SEI https://www.sei.org/ Bridging science and policy since 1989 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:27:28 +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 Analysis and piloting of using environmental criteria in food and catering services public procurement https://www.sei.org/projects/food-and-catering-public-procurement/ This applied research project develops a science-based and practical model of green public procurement (GPP) criteria for food and catering services in the Estonian public sector. This applied research project develops a science-based and practical model of green public procurement (GPP) criteria for food and catering services in the Estonian public sector.

]]> Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:37:52 +0000 https://www.sei.org/projects/food-and-catering-public-procurement/ Project Making the most of climate field schools for adaptation, mitigation and rural livelihoods https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-field-schools-adaptation/ Indonesia has successfully used climate field schools to raise farmers’ awareness of climate change and train them to use climate forecasts in planning and decision-making, but there is potential to make an even greater impact.The EbA-Enhanced Climate Field Schools for Climate Resilience (EECCLiRe) project demonstrated the value of enhancing the climate field school curriculum with modules on ecosystem-based adaptation measures tailored to specific crops and locations (in this case, Arabica c... Indonesia has successfully used climate field schools to raise farmers’ awareness of climate change and train them to use climate forecasts in planning and decision-making, but there is potential to make an even greater impact.

The EbA-Enhanced Climate Field Schools for Climate Resilience (EECCLiRe) project demonstrated the value of enhancing the climate field school curriculum with modules on ecosystem-based adaptation measures tailored to specific crops and locations (in this case, Arabica coffee production in Bali and Flores).

BMKG can deploy a new model for enhanced climate field schools across Indonesia focused on economically important crops, using ecosystem-based adaptation to advance national climate objectives and strengthen rural livelihoods.

Close collaboration between BMKG, agricultural extension officers, and development partners is crucial to the success of such an approach, as it will require a wide range of skills, resources and knowledge.

Farmers and farmers’ cooperatives should be treated as valuable partners for maximizing the impact of climate field schools and can provide crucial local knowledge and contextually appropriate practices rooted in traditional knowledge.

]]> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:11:13 +0000 Albert Salamanca; Cynthia Crouse; Fabian Peri Wiropranoto; Bianca Angelique; Marion Davis https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-field-schools-adaptation/ Publication Brewing resilience: insights on ecosystem-based adaptation from Indonesia’s coffee sector https://www.sei.org/publications/indonesia-ecosystem-based-adaptation-coffee/ Building resilience to climate change for agricultural producers is an urgent priority, especially in countries like Indonesia where agriculture employs almost 30% of all workers. The stakes are particularly high for smallholders, most of whom lack the resources to adapt effectively. This report discusses how climate field schools served as an effective tool to support smallholder coffee growers in Indonesia with education about ecosystem-based adaptation and climate-smart practices. Building resilience to climate change for agricultural producers is an urgent priority, especially in countries like Indonesia where agriculture employs almost 30% of all workers. The stakes are particularly high for smallholders, most of whom lack the resources to adapt effectively. This report discusses how climate field schools served as an effective tool to support smallholder coffee growers in Indonesia with education about ecosystem-based adaptation and climate-smart practices.

]]> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:52:17 +0000 Albert Salamanca; Marion Davis; Takeshi Takama https://www.sei.org/publications/indonesia-ecosystem-based-adaptation-coffee/ Publication Mapping definitions of management and leadership in capacity development in Africa’s agrifood systems: a systematic map protocol https://www.sei.org/publications/capacity-development-in-africas-agrifood-systems-smp/ This systematic map protocol explores evidence on how management and leadership are defined in the context of capacity development within Africa’s agrifood systems. It aims to examine how these definitions influence interventions for women and relate to broader paradigms and power dynamics. This systematic map protocol explores evidence on how management and leadership are defined in the context of capacity development within Africa’s agrifood systems. It aims to examine how these definitions influence interventions for women and relate to broader paradigms and power dynamics.

]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:35:38 +0000 Laura Del Duca https://www.sei.org/publications/capacity-development-in-africas-agrifood-systems-smp/ Publication Nurturing forward-thinking circular generations in ASEAN to build climate resilience https://www.sei.org/perspectives/nurturing-forward-thinking-circular-generations-asean/ Youth must be empowered to embrace a circular mindset, sparking innovative ideas, eco-conscious lifestyles, and products designed for a regenerative economy. Youth must be empowered to embrace a circular mindset, sparking innovative ideas, eco-conscious lifestyles, and products designed for a regenerative economy.

]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:44:40 +0000 Izzan Fathurrahman https://www.sei.org/perspectives/nurturing-forward-thinking-circular-generations-asean/ Perspective Gridless water configurations: integrating informal water activities and arrangements for equitable urban water development in India and Kenya https://www.sei.org/publications/gridless-water-configurations/ This paper explains how formal and informal water activities could be integrated into the urban planning processes in Banglore, India, and Nakuru, Kenya. This paper explains how formal and informal water activities could be integrated into the urban planning processes in Banglore, India, and Nakuru, Kenya.

]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:04:12 +0000 Raja Asvanon; Anisha Nazareth; Karina Barquet https://www.sei.org/publications/gridless-water-configurations/ Publication From play to practice and policy: how a game is helping people rethink trees in cities https://www.sei.org/features/from-play-to-practice-and-policy-how-a-game-is-helping-people-rethink-trees-in-cities/ Urban Labor-a-tree is a first-of-its-kind board game that helps people to reimagine city trees. This game brings together diverse stakeholders, from city planners to children, to design future urban treescapes. SEI researcher Joanne Morris leads the project by blending play, practice, and policy to encourage conversations on inclusive urban spaces in the UK. Urban Labor-a-tree is a first-of-its-kind board game that helps people to reimagine city trees. This game brings together diverse stakeholders, from city planners to children, to design future urban treescapes. SEI researcher Joanne Morris leads the project by blending play, practice, and policy to encourage conversations on inclusive urban spaces in the UK.

