SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:07:12 +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 Long-term microplastic retention causes reduced body condition in the langoustine, Nephrops norvegicus https://www.sei.org/publications/microplastic-nephrops-norvegicus/ This paper investigates the effect of ingested polypropylene fibres on growth and nutritional state in Nephrops norvegicus. This paper investigates the effect of ingested polypropylene fibres on growth and nutritional state in Nephrops norvegicus.

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:07:39 +0000 Natalie Welden https://www.sei.org/publications/microplastic-nephrops-norvegicus/ Publication What makes an ‘improved’ stove worth using? Insights from India https://www.sei.org/perspectives/stove-insights-india/ Early results from a project offering electric, gas and efficient wood cookstoves suggest only aspirational technologies really appeal – but how much they’re used remains to be seen. Early results from a project offering electric, gas and efficient wood cookstoves suggest only aspirational technologies really appeal – but how much they’re used remains to be seen.

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:00:00 +0000 Rob Bailis; Aubrey Cohen https://www.sei.org/perspectives/stove-insights-india/ Perspective A global synthesis of jatropha cultivation: insights into land use change and management practices https://www.sei.org/publications/jatropha-cultivation/ This study found most land cultivated with jatropha in 2011 had been cleared of vegetation through unrelated logging or previously unused, and management practices were largely extensive. This study found most land cultivated with jatropha in 2011 had been cleared of vegetation through unrelated logging or previously unused, and management practices were largely extensive.

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Rob Bailis https://www.sei.org/publications/jatropha-cultivation/ Publication Digitalizing health data can save time, money – and lives – in Kenya https://www.sei.org/features/digitalizing-health-data-can-save-time-money-and-lives-in-kenya/ Streamlining access to healthcare and patient information can have multiple benefits, according to an SEI paper presented at Nairobi Innovation Week. Streamlining access to healthcare and patient information can have multiple benefits, according to an SEI paper presented at Nairobi Innovation Week.]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2016 06:21:45 +0000 Sarah Odera https://www.sei.org/features/digitalizing-health-data-can-save-time-money-and-lives-in-kenya/ Feature Stockholmi Keskkonnainstituudi Tallinna Keskuse uue juhina asub tööle Lauri Tammiste https://www.sei.org/features/stockholmi-keskkonnainstituudi-tallinna-keskuse-uue-juhina-asub-toole-lauri-tammiste/ Tammiste alustab Stockholmi Keskkonnainstituudi Tallinna Keskuse (SEI Tallinna) juhina 8. augustil, võttes ametikohustused üle instituuti üheksa aastat juhtinud Tea Nõmmannilt. Tammiste alustab Stockholmi Keskkonnainstituudi Tallinna Keskuse (SEI Tallinna) juhina 8. augustil, võttes ametikohustused üle instituuti üheksa aastat juhtinud Tea Nõmmannilt.

]]> Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/stockholmi-keskkonnainstituudi-tallinna-keskuse-uue-juhina-asub-toole-lauri-tammiste/ Feature How does hybrid governance emerge? Role of the elite in building a green municipality in the eastern Brazilian Amazon https://www.sei.org/publications/hybrid-governance-amazon/ This article examines the role played by different actors, the rationale that promoted collaboration in the first place, and the distribution of power that shapes the still evolving governance arrangement in the Brazilian Amazon. This article examines the role played by different actors, the rationale that promoted collaboration in the first place, and the distribution of power that shapes the still evolving governance arrangement in the Brazilian Amazon.

]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Toby Gardner https://www.sei.org/publications/hybrid-governance-amazon/ Publication Turning energy around: coal and the German Energiewende https://www.sei.org/publications/coal-and-energiewende/ This brief examines how Germany’s coal sector has affected the progress of the Energiewende, and how policy-makers might be able to overcome resistance to the energy transition. This brief examines how Germany’s coal sector has affected the progress of the Energiewende, and how policy-makers might be able to overcome resistance to the energy transition.

