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 Reducing vulnerability to food price shocks in a changing climate https://www.sei.org/publications/reducing-vulnerability-to-food-price-shocks-in-a-changing-climate/ Climate change exacerbates global food price volatility risks, but this is seldom recognized in national adaptation plans. This discussion brief examines the nature of this risk and offers ideas for how import-dependent countries might begin to address it. Climate change exacerbates global food price volatility risks, but this is seldom recognized in national adaptation plans. This discussion brief examines the nature of this risk and offers ideas for how import-dependent countries might begin to address it.

]]> Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:32:33 +0000 Magnus Benzie https://www.sei.org/publications/reducing-vulnerability-to-food-price-shocks-in-a-changing-climate/ Publication Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet https://www.sei.org/publications/planetary-boundaries-guiding-human-development-on-a-changing-planet/ This article revises and updates the planetary boundaries framework, which defines a safe operating space for humanity based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth System. This article revises and updates the planetary boundaries framework, which defines a safe operating space for humanity based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth System.

]]> Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:06:32 +0000 Linn Persson https://www.sei.org/publications/planetary-boundaries-guiding-human-development-on-a-changing-planet/ Publication Planetary boundaries analysis highlights need for better policies on chemicals https://www.sei.org/features/planetary-boundaries-analysis-highlights-need-better-policies-chemicals/ An update of the planetary boundaries framework published in the journal Science finds four of the nine boundaries have now been crossed as a result of human activity. An update of the planetary boundaries framework published in the journal Science finds four of the nine boundaries have now been crossed as a result of human activity.

]]> Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:13:06 +0000 Ylva Rylander https://www.sei.org/features/planetary-boundaries-analysis-highlights-need-better-policies-chemicals/ Feature Estonia’s Sixth National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change https://www.sei.org/publications/estonias-sixth-national-communication-under-the-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change/ The national communication describes Estonia’s vulnerability and the actions taken with regard to adapting to climate change. The national communication describes Estonia’s vulnerability and the actions taken with regard to adapting to climate change.

]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:38:12 +0000 Tiit Kallaste https://www.sei.org/publications/estonias-sixth-national-communication-under-the-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change/ Publication Santa Clara Valley Water fisheries and aquatic habitat collaborative effort https://www.sei.org/projects/santa-clara-valley-fisheries/ SEI adapted WEAP to assess the needs of Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the Santa Clara Valley Water District. SEI adapted WEAP to assess the needs of Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2019 22:35:31 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/santa-clara-valley-fisheries/ Project Overcoming social barriers to learning and engagement with climate change adaptation: experiences with Swedish forestry stakeholders https://www.sei.org/publications/overcoming-social-barriers-to-learning-and-engagement-with-climate-change-adaptation-experiences-with-swedish-forestry-stakeholders/ This study looks into how science-based learning experiences can help overcome social barriers to adaptation, and how learning in itself may be hindered by those barriers. This study looks into how science-based learning experiences can help overcome social barriers to adaptation, and how learning in itself may be hindered by those barriers.

]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2015 18:41:52 +0000 Åsa Gerger Swartling; Gregor Vulturius https://www.sei.org/publications/overcoming-social-barriers-to-learning-and-engagement-with-climate-change-adaptation-experiences-with-swedish-forestry-stakeholders/ Publication Participatory urban planning for climate change adaptation in coastal cities: lessons from a pilot experience in Maputo, Mozambique https://www.sei.org/publications/participatory-urban-planning-for-climate-change-adaptation-in-coastal-cities-lessons-from-a-pilot-experience-in-maputo-mozambique/ This paper proposes a rights-based approach for participatory urban planning for climate change adaptation in urban areas, drawing on lessons from work in Maputo, Mozambique. This paper proposes a rights-based approach for participatory urban planning for climate change adaptation in urban areas, drawing on lessons from work in Maputo, Mozambique.

]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:47:55 +0000 Jon Ensor https://www.sei.org/publications/participatory-urban-planning-for-climate-change-adaptation-in-coastal-cities-lessons-from-a-pilot-experience-in-maputo-mozambique/ Publication Testing a methodology for reviewing national implementation of multilateral environmental agreements in Estonia and Tanzania https://www.sei.org/publications/testing-a-methodology-for-reviewing-national-implementation-of-multilateral-environmental-agreements-in-estonia-and-tanzania/ Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:43:46 +0000 Piret Kuldna; Kaja Peterson; Stacey Noel; Jacqueline Senyagwa https://www.sei.org/publications/testing-a-methodology-for-reviewing-national-implementation-of-multilateral-environmental-agreements-in-estonia-and-tanzania/ Publication Access to Green Space in Disadvantaged Urban Communities: Evidence of Salutogenic Effects Based on Biomarker and Self-report Measures of Wellbeing https://www.sei.org/publications/access-to-green-space-in-disadvantaged-urban-communities-evidence-of-salutogenic-effects-based-on-biomarker-and-self-report-measures-of-wellbeing/ Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:37:50 +0000 Jenny Roe https://www.sei.org/publications/access-to-green-space-in-disadvantaged-urban-communities-evidence-of-salutogenic-effects-based-on-biomarker-and-self-report-measures-of-wellbeing/ Publication Re-assessment of CO₂ and SO₂ emissions in energy sector by using LEAP-model: experiences from Estonian energy sector planning https://www.sei.org/publications/re-assessment-of-co%e2%82%82-and-so%e2%82%82-emissions-in-energy-sector-by-using-leap-model-experiences-from-estonian-energy-sector-planning/ Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:57:07 +0000 Piret Kuldna; Kaja Peterson; Reeli Kuhi-Thalfeldt https://www.sei.org/publications/re-assessment-of-co%e2%82%82-and-so%e2%82%82-emissions-in-energy-sector-by-using-leap-model-experiences-from-estonian-energy-sector-planning/ Publication A rights-based perspective on adaptive capacity https://www.sei.org/publications/a-rights-based-perspective-on-adaptive-capacity/ This article considers how a rights-based approach broadens understanding of adaptive capacity while directing attention towards causes of exclusion and marginalization. This article considers how a rights-based approach broadens understanding of adaptive capacity while directing attention towards causes of exclusion and marginalization.

