https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:08:32 +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/features/environment-extravaganza-honour-king-sweden/ SEI and partners bring four decades of environmental history to life in a stage show at Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre on 23 November, to celebrate H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden’s 40 years on the throne. SEI and partners bring four decades of environmental history to life in a stage show at Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre on 23 November, to celebrate H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden’s 40 years on the throne.

]]> Sat, 23 Nov 2013 07:00:00 +0000 Tom Gill https://www.sei.org/features/environment-extravaganza-honour-king-sweden/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/catalysing-biofuel-sustainability-international-and-national-policy-interventions/ This paper identifies the main policy drivers behind biofuel production and its sustainability, and examines how the concept of “ecosystem services” can be of use in the better understanding of biofuel-related trade-offs, using sub-Saharan Africa as a case study. This paper identifies the main policy drivers behind biofuel production and its sustainability, and examines how the concept of “ecosystem services” can be of use in the better understanding of biofuel-related trade-offs, using sub-Saharan Africa as a case study.

]]> Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Francis X. Johnson https://www.sei.org/publications/catalysing-biofuel-sustainability-international-and-national-policy-interventions/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/improving-the-policy-application-of-footprint-indicators-to-support-europes-transition-to-a-one-planet-economy-the-development-of-the-eureapa-tool/ This article describes a consumption-based environmental impact tool that allows users to interrogate data from a range of perspectives and create scenarios of future change to consumption and production. This article describes a consumption-based environmental impact tool that allows users to interrogate data from a range of perspectives and create scenarios of future change to consumption and production.

]]> Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:11:05 +0000 Anne Owen; Elena Dawkins; Chris West https://www.sei.org/publications/improving-the-policy-application-of-footprint-indicators-to-support-europes-transition-to-a-one-planet-economy-the-development-of-the-eureapa-tool/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-to-climate-change-in-the-insurance-sector-examples-from-the-uk-germany-and-the-netherlands/ This article explores how the insurance industry and the public sector can coordinate their actions to promote adaptation to increased flood risks due to climate change. This article explores how the insurance industry and the public sector can coordinate their actions to promote adaptation to increased flood risks due to climate change.

]]> Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:37:40 +0000 Gregor Vulturius https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-to-climate-change-in-the-insurance-sector-examples-from-the-uk-germany-and-the-netherlands/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/pathways-for-adaptive-and-integrated-disaster-resilience/ This paper introduces recent multidisciplinary work on resilience, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation and adaptive governance and then proposes a new and innovative framework for adaptive and integrated disaster resilience (AIDR). This paper introduces recent multidisciplinary work on resilience, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation and adaptive governance and then proposes a new and innovative framework for adaptive and integrated disaster resilience (AIDR).

]]> Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Frank Thomalla https://www.sei.org/publications/pathways-for-adaptive-and-integrated-disaster-resilience/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/policymakers-listening-environmental-scientists/ An international panel of academics, policy advisors and politicians discussed this question at a free public seminar at the University of York. Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:59:21 +0000 Howard Cambridge https://www.sei.org/features/policymakers-listening-environmental-scientists/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/provia-guidance-on-assessing-vulnerability-impacts-and-adaptation-to-climate-change/ This guidance aims to meet a growing demand for knowledge on climate change vulnerability, impacts and adaptation by providing clear technical guidance that combines robust science with explicit consideration of user needs at the local, national and international levels, in both developed and developing countries. This guidance aims to meet a growing demand for knowledge on climate change vulnerability, impacts and adaptation by providing clear technical guidance that combines robust science with explicit consideration of user needs at the local, national and international levels, in both developed and developing countries.

]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:48:07 +0000 Sukaina Bharwani; Richard J.T. Klein; Marion Davis https://www.sei.org/publications/provia-guidance-on-assessing-vulnerability-impacts-and-adaptation-to-climate-change/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/evaluating-the-carbon-balance-estimate-from-an-automated-ground-level-flux-chamber-system-in-artificial-grass-mesocosms/ Measuring and modeling carbon (C) stock changes in terrestrial ecosystems are pivotal in addressing global C-cycling model uncertainties. Difficulties in detecting small short-term changes in relatively large C stocks require the development of robust sensitive flux measurement techniques. Net ecosystem exchange (NEE) ground-level chambers are increasingly used to assess C dynamics in low vegetation ecosystems but, to date, have lacked formal rigorous field validation against measured C stock... Measuring and modeling carbon (C) stock changes in terrestrial ecosystems are pivotal in addressing global C-cycling model uncertainties. Difficulties in detecting small short-term changes in relatively large C stocks require the development of robust sensitive flux measurement techniques. Net ecosystem exchange (NEE) ground-level chambers are increasingly used to assess C dynamics in low vegetation ecosystems but, to date, have lacked formal rigorous field validation against measured C stock changes.

]]> Sun, 10 Nov 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Andreas Heinemeyer; Phil Ineson https://www.sei.org/publications/evaluating-the-carbon-balance-estimate-from-an-automated-ground-level-flux-chamber-system-in-artificial-grass-mesocosms/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/sei-makes-case-integrated-flood-management/ At a seminar on 12 November at the Swedish Water House, SEI and partners debated the future of managing flood risk in Sweden and Europe. Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:33:53 +0000 Tom Gill https://www.sei.org/features/sei-makes-case-integrated-flood-management/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/sparking-change-ideas-for-transforming-the-clean-cooking-market-in-india/ This policy brief presents key findings of a survey of the “clean cooking” sector in India, looking at the processes that typically underpin successful markets, and for new policy responses that could kickstart the market for improved cookstoves and cleaner-burning fuels. This policy brief presents key findings of a survey of the “clean cooking” sector in India, looking at the processes that typically underpin successful markets, and for new policy responses that could kickstart the market for improved cookstoves and cleaner-burning fuels.

