SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:01:11 +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 LOCACONS – Conflict Prevention and Low-Carbon Development https://www.sei.org/projects/locacons-conflict-prevention-and-low-carbon-development/ The overarching aim of this research is to produce policy-relevant knowledge about the opportunities for conflict-sensitive development and sustaining peace through different renewable energy projects. ​The project is funded by FORMAS [Project number 2017–01941] ​Learn more on the project website. The overarching aim of this research is to produce policy-relevant knowledge about the opportunities for conflict-sensitive development and sustaining peace through different renewable energy projects.

​The project is funded by FORMAS [Project number 2017–01941]

​Learn more on the project website.

]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:52:04 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/locacons-conflict-prevention-and-low-carbon-development/ Project Understanding social equity and sustainability interactions in the Sustainable Development Goals: gender differences in food security https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-social-equity-and-sustainability-interactions-in-the-sustainable-development-goals-gender-differences-in-food-security/ This discussion brief examines interactions between the SDGs on food security and gender equality to identify potential conflicts as well as opportunities to advance both goals simultaneously. This discussion brief examines interactions between the SDGs on food security and gender equality to identify potential conflicts as well as opportunities to advance both goals simultaneously.

]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:55:18 +0000 Nilufar Matin; Richard Taylor; Marion Davis; Mònica Coll Besa https://www.sei.org/publications/understanding-social-equity-and-sustainability-interactions-in-the-sustainable-development-goals-gender-differences-in-food-security/ Publication Guidance materials for mainstreaming gender perspectives into model-based policy analysis https://www.sei.org/publications/guidance-materials-for-mainstreaming-gender-perspectives-into-model-based-policy-analysis/ This document draws on SEI experience with WEAP and LEAP to provide guidance for mainstreaming gender and social equity issues into modelling studies to support policy-making and planning. This document draws on SEI experience with WEAP and LEAP to provide guidance for mainstreaming gender and social equity issues into modelling studies to support policy-making and planning.

]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:43:07 +0000 Marisa Escobar; Marion Davis; Laura Forni; Emily Ghosh https://www.sei.org/publications/guidance-materials-for-mainstreaming-gender-perspectives-into-model-based-policy-analysis/ Publication Q&A: Kaja Peterson on reviewing Bosnia and Herzegovina’s environmental performance https://www.sei.org/features/qa-kaja-peterson/ Kaja Peterson from SEI Tallinn has recently returned from Bosnia and Herzegovina where she was a member of a group of international experts carrying out the UN environmental performance review for the country. In this Q&A she explains why these reviews are carried out and shares her experience of being part of the process. Kaja Peterson from SEI Tallinn has recently returned from Bosnia and Herzegovina where she was a member of a group of international experts carrying out the UN environmental performance review for the country. In this Q&A she explains why these reviews are carried out and shares her experience of being part of the process.]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:41:20 +0000 Helen Saarniit https://www.sei.org/features/qa-kaja-peterson/ Feature Kaja Peterson Bosnia ja Hertsegoviinas riigi keskkonnaülevaadet koostamas https://www.sei.org/features/kaja-peterson-bosnia-ja-hertsegoviinas-riigi-keskkonnaulevaadet-koostamas/ Milline näeb välja keskkonnavaldkonnas töötava eksperdi elu? Tihti viib meid töö keskkonnateemadega tegelema ka laia maailma. Siit saad lugeda SEI Tallinna vanemeksperdi Kaja Petersoni missioonist Bosnia ja Hertegovinasse, kus ta osales ÜRO kutsel riigi keskkonnaülevaate koostamises. Milline näeb välja keskkonnavaldkonnas töötava eksperdi elu? Tihti viib meid töö keskkonnateemadega tegelema ka laia maailma. Siit saad lugeda SEI Tallinna vanemeksperdi Kaja Petersoni missioonist Bosnia ja Hertegovinasse, kus ta osales ÜRO kutsel riigi keskkonnaülevaate koostamises.