]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:49:25 +0000 Stefan Bößner https://www.sei.org/publications/coal-and-energiewende/ Publication Maximizing the potential of the Paris Agreement: Effective review in a hybrid regime https://www.sei.org/publications/maximizing-paris-hybrid/ This discussion brief identifies key questions still to be addressed about review processes under the Paris Agreement, and outlines a few options for answering them, focusing on review of implementation, ambition, and compliance. This discussion brief identifies key questions still to be addressed about review processes under the Paris Agreement, and outlines a few options for answering them, focusing on review of implementation, ambition, and compliance.

]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2016 03:54:25 +0000 Harro van Asselt https://www.sei.org/publications/maximizing-paris-hybrid/ Publication Understanding the circular economy in Europe, from resource efficiency to sharing platforms: the CEPS framework https://www.sei.org/publications/circular-economy-europe/ This report proposes a framework and related recommendations that allow for a standardized approach to policy‐making for the transition to a circular economy. This report proposes a framework and related recommendations that allow for a standardized approach to policy‐making for the transition to a circular economy.

]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Corrado Topi https://www.sei.org/publications/circular-economy-europe/ Publication Eesti liikluskultuuri parandadmisele suunatud rakendusest Teomeeter Delfis https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/eesti-liikluskultuuri-parandadmisele-suunatud-rakendusest-teomeeter-delfis/ Sun, 24 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/eesti-liikluskultuuri-parandadmisele-suunatud-rakendusest-teomeeter-delfis/ Press In the Mekong Region, climate change poses real threat to food security https://www.sei.org/perspectives/mekong-region-food-security/ Climate change is resulting in severe negative impacts on many food-producing areas of the Mekong Region, posing risks of food insecurity. Starting on 8 August, SEI and the UNEP 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) Sustainable Food Systems Programme and International Resource Panel (IRP) will be launching a five-week massive online open course (MOOC), Food and Our Future: Sustainable Food Systems in Southeast Asia. This post provides a preview of some of the issues to be addressed. Climate change is resulting in severe negative impacts on many food-producing areas of the Mekong Region, posing risks of food insecurity.

Starting on 8 August, SEI and the UNEP 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) Sustainable Food Systems Programme and International Resource Panel (IRP) will be launching a five-week massive online open course (MOOC), Food and Our Future: Sustainable Food Systems in Southeast Asia. This post provides a preview of some of the issues to be addressed.

]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2016 04:25:38 +0000 Rajesh Daniel https://www.sei.org/perspectives/mekong-region-food-security/ Perspective From Planetary Boundaries to national fair shares of the global safe operating space — How can the scales be bridged? https://www.sei.org/publications/planetary-boundaries-fair-shares/ In this paper, the authors develop a framework that addresses the biophysical, socio-economic, and ethical dimensions of bridging across scales, to provide a consistently applicable approach for translating the planetary boundaries into national-level fair shares of Earth’s safe operating space. In this paper, the authors develop a framework that addresses the biophysical, socio-economic, and ethical dimensions of bridging across scales, to provide a consistently applicable approach for translating the planetary boundaries into national-level fair shares of Earth’s safe operating space.

]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Holger Hoff https://www.sei.org/publications/planetary-boundaries-fair-shares/ Publication Towards more spatially explicit assessments of virtual water flows: linking local water use and scarcity to global demand of Brazilian farming commodities https://www.sei.org/publications/spatially-explicit-virtual-water-flows/ This article demonstrates the value of finer scales of assessment when gauging the implications of global consumption of farming commodities on water demand in production areas, using data from Brazilian municipalities. This article demonstrates the value of finer scales of assessment when gauging the implications of global consumption of farming commodities on water demand in production areas, using data from Brazilian municipalities.

