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= https://www.sei.org/ 32 32 https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-and-disaster-risk-reduction/ This paper, an input to the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), aims to advance the dialogue between the climate and disaster risk reduction (DRR) communities by investigating differences, overlaps and potential synergies between the two realms. This paper, an input to the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), aims to advance the dialogue between the climate and disaster risk reduction (DRR) communities by investigating differences, overlaps and potential synergies between the two realms.

]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2015 23:31:44 +0000 Richard J.T. Klein; Lisa Schipper; Gregor Vulturius; Frank Thomalla; Karlee Johnson https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-and-disaster-risk-reduction/ Publication https://www.sei.org/tools/iota/ SEI’s Input-Output Trade Analysis (IOTA) model is an environmental footprinting tool that links physical data on commodity production in different countries with a detailed financial matrix that traces inter-industry buying and selling across the world. SEI’s Input-Output Trade Analysis (IOTA) model is an environmental footprinting tool that links physical data on commodity production in different countries with a detailed financial matrix that traces inter-industry buying and selling across the world.

]]> Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:46:07 +0000 https://www.sei.org/tools/iota/ Tool https://www.sei.org/projects/climate-change-differentiated-vulnerability-rural-costa-rica/ The overall objective of this project is to explore how climate change and social inequality interact to produce differentiated vulnerabilities in a complex context (in which gender interacts with ethnicity, age, and household roles). The overall objective of this project is to explore how climate change and social inequality interact to produce differentiated vulnerabilities in a complex context (in which gender interacts with ethnicity, age, and household roles).

]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:21:15 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/climate-change-differentiated-vulnerability-rural-costa-rica/ Project https://www.sei.org/publications/transforming-disaster-risk-reduction-for-more-inclusive-equitable-and-sustainable-development/ This article highlights three key areas in which efforts to reduce the underlying causes of vulnerability and drivers of risk to environmental hazards need to be improved in order to create more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development. This article highlights three key areas in which efforts to reduce the underlying causes of vulnerability and drivers of risk to environmental hazards need to be improved in order to create more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development.

]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:48:19 +0000 Sukaina Bharwani; Ruth Butterfield; Åse Johannessen; Frank Thomalla; Karlee Johnson https://www.sei.org/publications/transforming-disaster-risk-reduction-for-more-inclusive-equitable-and-sustainable-development/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/sustainable-development-fast-changing-world-sei-strategy-2015-2019/ SEI sets out its ambitions for how it will address key challenges in sustainable development, empower and inform partners, and develop the organization and its finances. Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:12:22 +0000 Sean Hobbs https://www.sei.org/features/sustainable-development-fast-changing-world-sei-strategy-2015-2019/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/helping-bristol-businesses-organizations-go-green/ Bristol is well known for being forward-thinking on sustainability issues, but more still needs to be done to embed sustainability in the city’s businesses, large and small, as well as civil society and public-sector organizations. There is a gap in the knowledge base and a need for greater motivation and more incentives to support businesses across England’s South West. Bristol is well known for being forward-thinking on sustainability issues, but more still needs to be done to embed sustainability in the city’s businesses, large and small, as well as civil society and public-sector organizations. There is a gap in the knowledge base and a need for greater motivation and more incentives to support businesses across England’s South West.

]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:00:33 +0000 Howard Cambridge https://www.sei.org/features/helping-bristol-businesses-organizations-go-green/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/qa-michael-lazarus-taking-helm-seis-u-s-center/ A 25-year veteran of SEI-US, the new Centre Director envisions growth, expanded research areas and policy engagement, and innovations in analytical tools and capacity-building. A 25-year veteran of SEI-US, the new Centre Director envisions growth, expanded research areas and policy engagement, and innovations in analytical tools and capacity-building.

]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:12:36 +0000 Marion Davis https://www.sei.org/features/qa-michael-lazarus-taking-helm-seis-u-s-center/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/analysis-of-competent-authority-decisions-on-reports-of-eia-and-sea-in-estonia/ 139 decisions on approval of scoping reports and impact assessment reports in the period of 2010-2014 were reviewed based on the criteria stipulated in the Environmental Impact (EIA) law. 139 decisions on approval of scoping reports and impact assessment reports in the period of 2010-2014 were reviewed based on the criteria stipulated in the Environmental Impact (EIA) law.

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:53:12 +0000 Kaja Peterson https://www.sei.org/publications/analysis-of-competent-authority-decisions-on-reports-of-eia-and-sea-in-estonia/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/financing-for-sustainable-development/ Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:00:00 +0000 Aaron Atteridge https://www.sei.org/publications/financing-for-sustainable-development/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/human-scene-exploring-means-live-anthropocene/ SEI and the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre are once again collaborating to blend science with the performing arts. Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:50:44 +0000 Sean Hobbs https://www.sei.org/features/human-scene-exploring-means-live-anthropocene/ Feature https://www.sei.org/features/new-tool-links-global-consumption-local-level-impacts-production/ Analyses of the social and environmental ‘footprints’ of consumption use national or regional data, often ignoring huge differences in local conditions. The SEI-PCS model, applied here to Brazilian soy, traces commodities back to the sub-national level, allowing for more precise and policy-relevant analysis. Analyses of the social and environmental ‘footprints’ of consumption use national or regional data, often ignoring huge differences in local conditions. The SEI-PCS model, applied here to Brazilian soy, traces commodities back to the sub-national level, allowing for more precise and policy-relevant analysis.