]]> Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/kaja-peterson-bosnia-ja-hertsegoviinas-riigi-keskkonnaulevaadet-koostamas/ Feature A conceptual framework for governing and managing key flows in a source-to-sea continuum https://www.sei.org/publications/a-conceptual-framework-for-governing-and-managing-key-flows-in-a-source-to-sea-continuum/ This open access paper presents a conceptual framework to guide the design of future initiatives aimed at supporting green and blue growth This open access paper presents a conceptual framework to guide the design of future initiatives aimed at supporting green and blue growth

]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:10:59 +0000 Jakob Granit; Sulev Nõmmann https://www.sei.org/publications/a-conceptual-framework-for-governing-and-managing-key-flows-in-a-source-to-sea-continuum/ Publication We must trust in science, now more than ever https://www.sei.org/perspectives/trust-in-science/ We need a stronger role for science in decision making, writes Karolina Skog, Swedish Minister for the Environment (MP) together with four executives from the scientific community. Source: Dagens Nyheter, Sweden. English translation by Anneli Sundin We need a stronger role for science in decision making, writes Karolina Skog, Swedish Minister for the Environment (MP) together with four executives from the scientific community.

Source: Dagens Nyheter, Sweden. English translation by Anneli Sundin

]]> Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:08:40 +0000 Johan L. Kuylenstierna https://www.sei.org/perspectives/trust-in-science/ Perspective Disaster risk reduction strategies in EU coastal areas – recommendations for EU, national, and regional policy makers https://www.sei.org/publications/disaster-risk-reduction-eu-coastal-areas-eu-national-regional-policy-makers/ This policy brief highlights the lessons-learned from the RISC-KIT project and provides a number of recommendations addressed to different actors, and relevance to the Sendai Framework and the Floods Directive. This policy brief highlights the lessons-learned from the RISC-KIT project and provides a number of recommendations addressed to different actors, and relevance to the Sendai Framework and the Floods Directive.

]]> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:44:42 +0000 Karina Barquet https://www.sei.org/publications/disaster-risk-reduction-eu-coastal-areas-eu-national-regional-policy-makers/ Publication Your city could be exporting deadly air pollution – here’s why https://www.sei.org/perspectives/cities-exporting-deadly-air-pollution/ Transboundary air pollution still a major threat to human health and well-being. Transboundary air pollution still a major threat to human health and well-being.

]]> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:05:07 +0000 Gary Haq https://www.sei.org/perspectives/cities-exporting-deadly-air-pollution/ Perspective Baselines for assessing urban GHG abatement need to be transparent https://www.sei.org/perspectives/urban-ghg-abatement-baseline-transparency/ Is “hot air” distorting estimates of cities’ potential for climate mitigation? Is “hot air” distorting estimates of cities’ potential for climate mitigation?

]]> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:53:07 +0000 Peter Erickson; Derik Broekhoff https://www.sei.org/perspectives/urban-ghg-abatement-baseline-transparency/ Perspective Gathering the tribes: a science-policy-business dialogue on a low-carbon EU https://www.sei.org/perspectives/low-carbon-eu-dialogue/ Taking ambitious action to tackle global climate change should be a straightforward task, but reality is not that simple. Taking ambitious action to tackle global climate change should be a straightforward task, but reality is not that simple.

]]> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:13:18 +0000 Anna Löfdahl; Caspar Trimmer; Stefan Bößner; Timothy Suljada https://www.sei.org/perspectives/low-carbon-eu-dialogue/ Perspective Bringing EU policy into line with the planetary boundaries https://www.sei.org/publications/eu-policy-into-line-planetary-boundaries/ This brief discusses how the planetary boundaries framework can be used to inform EU policy-making. This brief discusses how the planetary boundaries framework can be used to inform EU policy-making.