]]> Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:20:06 +0000 Fiona Lambe https://www.sei.org/publications/sparking-change-ideas-for-transforming-the-clean-cooking-market-in-india/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/potential-for-international-offsets-to-provide-a-net-decrease-of-ghg-emissions-policy-brief/ This policy brief explores what it means to achieve a net decrease of emissions through offsets, as the Parties to the UNFCCC have suggested; how it might be achieved, and what it might deliver. This policy brief explores what it means to achieve a net decrease of emissions through offsets, as the Parties to the UNFCCC have suggested; how it might be achieved, and what it might deliver.

]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2013 04:54:10 +0000 Anja Kollmuss; Michael Lazarus; Peter Erickson; Lambert Schneider https://www.sei.org/publications/potential-for-international-offsets-to-provide-a-net-decrease-of-ghg-emissions-policy-brief/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-without-borders-how-understanding-indirect-impacts-could-change-countries-approach-to-climate-risks/ This discussion brief explains the concept of indirect climate change impacts and their relevance to national adaptation planning, and presents initial work from SEI’s Adaptation Without Borders project. This discussion brief explains the concept of indirect climate change impacts and their relevance to national adaptation planning, and presents initial work from SEI’s Adaptation Without Borders project.

]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2013 04:18:47 +0000 Oskar Wallgren; Marion Davis; Magnus Benzie https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-without-borders-how-understanding-indirect-impacts-could-change-countries-approach-to-climate-risks/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/rural-poverty-and-food-insecurity-mapping-at-district-level-for-improved-agricultural-water-management-in-the-limpopo-river-basin/ This report presents results from the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) Phase II for the Limpopo Basin Development Challenge (LBDC) project. This report presents results from the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) Phase II for the Limpopo Basin Development Challenge (LBDC) project.

]]> Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:33:27 +0000 Jennie Barron https://www.sei.org/publications/rural-poverty-and-food-insecurity-mapping-at-district-level-for-improved-agricultural-water-management-in-the-limpopo-river-basin/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/music-of-the-atmosphere/ Mon, 04 Nov 2013 07:59:00 +0000 Tom Gill https://www.sei.org/features/music-of-the-atmosphere/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/water-scarcity-climate-change-and-bolivia-planning-for-climate-uncertainties/ This discussion brief examines vulnerability to water scarcity in El Alto, Bolivia. SEI looked at the vulnerability, resilience and reliability of existing and potential water sources under six different climate change scenarios, and worked with stakeholders to identify more robust options for water management in the coming decades. The work was supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), and done in collaboration with the Instit... This discussion brief examines vulnerability to water scarcity in El Alto, Bolivia. SEI looked at the vulnerability, resilience and reliability of existing and potential water sources under six different climate change scenarios, and worked with stakeholders to identify more robust options for water management in the coming decades. The work was supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), and done in collaboration with the Institute for International Urban Development (I2UD) and financing the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

]]> Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:02:28 +0000 Marisa Escobar; David Purkey https://www.sei.org/publications/water-scarcity-climate-change-and-bolivia-planning-for-climate-uncertainties/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/the-three-salient-global-mitigation-pathways-assessed-in-light-of-the-ipcc-carbon-budgets/ This briefing paper examines the levels of risk associated with three widely discussed global mitigation pathways: a 1.5°C marker pathway, a 2°C marker pathway, and a G8 marker pathway, in light of the latest IPCC report. This briefing paper examines the levels of risk associated with three widely discussed global mitigation pathways: a 1.5°C marker pathway, a 2°C marker pathway, and a G8 marker pathway, in light of the latest IPCC report.

]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:41:25 +0000 Sivan Kartha https://www.sei.org/publications/the-three-salient-global-mitigation-pathways-assessed-in-light-of-the-ipcc-carbon-budgets/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/from-large-to-small-reorienting-rural-development-policies-in-response-to-climate-change-food-security-and-poverty/ This article critically reflects on policies for the development of the Amazon, which it finds are still oriented to capitalized actors and ignore smallholders’ capacities to contribute to sound local development. This article critically reflects on policies for the development of the Amazon, which it finds are still oriented to capitalized actors and ignore smallholders’ capacities to contribute to sound local development.

]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Javier Godar https://www.sei.org/publications/from-large-to-small-reorienting-rural-development-policies-in-response-to-climate-change-food-security-and-poverty/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/water-investment-domains-for-sustainable-agricultural-development-in-the-blue-nile-basin/ Water investment domains for sustainable agricultural development in the Blue Nile basin Water investment domains for sustainable agricultural development in the Blue Nile basin

]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Mats Lannerstad https://www.sei.org/publications/water-investment-domains-for-sustainable-agricultural-development-in-the-blue-nile-basin/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/media-and-the-politics-of-arctic-climate-change-when-the-ice-breaks/ Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Annika E. Nilsson https://www.sei.org/publications/media-and-the-politics-of-arctic-climate-change-when-the-ice-breaks/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/sustainable-development-in-fragile-ecosystems-applying-the-nexus-approach-to-the-orinoco-river-basin-in-colombia/ Sustainable Development in Fragile Ecosystems: Applying the ‘Nexus’ Approach to the Orinoco River Basin in Colombia Sustainable Development in Fragile Ecosystems: Applying the ‘Nexus’ Approach to the Orinoco River Basin in Colombia

]]> Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:39:19 +0000 Carrie M. Lee; Marisa Escobar https://www.sei.org/publications/sustainable-development-in-fragile-ecosystems-applying-the-nexus-approach-to-the-orinoco-river-basin-in-colombia/ Publication