead to less collaborative policies and less effective investments.

]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:02:58 +0000 Magnus Benzie; Robbert Biesbroek; Aarti Gupta https://www.sei.org/publications/strategic-resilience/ Publication A growing bioeconomy in Kenya – opportunities for Kenyan-Swedish B2B collaboration https://www.sei.org/events/opportunities-kenyan-swedish-b2b-collaboration/ Africa is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s most dynamic markets – with Kenya and East Africa at the forefront of the green transition, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The region offers major opportunities for Swedish companies seeking to contribute with technology, investments, and sustainable business models in areas such as bioenergy, agriculture, circular economy, and bio-based industry. Africa is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s most dynamic markets – with Kenya and East Africa at the forefront of the green transition, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The region offers major opportunities for Swedish companies seeking to contribute with technology, investments, and sustainable business models in areas such as bioenergy, agriculture, circular economy, and bio-based industry.

]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 05:39:26 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/opportunities-kenyan-swedish-b2b-collaboration/ Event En växande bioekonomi i Kenya–möjligheter för svenska företag https://www.sei.org/events/en-vaxande-bioekonomi-i-kenya-mojligheter-for-svenska-foretag/ Afrika växer snabbt fram som en av världens mest dynamiska marknader – med Kenya och Östafrika i spetsen för grön omställning, innovation och entreprenörskap. Regionen erbjuder stora möjligheter för svenska företag som vill bidra med teknik, investeringar och hållbara affärsmodeller inom områden som bioenergi, jordbruk, cirkulär ekonomi och biobaserad industri. Afrika växer snabbt fram som en av världens mest dynamiska marknader – med Kenya och Östafrika i spetsen för grön omställning, innovation och entreprenörskap. Regionen erbjuder stora möjligheter för svenska företag som vill bidra med teknik, investeringar och hållbara affärsmodeller inom områden som bioenergi, jordbruk, cirkulär ekonomi och biobaserad industri.

]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:20:07 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/en-vaxande-bioekonomi-i-kenya-mojligheter-for-svenska-foretag/ Event Challenges and drivers for the adoption of improved solar drying technologies in mango farming: a case study of smallholder farmers in Mozambique https://www.sei.org/publications/solar-drying-technologies-in-mango-farming/ Solar drying technologies can mitigate post-harvest losses of mangoes, enhance food security and improve rural livelihoods among smallholder farmers in Mozambique. This study identifies and analyzes what hinders the adoption of improved solar drying technologies, as well as the drivers that facilitate their use among smallholder farmers. Solar drying technologies can mitigate post-harvest losses of mangoes, enhance food security and improve rural livelihoods among smallholder farmers in Mozambique. This study identifies and analyzes what hinders the adoption of improved solar drying technologies, as well as the drivers that facilitate their use among smallholder farmers.

]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:02:00 +0000 Paula Viola Salvador; Selorm Kugbega; Claudia Lazarte; Lucas Tivana; Federico Gómez Galindo https://www.sei.org/publications/solar-drying-technologies-in-mango-farming/ Publication Interventions and pathways to reducing water insecurities in the Mekong region: insights from SUMERNET 4 All (S4A) research https://www.sei.org/publications/interventions-water-insecurities-mekong/ This report synthesizes insights from 30 projects supported by the SUMERNET 4 All (S4A) program between 2018 and 2024. Funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), this program aimed to reduce water insecurities through inclusive, evidence-based research and policy engagement in the Mekong region. This report synthesizes insights from 30 projects supported by the SUMERNET 4
All (S4A) program between 2018 and 2024. Funded by the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (Sida), this program aimed to reduce water insecurities through inclusive,
evidence-based research and policy engagement in the Mekong region.

]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:16:00 +0000 Khaing Su Lwin; Ridhi Saluja; Sushmita Mandal; Louis Lebel; Boripat Lebel; Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa https://www.sei.org/publications/interventions-water-insecurities-mekong/ Publication Shaping the EU’s response to growing climate threats https://www.sei.org/features/shaping-the-eus-response-to-growing-climate-threats/ The first European Climate Risk Assessment caused shockwaves in 2024 among policymakers and the media by exposing huge vulnerabilities in Europe’s climate preparedness. SEI played an integral role in producing the report, commissioned by the European Environment Agency and designed to inform the priorities of the new EU Commission. The first European Climate Risk Assessment caused shockwaves in 2024 among policymakers and the media by exposing huge vulnerabilities in Europe’s climate preparedness. SEI played an integral role in producing the report, commissioned by the European Environment Agency and designed to inform the priorities of the new EU Commission.

]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:42:47 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/shaping-the-eus-response-to-growing-climate-threats/ Feature SEI at climate COP30: topics to watch https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-at-climate-cop30-topics-to-watch/ At the upcoming climate COP30, researchers from SEI will be on site to offer expert commentary and analysis on central topics, including the bioeconomy and forests, food and water systems, adaptation, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the energy transition. The UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) will be held in Belém, Brazil, and runs from 10-21 November 2025. At the upcoming climate COP30, researchers from SEI will be on site to offer expert commentary and analysis on central topics, including the bioeconomy and forests, food and water systems, adaptation, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the energy transition.

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) will be held in Belém, Brazil, and runs from 10-21 November 2025.

]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:00:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-at-climate-cop30-topics-to-watch/ Press