]]> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:23:43 +0000 Holger Hoff https://www.sei.org/publications/eu-policy-into-line-planetary-boundaries/ Publication Pealinn: Eestis raisatakse 50 000 tonni toitu aastas https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/pealinn-eestis-raisatakse-50-000-tonni-toitu-aastas-522/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/pealinn-eestis-raisatakse-50-000-tonni-toitu-aastas-522/ Press Electrophoretic separation of humic acids isolated from tropical soils through modified denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis https://www.sei.org/publications/electrophoretic-separation-of-humic-acids-isolated-from-tropical-soils-through-modified-denaturing-polyacrylamide-gel-electrophoresis/ This paper identifies improvements in techniques to identify humic acids in soils. This paper identifies improvements in techniques to identify humic acids in soils.

]]> Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:42:12 +0000 Divya Pandey https://www.sei.org/publications/electrophoretic-separation-of-humic-acids-isolated-from-tropical-soils-through-modified-denaturing-polyacrylamide-gel-electrophoresis/ Publication Join us in supporting the March for Science! https://www.sei.org/features/supporting-march-for-science/ Fact resistance, suspicion of science and acceptance of “alternative facts” seem to be increasingly shaping the public agenda. But at a time of unprecedented global opportunities and challenges, we need science more than ever. Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:19:44 +0000 Anneli Sundin https://www.sei.org/features/supporting-march-for-science/ Feature Disentangling the pathways of land use impacts on the functional structure of fish assemblages in Amazon streams https://www.sei.org/publications/disentangling-the-pathways-of-land-use-impacts-on-the-functional-structure-of-fish-assemblages-in-amazon-streams/ This journal article presents the results of the most comprehensive multi-scale assessment of the biological condition of streams in the Amazon to date, examining functional responses of fish assemblages to land use. This journal article presents the results of the most comprehensive multi-scale assessment of the biological condition of streams in the Amazon to date, examining functional responses of fish assemblages to land use.

]]> Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0000 Toby Gardner https://www.sei.org/publications/disentangling-the-pathways-of-land-use-impacts-on-the-functional-structure-of-fish-assemblages-in-amazon-streams/ Publication Climate change impacts in the Middle East and Northern Africa region and their implications for vulnerable population groups https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-impacts-in-the-middle-east-and-northern-africa-region-and-their-implications-for-vulnerable-population-groups/ The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region emerges as one of the hot spots for worsening extreme heat, drought and aridity conditions under climate change. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region emerges as one of the hot spots for worsening extreme heat, drought and aridity conditions under climate change.

]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0000 Holger Hoff https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-impacts-in-the-middle-east-and-northern-africa-region-and-their-implications-for-vulnerable-population-groups/ Publication A multi-sector Kaleckian-Harrodian model for long-run analysis https://www.sei.org/publications/kaleckian-harrodian-model/ This paper presents a step towards a post-Keynesian dynamic model for long-run policy analysis. This paper presents a step towards a post-Keynesian dynamic model for long-run policy analysis.

]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:47:47 +0000 Eric Kemp-Benedict https://www.sei.org/publications/kaleckian-harrodian-model/ Publication Why green spaces are good for grey matter https://www.sei.org/features/why-green-spaces-are-good-for-grey-matter/ Walking between busy urban environments and green spaces triggers changes in levels of excitement, engagement and frustration in the brain, a study of older people has found.  

]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 13:58:46 +0000 Howard Cambridge https://www.sei.org/features/why-green-spaces-are-good-for-grey-matter/ Feature Prügikokanduse ehk toidujäätmete nutikast ning säästlikust kasutusest Positmehe ARTERIS https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/prugikokanduse-ehk-toidujaatmete-nutikast-ning-saastlikust-kasutusest-positmehe-arteris/ Fri, 07 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/prugikokanduse-ehk-toidujaatmete-nutikast-ning-saastlikust-kasutusest-positmehe-arteris/ Press