]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:40:31 +0000 Jon Ensor https://www.sei.org/publications/a-rights-based-perspective-on-adaptive-capacity/ Publication The changing architecture of international climate change law https://www.sei.org/publications/the-changing-architecture-of-international-climate-change-law/ This book chapter offers a bird’s eye view of the overall architecture of international climate change law. This book chapter offers a bird’s eye view of the overall architecture of international climate change law.

]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:00:00 +0000 Clarisse Kehler Siebert; Harro van Asselt https://www.sei.org/publications/the-changing-architecture-of-international-climate-change-law/ Publication A social–ecological analysis of ecosystem services in two different farming systems https://www.sei.org/publications/a-social-ecological-analysis-of-ecosystem-services-in-two-different-farming-systems/ This exploratory study uses existing in situ qualitative and quantitative data on biophysical and social indicators to compare two contrasting Swedish farming systems, low intensity and high intensity. This exploratory study uses existing in situ qualitative and quantitative data on biophysical and social indicators to compare two contrasting Swedish farming systems, low intensity and high intensity.

]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:00:00 +0000 Björn Nykvist https://www.sei.org/publications/a-social-ecological-analysis-of-ecosystem-services-in-two-different-farming-systems/ Publication Resilience and adaptation to hydrometeorological hazards https://www.sei.org/publications/resilience-and-adaptation-to-hydrometeorological-hazards/ Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:11:26 +0000 Åsa Gerger Swartling https://www.sei.org/publications/resilience-and-adaptation-to-hydrometeorological-hazards/ Publication Thresholds of species loss in Amazonian deforestation frontier landscapes https://www.sei.org/publications/thresholds-of-species-loss-in-amazonian-deforestation-frontier-landscapes/ This article explores how land use change in the Brazilian Amazon affects the composition and distribution of biodiversity in farmlands, which is critical for improving conservation strategies in the face of rapid agricultural expansion. This article explores how land use change in the Brazilian Amazon affects the composition and distribution of biodiversity in farmlands, which is critical for improving conservation strategies in the face of rapid agricultural expansion.

]]> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:00:00 +0000 Toby Gardner https://www.sei.org/publications/thresholds-of-species-loss-in-amazonian-deforestation-frontier-landscapes/ Publication Anticipatory governance for social-ecological resilience https://www.sei.org/publications/anticipatory-governance-for-social-ecological-resilience/ This paper seeks to identify how anticipation is defined and understood in the literature and to explore the role of anticipatory practice to address individual, social, and global challenges. This paper seeks to identify how anticipation is defined and understood in the literature and to explore the role of anticipatory practice to address individual, social, and global challenges.

]]> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:00:00 +0000 Björn Nykvist https://www.sei.org/publications/anticipatory-governance-for-social-ecological-resilience/ Publication Methods for integrative research on community resilience to multiple hazards, with examples from Italy and England https://www.sei.org/publications/methods-for-integrative-research-on-community-resilience-to-multiple-hazards-with-examples-from-italy-and-england/ The paper builds on integrative research case studies of hazard management and community resilience-building projects in the North of England and Northern Italy. The paper builds on integrative research case studies of hazard management and community resilience-building projects in the North of England and Northern Italy.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:08:55 +0000 John Forrester; Nilufar Matin; Richard Taylor https://www.sei.org/publications/methods-for-integrative-research-on-community-resilience-to-multiple-hazards-with-examples-from-italy-and-england/ Publication Combining participatory mapping with Q-methodology to map stakeholder perceptions of complex environmental problems https://www.sei.org/publications/combining-participatory-mapping-with-q-methodology-to-map-stakeholder-perceptions-of-complex-environmental-problems/ Mon, 05 Jan 2015 08:29:17 +0000 Steve Cinderby; John Forrester https://www.sei.org/publications/combining-participatory-mapping-with-q-methodology-to-map-stakeholder-perceptions-of-complex-environmental-problems/ Publication HERON – Energiatõhususe poliitika ja meetmete analüüs hoonete- ja transpordisektoris https://www.sei.org/projects/heron-energiatohususe-poliitika-ja-meetmete-analuus-hoonete-ja-transpordisektoris/ Euroopa Liidu uue teadusprogrammi “Horisont 2020” projekt HERON uuris kahe majandussektori, transpordi ja hoonete, energiatõhusust. Euroopa Liidu uue teadusprogrammi “Horisont 2020” projekt HERON uuris kahe majandussektori, transpordi ja hoonete, energiatõhusust.

]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:11:23 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/heron-energiatohususe-poliitika-ja-meetmete-analuus-hoonete-ja-transpordisektoris/ Project BONUS Go4Baltic – Läänemere ökosüsteemide poliitikate ja juhtimise sidusus https://www.sei.org/projects/bonus-go4baltic-laanemere-okosusteemide-poliitikate-ja-juhtimise-sidusus/ Go4Baltic uurib Läänemere-äärsete riikide ja rahvusvaheliste keskkonna- ja põllumajanduspoliitikate sidusust, sünergiat ja konflikte. Go4Baltic uurib Läänemere-äärsete riikide ja rahvusvaheliste keskkonna- ja põllumajanduspoliitikate sidusust, sünergiat ja konflikte.

]]> Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:11:23 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/bonus-go4baltic-laanemere-okosusteemide-poliitikate-ja-juhtimise-sidusus/ Project