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The Road to Paris: A decisive year for the Climate Negotiations

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:48:16 +0000

Stockholm Environment Institute and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences were proud to present the Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture 2015 with “The Road to Paris: A decisive year for the Climate Negotiations” featuring Professor Laurence Tubiana, Chief Negotiator and French Ambassador for the Climate Change Negotiations.

New SEI initiative hosts dialogue for unique grouping of trade sustainability actors

Caspar Trimmer — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:52:59 +0000

The new SEI Initiative on Producer to Consumer Sustainability (P2CS) convened a multi-stakeholder dialogue meeting in Stockholm to explore new ways to promote sustainability in production to consumption systems.

The post-2015 agenda: what happens when the rubber hits the road?

Caspar Trimmer — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:04:36 +0000

What can the new post-2015 sustainable development agenda taking shape in New York really change – and who can make it happen? These were the central questions for the first session of the SEI Science Forum on 4 June 2015.

Identifying the pillars of resilience in an Italian Alpine community

Anneli Sundin — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:12:29 +0000

A case study in South Tyrol highlights the key role of mutual trust, strong social networks, and a shared understanding of risks in recovery and resilience-building after a disaster.

Melinda Gates speaks at SEI Science Forum

Tom Gill — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:16:42 +0000

SEI brought together Gates and Ulrika Modéer, Sweden’s State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, in a session that asked if gender equality is a game changer across a range of development challenges.

Identifying behavioural drivers of cookstove use: a household study in Kibera, Nairobi

Fiona Lambe; Jacqueline Senyagwa — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 05:39:04 +0000

This paper presents findings from the first phase of an ongoing case study to identify some key influences on behaviour related to energy use and the uptake of alternative clean cookstoves in households in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Nairobi.

SEI Initiative on Global Finance

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 07:41:02 +0000

Our work on global finance looks at how the global financial system supports or undermines societal transitions.

From policy to practice and back: 15 years of SEI engagement in Vietnam

Eva Lindskog — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:26:14 +0000

International development actors and partner governments can come to development cooperation with very different perspectives and priorities. How does effective action follow, and how can an organization like SEI, bridging science and policy, help?

Our 2014 Annual Report, online and interactive

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:26:58 +0000

For 25 years we have been working with our partners to provide innovative thinking and research to drive sustainable outcomes.

Advancing sustainability through mainstreaming a social–ecological systems perspective

Toby Gardner — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:00:00 +0000

This article identifies the potential benefits of broader application of the concept of social–ecological systems, and discusses how to ensure those benefits are realized.

Rapid Appraisal of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Zambia

Louise Karlberg; Nina Weitz — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:31:27 +0000

This Discussion Brief summarizes a pilot study to develop, and test in Zambia, a method to appraise water-energy-food nexus interactions.

Taking stock of 3 years of participatory water resources adaptation planning in Colombia

Marion Davis — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 04:20:14 +0000

A symposium on 3 June in Bogotá will bring together experts from water management institutions and academia to share lessons from a major USAID-funded project on climate change adaptation.

SEI Science Forum 2015: At the intersection of environment and development

Robert Watt — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:49:45 +0000

From the SDGs, to the Paris climate negotiations, to a discussion of gender equality as a potential ‘game-changer’ in development, with special guest Melinda Gates.

Äripäev: Roheline kontor säästab kulusid ja hoiab loodust

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:31:47 +0000

Kontori rohelisemaks muutmine ei pea tähendama suuri investeeringuid, pigem tähendab see kollektiivse mõtlemise ja harjumuste muutmist.

Getting the picture: using data visualization to make complex models more accessible to policy-makers

Laura Forni; Stephanie Galaitsi — Thu, 28 May 2015 14:43:03 +0000

This fact sheet focuses on the role of data visualizations in participatory scenario-based adaptation planning, and the value of succinctly presenting the results of hundreds of model runs within a single chart to inform planning discussions.

Natural gas: guardrails for a potential climate bridge

Michael Lazarus; Kevin Tempest; Per Klevnäs — Wed, 27 May 2015 15:37:03 +0000

This paper explores the viability of using natural gas as a ‘bridge’ to a low-carbon energy system, as well as key concerns that would need to be addressed.

Natural gas needs strong ‘guardrails’ if it is to serve as ‘bridge’ to low-carbon future

Marion Davis — Wed, 27 May 2015 20:39:38 +0000

A new analysis shows that replacing coal with gas in the power sector can bring significant benefits, but the climate-economy “win-win” seen recently in the U.S. may be hard to replicate – or even to sustain long-term.

Managing a living cultural landscape: Bali’s subaks and the UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sukaina Bharwani; Maria Osbeck; Albert Salamanca; Agus Nugroho — Tue, 26 May 2015 01:15:20 +0000

This report presents the findings of a two-year SEI project to support the development of an effective participatory management structure for the Bali Cultural Landscape, a World Heritage Site.

Productive discussions: exploring the sustainable development potential of sanitation in Africa

Caspar Trimmer — Sat, 23 May 2015 16:07:59 +0000

Productive sanitation, taken to scale, could be a key to broad-ranging sustainable development in many African countries. An SEI side event at AfricaSan 4 will revisit past experiences for lessons on how to make it happen.

Gordon Goodman lecture with Professor Laurence Tubiana

Ian Caldwell — Fri, 22 May 2015 06:22:36 +0000

Stockholm Environment Institute and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences are proud to present the Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture 2015 with “The Road to Paris: A decisive year for the Climate Negotiations” featuring Professor Laurence Tubiana, Chief Negotiator and French Ambassador for the Climate Change Negotiations.