https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:00:31 +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/perspectives/water-and-energy-middle-east/ Some 30,000 people from 150 countries converged in Abu Dhabi the week of 14 January for the annual meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and other major events focused on energy, water, and how to build a more sustainable and climate-resilient future. Some 30,000 people from 150 countries converged in Abu Dhabi the week of 14 January for the annual meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and other major events focused on energy, water, and how to build a more sustainable and climate-resilient future.

]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:59:07 +0000 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/water-and-energy-middle-east/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/features/davos-2013-four-simple-environmental-ideas-consider/ As top business leaders and policy-makers meet at the World Economic Forum, SEI Executive Director Johan L. Kuylenstierna urges them to take strong action on climate and sustainability. As top business leaders and policy-makers meet at the World Economic Forum, SEI Executive Director Johan L. Kuylenstierna urges them to take strong action on climate and sustainability.

]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:38:54 +0000 Marion Davis https://www.sei.org/features/davos-2013-four-simple-environmental-ideas-consider/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-the-climate-impacts-of-cookstove-projects-issues-in-emissions-accounting-working-paper/ This paper examines methodological challenges in gauging the emissions reductions associated with cookstove projects. This paper examines methodological challenges in gauging the emissions reductions associated with cookstove projects.

]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:50:39 +0000 Francis X. Johnson; Michael Lazarus; Carrie M. Lee; Chelsea Chandler https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-the-climate-impacts-of-cookstove-projects-issues-in-emissions-accounting-working-paper/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/a-scalable-approach-towards-realizing-tangible-benefits-in-transboundary-river-basins-and-regions/ Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:50:13 +0000 Jakob Granit https://www.sei.org/publications/a-scalable-approach-towards-realizing-tangible-benefits-in-transboundary-river-basins-and-regions/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/managing-the-fragmentation-of-international-climate-law/ This book chapter focuses on the fragmentation of international law related to climate change and the interactions between the relevant legal regimes. This book chapter focuses on the fragmentation of international law related to climate change and the interactions between the relevant legal regimes.

]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:39:27 +0000 Harro van Asselt https://www.sei.org/publications/managing-the-fragmentation-of-international-climate-law/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/a-framework-for-nordic-actor-oriented-climate-adaptation-research-working-paper/ This paper examines why Nordic countries have been slow to translate climate adaptation research into policy and action. This paper examines why Nordic countries have been slow to translate climate adaptation research into policy and action.

]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Richard J.T. Klein https://www.sei.org/publications/a-framework-for-nordic-actor-oriented-climate-adaptation-research-working-paper/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/mainstreaming-climate-change-adaptation-in-national-policies-strategies-and-action-plans/ This study explores needs and opportunities for mainstreaming climate change adaptation in sectoral policies and integrating it with adaptation by applying a ‘nexus’ approach to water challenges in three pilot countries, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. This study explores needs and opportunities for mainstreaming climate change adaptation in sectoral policies and integrating it with adaptation by applying a ‘nexus’ approach to water challenges in three pilot countries, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt.

]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Holger Hoff https://www.sei.org/publications/mainstreaming-climate-change-adaptation-in-national-policies-strategies-and-action-plans/ Publication https://www.sei.org/perspectives/transition-and-dichotomy-cop18/ In the aftermath of COP18, exhausted but satisfied negotiators talk about making progress while negotiators, NGOs and think tanks suggest a failed process. In the aftermath of COP18, exhausted but satisfied negotiators talk about making progress while negotiators, NGOs and think tanks suggest a failed process.

]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:49:49 +0000 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/transition-and-dichotomy-cop18/ Perspective https://www.sei.org/publications/analyzing-perceptions-of-inequalities-in-rural-areas-of-england-using-a-mixed-methods-approach/ This paper describes the findings of the Social and Environmental Inequalities in Rural Areas project which investigated both dataset and methodology development to investigate this issue from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. This paper describes the findings of the Social and Environmental Inequalities in Rural Areas project which investigated both dataset and methodology development to investigate this issue from an interdisciplinary viewpoint.

]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:49:20 +0000 Steve Cinderby; Annemarieke de Bruin https://www.sei.org/publications/analyzing-perceptions-of-inequalities-in-rural-areas-of-england-using-a-mixed-methods-approach/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/energy-access-and-biomass-resource-transitions-in-malawi/ This policy brief, based on a National Seminar on Bioenergy held in October 2012, explores what it will take to transition Malawi from traditional to modern bioenergy, and argues that scaling up modern bioenergy could be a ‘game-changer’. This policy brief, based on a National Seminar on Bioenergy held in October 2012, explores what it will take to transition Malawi from traditional to modern bioenergy, and argues that scaling up modern bioenergy could be a ‘game-changer’.

]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Francis X. Johnson https://www.sei.org/publications/energy-access-and-biomass-resource-transitions-in-malawi/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/estonian-human-development-report-2012-2013-estonia-in-the-world/ Estonia has been part of the open world for two decades. This means it is dependent on global trends, and also has the opportunity to shape these trends. Estonia has been part of the open world for two decades. This means it is dependent on global trends,
and also has the opportunity to shape these trends.