]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Louise Karlberg; Javier Godar; Ylva Ran; Clément Suavet https://www.sei.org/publications/spatially-explicit-virtual-water-flows/ Publication Eesti sammud Agenda 2030 rakendamisel https://www.sei.org/features/eesti-sammud-agenda-2030-rakendamisel-437/ 11.–23. juulini toimub New Yorgis ÜRO Kõrgetasemeline Poliitiline Foorum, kus esimesed 22 riiki, sealhulgas ka Eesti, annavad vabatahtlikena ülevaate sammudest säästva arengu eesmärkide (SDG-de) saavutamiseks. Loe Eili Lepiku intervjuud, kus ta tutvustab Eesti tegevuskava Agenda2030 rakendamisel. 11.–23. juulini toimub New Yorgis ÜRO Kõrgetasemeline Poliitiline Foorum, kus esimesed 22 riiki, sealhulgas ka Eesti, annavad vabatahtlikena ülevaate sammudest säästva arengu eesmärkide (SDG-de) saavutamiseks. Loe Eili Lepiku intervjuud, kus ta tutvustab Eesti tegevuskava Agenda2030 rakendamisel.

]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/features/eesti-sammud-agenda-2030-rakendamisel-437/ Feature Q&A: First steps on implementing Agenda 2030 in Estonia https://www.sei.org/features/qa-first-steps-on-implementing-agenda-2030-in-estonia/ Estonia is one of 22 countries presenting voluntary reviews of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda this week at the High-Level Political Forum (HLFP) on Sustainable Development. The HLPF is the central platform of the United Nations for follow-up and review of the Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Eili Lepik is Adviser to the Strategy Unit of the Estonian Government Office and was responsible for preparing the national review. Here she talks about the review and the cha... Estonia is one of 22 countries presenting voluntary reviews of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda this week at the High-Level Political Forum (HLFP) on Sustainable Development. The HLPF is the central platform of the United Nations for follow-up and review of the Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Eili Lepik is Adviser to the Strategy Unit of the Estonian Government Office and was responsible for preparing the national review. Here she talks about the review and the challenges of implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs in Estonia.

]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 06:38:00 +0000 Helen Saarniit https://www.sei.org/features/qa-first-steps-on-implementing-agenda-2030-in-estonia/ Feature The cost of covering costs: a nationwide model for water pricing https://www.sei.org/publications/water-pricing-model/ This paper finds optimal aggregated desalination in Israel is just 33% of the present capacity, suggesting construction of desalination facilities could have been delayed. This paper finds optimal aggregated desalination in Israel is just 33% of the present capacity, suggesting construction of desalination facilities could have been delayed.

]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Brian Joyce; Annette Huber-Lee https://www.sei.org/publications/water-pricing-model/ Publication Fossil fuel subsidy reform: 3 insights from a candid discussion https://www.sei.org/perspectives/fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform/ We understand the economics. We know some successful strategies. But mastering the politics – that’s the hardest part. We understand the economics. We know some successful strategies. But mastering the politics – that’s the hardest part.

]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:13:58 +0000 Marion Davis; Harro van Asselt https://www.sei.org/perspectives/fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform/ Perspective Choosing small sets of policy-relevant scenarios by combining vulnerability and diversity approaches https://www.sei.org/publications/scenarios-vulnerability-and-diversity/ The paper joins two approaches for choosing a small number of relevant scenarios from a large number generated by computer simulations. The paper joins two approaches for choosing a small number of relevant scenarios from a large number generated by computer simulations.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Henrik Carlsen https://www.sei.org/publications/scenarios-vulnerability-and-diversity/ Publication Understanding relationships between health, ethnicity, place and the role of urban green space in deprived urban communities https://www.sei.org/publications/health-ethnicity-place/ This article examines how general health relates to individual, social and physical environmental predictors in deprived white, and black and minority groups living in ethnically diverse cities in England. This article examines how general health relates to individual, social and physical environmental predictors in deprived white, and black and minority groups living in ethnically diverse cities in England.

]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Jenny Roe https://www.sei.org/publications/health-ethnicity-place/ Publication Land use intensification in the humid tropics increased both alpha and beta diversity of soil bacteria https://www.sei.org/publications/land-use-soil-bacteria/ This study evaluated bacterial community composition and diversity in the eastern Amazon areas with varying land use intensity, ranging from undisturbed primary forest to mechanized agricultural land. This study evaluated bacterial community composition and diversity in the eastern Amazon areas with varying land use intensity, ranging from undisturbed primary forest to mechanized agricultural land.

]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 Toby Gardner https://www.sei.org/publications/land-use-soil-bacteria/ Publication