https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:49:54 +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/fertile-forests-produce-biomass-more-efficiently/ Trees with sufficient nutrition are known to allocate carbon preferentially to aboveground plant parts. This global study of 49 forests revealed an even more fundamental carbon allocation response to nutrient availability. Trees with sufficient nutrition are known to allocate carbon preferentially to aboveground plant parts. This global study of 49 forests revealed an even more fundamental carbon allocation response to nutrient availability.

]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Andreas Heinemeyer https://www.sei.org/publications/fertile-forests-produce-biomass-more-efficiently/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/beyond-generic-adaptive-capacity-exploring-the-adaptation-space-of-the-water-supply-and-wastewater-sector-of-the-stockholm-region-sweden/ This paper examines the processes by which the generic adaptive capacity of a system is translated into adaptation to climate change, what form it takes, and what factors facilitate or restrain such processes. This paper examines the processes by which the generic adaptive capacity of a system is translated into adaptation to climate change, what form it takes, and what factors facilitate or restrain such processes.

]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Åsa Gerger Swartling; Oskar Wallgren; Peter M. Rudberg https://www.sei.org/publications/beyond-generic-adaptive-capacity-exploring-the-adaptation-space-of-the-water-supply-and-wastewater-sector-of-the-stockholm-region-sweden/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/making-low-ghg-consumption-work-development/ Income from trade is crucial to many poor countries, so climate strategies should include efforts to ensure that shifts in consumption in rich countries bring benefits, not losses, to the people who produce goods. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:00:00 +0000 Marion Davis https://www.sei.org/features/making-low-ghg-consumption-work-development/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/low-greenhouse-gas-consumption-strategies-and-impacts-on-developing-countries-policy-brief/ This policy brief, based on SEI Working Paper 2012-01, outlines a study of the implications of a potential shift towards low-carbon consumption in wealthier countries for the poorer countries that produce goods for export. This policy brief, based on SEI Working Paper 2012-01, outlines a study of the implications of a potential shift towards low-carbon consumption in wealthier countries for the poorer countries that produce goods for export.

]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:52:21 +0000 Anne Owen; Peter Erickson; Elena Dawkins https://www.sei.org/publications/low-greenhouse-gas-consumption-strategies-and-impacts-on-developing-countries-policy-brief/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/low-greenhouse-gas-consumption-strategies-and-impacts-on-developing-countries/ This paper explores the implications of a potential shift to low-carbon consumption in wealthy countries for the poorer countries where many goods are made, and looks at ways to minimise negative impacts. This paper explores the implications of a potential shift to low-carbon consumption in wealthy countries for the poorer countries where many goods are made, and looks at ways to minimise negative impacts.

]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:38:34 +0000 Anne Owen; Peter Erickson; Elena Dawkins https://www.sei.org/publications/low-greenhouse-gas-consumption-strategies-and-impacts-on-developing-countries/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/hydrogen-fluoride-damage-to-vegetation-from-peri-urban-brick-kilns-in-asia-a-growing-but-unrecognised-problem/ Hydrogen fluoride damage to vegetation from peri-urban brick kilns in Asia: A growing but unrecognised problem? Hydrogen fluoride damage to vegetation from peri-urban brick kilns in Asia: A growing but unrecognised problem?

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Mike Ashmore; Patrick Büker; Lisa Emberson https://www.sei.org/publications/hydrogen-fluoride-damage-to-vegetation-from-peri-urban-brick-kilns-in-asia-a-growing-but-unrecognised-problem/ Publication https://www.sei.org/projects/harjumaa-arengustrateegia-aastani-2025/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/harjumaa-arengustrateegia-aastani-2025/ Project https://www.sei.org/features/soils-not-used-mitigate-climate-change/ Soils have great potential for carbon storage and under the right type of management they can act as carbon sinks removing carbon from the atmosphere. This seminar, organized by the SEI-hosted Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI) and Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) will explore the remaining barriers surrounding the incorporation of soil into climate change mitigation projects. Soils have great potential for carbon storage and under the right type of management they can act as carbon sinks removing carbon from the atmosphere. This seminar, organized by the SEI-hosted Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI) and Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) will explore the remaining barriers surrounding the incorporation of soil into climate change mitigation projects.

]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:37:46 +0000 Ian Caldwell https://www.sei.org/features/soils-not-used-mitigate-climate-change/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/determinants-of-risk-exposure-and-vulnerability/ The severity of the impacts of extreme and non-extreme weather and climate events depends strongly on the level of vulnerability and exposure to these events (high confidence). Trends in vulnerability and exposure are major drivers of changes in disaster risk, and of impacts when risk is realized (high confidence). The severity of the impacts of extreme and non-extreme weather and climate events depends strongly on the level of vulnerability and exposure to these events (high confidence). Trends in vulnerability and exposure are major drivers of changes in disaster risk, and of impacts when risk is realized (high confidence).