]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:54:49 +0000 Mari Jüssi https://www.sei.org/publications/estonian-human-development-report-2012-2013-estonia-in-the-world/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/urban-ecological-sanitation-possible-lessons-erdos-china/ For a large share of the 750 million urban people worldwide who lack adequate sanitation, flush toilets connected to municipal sewers are not a viable option due to poverty, water shortages, groundwater contamination risks and other issues. The research and development project at the China–Sweden Erdos [Ordos] Eco-Town Project was the first major urban project of its kind and was designed to test, at full scale, alternative sanitation in the form of eco-toilets in an arid area of the world. For a large share of the 750 million urban people worldwide who lack adequate sanitation, flush toilets connected to municipal sewers are not a viable option due to poverty, water shortages, groundwater contamination risks and other issues. The research and development project at the China–Sweden Erdos [Ordos] Eco-Town Project was the first major urban project of its kind and was designed to test, at full scale, alternative sanitation in the form of eco-toilets in an arid area of the world.

]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:39:35 +0000 Ian Caldwell https://www.sei.org/features/urban-ecological-sanitation-possible-lessons-erdos-china/ Feature https://www.sei.org/projects/endurance-saastva-linnaliikuvuse-kavade-ja-linnaplaneerimise-edendamine-euroopa-linnades/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:11:19 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/endurance-saastva-linnaliikuvuse-kavade-ja-linnaplaneerimise-edendamine-euroopa-linnades/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/governance-of-climate-adaptation-in-a-globalised-world/ While significant scientific and practical advances in governance of climate adaptation have been made in response to increasing evidence of climate change, the global dimension is poorly understood. This project analyzes both how the global context – trade and the political economy of international relations – affect options for adaptation governance, and how and why adaptation is actively made into an issue for global governance through decisions under the UNFCCC and other international ins... While significant scientific and practical advances in governance of climate adaptation have been made in response to increasing evidence of climate change, the global dimension is poorly understood. This project analyzes both

1. how the global context – trade and the political economy of international relations – affect options for adaptation governance, and
2. how and why adaptation is actively made into an issue for global governance through decisions under the UNFCCC and other international institutions.

]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:01:54 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/governance-of-climate-adaptation-in-a-globalised-world/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/agricultural-investment-and-rural-transformation/ This project will conduct a sustainability assessment on the Makeni sugarcane project in Sierra Leone, from the perspective of rural transformation and low-carbon pathways. This project will conduct a sustainability assessment on the Makeni sugarcane project in Sierra Leone, from the perspective of rural transformation and low-carbon pathways.

]]> Fri, 26 Jul 2013 03:52:54 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/agricultural-investment-and-rural-transformation/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/progress-in-renewable-energy-and-biofuels-sustainability-prebs/ This project supports DG Energy of the European Commission in evaluating progress on renewable energy targets and biofuels sustainability across the 27 Member States. This project supports DG Energy of the European Commission in evaluating progress on renewable energy targets and biofuels sustainability across the 27 Member States.

]]> Fri, 26 Jul 2013 03:19:05 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/progress-in-renewable-energy-and-biofuels-sustainability-prebs/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/assessing-the-role-of-carbon-finance-in-cookstove-projects/ This project seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the pros and cons of using carbon finance in cookstove projects. The aim is to provide practical, evidence-based guidance to project developers, funders, governments and international initiatives (such as the Global Alliance on Clean Cookstoves) on the opportunities and pitfalls of incorporating carbon finance within a cookstove intervention. This project seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the pros and cons of using carbon finance in cookstove projects. The aim is to provide practical, evidence-based guidance to project developers, funders, governments and international initiatives (such as the Global Alliance on Clean Cookstoves) on the opportunities and pitfalls of incorporating carbon finance within a cookstove intervention.

]]> Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:00:33 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/assessing-the-role-of-carbon-finance-in-cookstove-projects/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/resource-efficient-hokarangen-community/ This project develops, tests and demonstrates ways in which various forms of cooperation between property owners, residents and others can work together to reduce energy and other resource use in a residential area using interdisciplinary action research. The project’s aim is to create inspiring and repeatable examples for how resource efficiency can be achieved within a neighbourhood by involving and activating the people who live and work there. This project develops, tests and demonstrates ways in which various forms of cooperation between property owners, residents and others can work together to reduce energy and other resource use in a residential area using interdisciplinary action research. The project’s aim is to create inspiring and repeatable examples for how resource efficiency can be achieved within a neighbourhood by involving and activating the people who live and work there.

]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:19:26 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/resource-efficient-hokarangen-community/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/krinova-a-changing-climate-for-business-supply-chain-risk-management/ This project aims to shed light on how complex supply chain risks can be identified and managed. While international companies manage ‘transboundary’ risks every day as part of business as usual, many decision-makers in the public sector are not used to be being confronted with such a spatially dispersed risk landscape. However, global climate change raises the relevance of this international dimension to climate risk; decision-makers in both the public and private sectors need to become more... This project aims to shed light on how complex supply chain risks can be identified and managed. While international companies manage ‘transboundary’ risks every day as part of business as usual, many decision-makers in the public sector are not used to be being confronted with such a spatially dispersed risk landscape. However, global climate change raises the relevance of this international dimension to climate risk; decision-makers in both the public and private sectors need to become more proficient at identifying and managing the impacts ‘at home’ from climate change overseas.

]]> Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:31:55 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/krinova-a-changing-climate-for-business-supply-chain-risk-management/ Project https://www.sei.org/projects/sdg-study-on-water/ This project aims to produce a report that provides evidence-based analysis for developing and achieving water-related Sustainable Development Goals. This project aims to produce a report that provides evidence-based analysis for developing and achieving water-related Sustainable Development Goals.

]]> Fri, 26 Jul 2013 02:31:44 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/sdg-study-on-water/ Project