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:15:58 +0000 Marion Davis https://www.sei.org/features/new-tool-links-global-consumption-local-level-impacts-production/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/mainstreaming-climate-change-into-danish-development-cooperation-shifting-towards-green-growth/ This policy brief, the second from a NORD-STAR project on mainstreaming climate change in Nordic countries’ development cooperation, explores how Denmark has integrated climate change in its ODA. This policy brief, the second from a NORD-STAR project on mainstreaming climate change in Nordic countries’ development cooperation, explores how Denmark has integrated climate change in its ODA.

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:58:44 +0000 Harro van Asselt; Adis Dzebo https://www.sei.org/publications/mainstreaming-climate-change-into-danish-development-cooperation-shifting-towards-green-growth/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/integrating-flood-risk-reduction-river-basin-and-resilience-management-in-planning-a-case-study-of-kristianstad-sweden/ This case study examines flood risk and river basin management in Kristianstad, Sweden, in terms of progress towards and barriers to adaptive river management. This case study examines flood risk and river basin management in Kristianstad, Sweden, in terms of progress towards and barriers to adaptive river management.

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:41:33 +0000 Åse Johannessen https://www.sei.org/publications/integrating-flood-risk-reduction-river-basin-and-resilience-management-in-planning-a-case-study-of-kristianstad-sweden/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-current-social-vulnerability-to-climate-change-a-participatory-methodology/ This working paper describes a participatory methodology used to assess the current vulnerability of local communities in the Congo Basin. This working paper describes a participatory methodology used to assess the current vulnerability of local communities in the Congo Basin.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:26:58 +0000 Sukaina Bharwani; Ruth Butterfield; Tahia Devisscher; Mònica Coll Besa https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-current-social-vulnerability-to-climate-change-a-participatory-methodology/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/sdgs-must-be-about-action/ Most of the attention in the Sustainable Development Goals process has been on drafting. But if we can’t figure out how each country will go about achieving the goals, we might as well not bother. Most of the attention in the Sustainable Development Goals process has been on drafting. But if we can’t figure out how each country will go about achieving the goals, we might as well not bother.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:34:59 +0000 Åsa Persson https://www.sei.org/perspectives/sdgs-must-be-about-action/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/perspectives/post-2015-agenda-transforming-drr/ DRR efforts are at a crossroads. The post-2015 framework presents an unique opportunity for making transformational changes to DRR approaches. DRR efforts are at a crossroads. The post-2015 framework presents an unique opportunity for making transformational changes to DRR approaches.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:34:59 +0000 Karlee Johnson https://www.sei.org/perspectives/post-2015-agenda-transforming-drr/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/features/qa-toby-gardner-intergovernmental-platform-biodiversity-ecosystem-services/ Toby Gardner reports back from the third Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) plenary meeting, and talks about why the platform has so much promise, what challenges it faces in the next few years, and why it is much more than an IPCC for biodiversity. Toby Gardner reports back from the third Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) plenary meeting, and talks about why the platform has so much promise, what challenges it faces in the next few years, and why it is much more than an IPCC for biodiversity.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:11:30 +0000 Caspar Trimmer https://www.sei.org/features/qa-toby-gardner-intergovernmental-platform-biodiversity-ecosystem-services/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/interacting-effects-of-change-in-climate-human-population-land-use-and-water-use-on-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services/ This paper examines what constitutes a useful research approach to investigate change in biodiversity and ecosystem services, using the intensively cultivated and urbanized Norrström drainage basin in Sweden as a case study. This paper examines what constitutes a useful research approach to investigate change in biodiversity and ecosystem services, using the intensively cultivated and urbanized Norrström drainage basin in Sweden as a case study.

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:26:29 +0000 Björn Nykvist https://www.sei.org/publications/interacting-effects-of-change-in-climate-human-population-land-use-and-water-use-on-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/review-of-targets-for-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-science-perspective/ SEI Research Director Måns Nilsson and co-author Robert Costanza review the overall framework and framing of the Sustainable Development Goals in this scientific review of the proposed SDGs. SEI Research Director Måns Nilsson and co-author Robert Costanza review the overall framework and framing of the Sustainable Development Goals in this scientific review of the proposed SDGs.

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:03:43 +0000 Måns Nilsson https://www.sei.org/publications/review-of-targets-for-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-science-perspective/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/towards-more-accurate-and-policy-relevant-footprint-analyses-tracing-fine-scale-socio-environmental-impacts-of-production-to-consumption/ This article presents the SEI-PCS model (Spatially Explicit Information on Production to Consumption Systems), which allows for fine-scale sub-national assessments of the origin of, and socio-environmental impacts embedded in, traded commodities. This article presents the SEI-PCS model (Spatially Explicit Information on Production to Consumption Systems), which allows for fine-scale sub-national assessments of the origin of, and socio-environmental impacts embedded in, traded commodities.

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 02:24:59 +0000 Javier Godar https://www.sei.org/publications/towards-more-accurate-and-policy-relevant-footprint-analyses-tracing-fine-scale-socio-environmental-impacts-of-production-to-consumption/ Publication