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:28:24 +0000 Lisa Schipper; Frank Thomalla https://www.sei.org/publications/determinants-of-risk-exposure-and-vulnerability/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/managing-the-risks-international-level-and-integration-across-scales/ Increasing global interconnectivity, population, and economic growth, and the mutual interdependence of economic and ecological systems, can serve both to reduce vulnerability and to amplify disaster risks (high confidence). Global development pathways are becoming a more important factor in the management of vulnerability and disaster risk. Increasing global interconnectivity, population, and economic growth, and the mutual interdependence of economic and ecological systems, can serve both to reduce vulnerability and to amplify disaster risks (high confidence). Global development pathways are becoming a more important factor in the management of vulnerability and disaster risk.

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:16:15 +0000 Richard J.T. Klein; Clarisse Kehler Siebert https://www.sei.org/publications/managing-the-risks-international-level-and-integration-across-scales/ Publication https://www.sei.org/projects/energiamajanduse-riikliku-arengukava-aastani-2020-keskkonnamoju-strateegiline-hindamine/ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/energiamajanduse-riikliku-arengukava-aastani-2020-keskkonnamoju-strateegiline-hindamine/ Project https://www.sei.org/publications/metals-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world/ This report, written as part of the partnership programme between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, examines the use of five metals in low-carbon technologies: cobalt, lithium, neodymium, indium and tellurium. This report, written as part of the partnership programme between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, examines the use of five metals in low-carbon technologies: cobalt, lithium, neodymium, indium and tellurium.

]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:42:03 +0000 Matthew Chadwick; Elena Dawkins; Katy Roelich https://www.sei.org/publications/metals-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/biomass-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world/ This report, produced through a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, gauges the availability of biomass for low-carbon energy and other uses in the context of sustainability and competing demands. This report, produced through a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, gauges the availability of biomass for low-carbon energy and other uses in the context of sustainability and competing demands.

]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:27:52 +0000 Sivan Kartha; Eric Kemp-Benedict; Amanda Fencl https://www.sei.org/publications/biomass-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/concerted-efforts-needed-secure-key-resources-low-carbon-future/ New SEI studies on biomass, scarce metals and water, produced as part of a partnership with the business initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change), show supply constraints could slow deployment of green energy technologies by 2035 – but business and policy choices can reduce these risks. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:15:00 +0000 Marion Davis https://www.sei.org/features/concerted-efforts-needed-secure-key-resources-low-carbon-future/ Feature https://www.sei.org/publications/metals-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world-policy-brief/ This policy brief, based on a report written as part of a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, examines the use of five metals in low-carbon technologies: cobalt, lithium, neodymium, indium and tellurium. This policy brief, based on a report written as part of a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, examines the use of five metals in low-carbon technologies: cobalt, lithium, neodymium, indium and tellurium.

]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:06:26 +0000 Matthew Chadwick; Elena Dawkins; Katy Roelich https://www.sei.org/publications/metals-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world-policy-brief/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/biomass-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world-policy-brief/ This policy brief, based on a report produced through a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, gauges the availability of biomass for low-carbon energy and other uses in the context of sustainability and competing demands. This policy brief, based on a report produced through a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, gauges the availability of biomass for low-carbon energy and other uses in the context of sustainability and competing demands.

]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:06:02 +0000 Sivan Kartha; Eric Kemp-Benedict; Amanda Fencl https://www.sei.org/publications/biomass-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world-policy-brief/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/water-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world-policy-brief/ This policy brief, based on research conducted as part of a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, examines the potential impact of low-carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources – and how these water inputs might shape renewable choices. This policy brief, based on research conducted as part of a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, examines the potential impact of low-carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources – and how these water inputs might shape renewable choices.

]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:43:10 +0000 David Purkey; Amanda Fencl; Vishal Mehta; Victoria Clark https://www.sei.org/publications/water-in-a-low-carbon-economy-resource-scarcity-climate-change-and-business-in-a-finite-world-policy-brief/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/introducing-indirect-impacts-of-climate-change-on-the-adaptation-agenda-responding-to-overseas-climate-change/ This paper uses the Swedish forestry sector as an example to explore the possible significance of indirect impacts of climate change, and their implications for the adaptation agenda. This paper uses the Swedish forestry sector as an example to explore the possible significance of indirect impacts of climate change, and their implications for the adaptation agenda.

]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:00:00 +0000 Oskar Wallgren https://www.sei.org/publications/introducing-indirect-impacts-of-climate-change-on-the-adaptation-agenda-responding-to-overseas-climate-change/ Publication https://www.sei.org/publications/social-justice-and-adaptation-in-the-uk-conf-paper/ This paper identifies a ‘quadruple injustice’ of climate change: that certain social groups emit the least, may be negatively affected by mitigation policies, are most vulnerable to climate impacts, and may be negatively affected by adaptation measures. This paper identifies a ‘quadruple injustice’ of climate change: that certain social groups emit the least, may be negatively affected by mitigation policies, are most vulnerable to climate impacts, and may be negatively affected by adaptation measures.

]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:00:00 +0000 Magnus Benzie https://www.sei.org/publications/social-justice-and-adaptation-in-the-uk-conf-paper/ Publication https://www.sei.org/features/royal-highness-prince-wales-visits-sei/ HRH was introduced to research on food security, energy, Baltic Sea and planetary boundaries. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:28:21 +0000 Ian Caldwell https://www.sei.org/features/royal-highness-prince-wales-visits-sei/ Feature