]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:45:26 +0000 Joanne Morris; Jennifer Aghaji https://www.sei.org/features/from-play-to-practice-and-policy-how-a-game-is-helping-people-rethink-trees-in-cities/ Feature Trends in Baltic Sea collaboration amid geopolitical tension https://www.sei.org/features/baltic-sea-collaboration-geopolitics/ Russian aggression has triggered a wave of collaboration among other Baltic Sea countries, with many new initiatives. SEI recently organized a discussion between actors from Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden to explore the rapid changes so far and trends for the future. Russian aggression has triggered a wave of collaboration among other Baltic Sea countries, with many new initiatives. SEI recently organized a discussion between actors from Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden to explore the rapid changes so far and trends for the future. 

]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:27:46 +0000 Maria Sköld https://www.sei.org/features/baltic-sea-collaboration-geopolitics/ Feature Trase launches open data on commodity supply chain facilities https://www.sei.org/features/trase-launches-open-data-on-commodity-supply-chain-facilities/ Companies and financial institutions can now use the freely available data to meet regulatory requirements such as EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and voluntary frameworks including Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). The purpose is to help companies and financial institutions meet reporting requirements. Companies and financial institutions can now use the freely available data to meet regulatory requirements such as EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and voluntary frameworks including Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). The purpose is to help companies and financial institutions meet reporting requirements.

]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:09 +0000 Helen Bellfield https://www.sei.org/features/trase-launches-open-data-on-commodity-supply-chain-facilities/ Feature Research Fellow – Bankable Climate Adaptation Solutions and Finance Mechanisms at the local scale https://www.sei.org/people/jobs/research-fellow-bankable-climate-adaptation/ Join SEI Asia as a Research Fellow to design and deliver inclusive climate adaptation finance solutions, collaborating with stakeholders to build resilience and reduce vulnerabilities. Join SEI Asia as a Research Fellow to design and deliver inclusive climate adaptation finance solutions, collaborating with stakeholders to build resilience and reduce vulnerabilities.

]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:54:37 +0000 https://www.sei.org/people/jobs/research-fellow-bankable-climate-adaptation/ Opportunity Gender, intersectional inequalities and soil health: a systematic map protocol https://www.sei.org/publications/gender-intersectional-inequalities-soil-health-smp/ Recognizing soil health as essential for food security, ecosystem services, and social equity, this systematic map protocol explores evidence on the connections between intersectional gender inequalities and soil health. Recognizing soil health as essential for food security, ecosystem services, and social equity, this systematic map protocol explores evidence on the connections between intersectional gender inequalities and soil health.

]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:18:05 +0000 Laura Del Duca https://www.sei.org/publications/gender-intersectional-inequalities-soil-health-smp/ Publication SEI and UNEP featured in the official program for the Trials for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-and-unep-featured-in-the-official-program-for-the-trials-for-the-world-athletics-championships-tokyo-25/ SEI and UNEP are proud to announce their feature in the official program for the ‘Trials for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25,’ hosted by Athletics Kenya at the Ulinzi Sports Complex on July 22, 2025. This prominent feature highlights the partners’ collaborative efforts to combat air pollution and promote environmental sustainability in sports. SEI and UNEP are proud to announce their feature in the official program for the ‘Trials for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25,’ hosted by Athletics Kenya at the Ulinzi Sports Complex on July 22, 2025. This prominent feature highlights the partners’ collaborative efforts to combat air pollution and promote environmental sustainability in sports.

 

 

]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:29:46 +0000 Pauline Macharia https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/sei-and-unep-featured-in-the-official-program-for-the-trials-for-the-world-athletics-championships-tokyo-25/ Press Unpacking what the ICJ’s advisory opinion means for climate and environmental action https://www.sei.org/perspectives/icj-opinion-climate-environmental-action/ The International Court of Justice, the UN’s judicial authority, recently ruled that countries are legally obliged to protect and prevent harm to the environment, and that countries must take action to reduce climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. SEI US Scientist Sara K. Phillips, US Equitable Transitions Program Director Emily Ghosh, SEI Asia Research Associate Dayoon Kim, and Asia Senior Research Fellow Albert Salamanca each reflect on the ICJ’s recent ruling. The International Court of Justice, the UN’s judicial authority, recently ruled that countries are legally obliged to protect and prevent harm to the environment, and that countries must take action to reduce climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.

SEI US Scientist Sara K. Phillips, US Equitable Transitions Program Director Emily Ghosh, SEI Asia Research Associate Dayoon Kim, and Asia Senior Research Fellow Albert Salamanca each reflect on the ICJ’s recent ruling.

]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 21:50:16 +0000 Sara K. Phillips; Emily Ghosh; Dayoon Kim; Albert Salamanca; Kate Williamson https://www.sei.org/perspectives/icj-opinion-climate-environmental-action/ Perspective Shaping river-basin futures together: tools, data & dialogue for scenario-driven planning https://www.sei.org/events/shaping-river-basin-futures-together/ Join SEI and partners for an interactive session on how tools, data and co-operation can foster resilient, inclusive river basin management. Through live demonstrations and dialogue with experts from India, Bangladesh, and Thailand, we will explore how open access platforms — as Wetland Monitoring, River Erosion, and Coastal Erosion Tools — can strengthen collaboration and empower local communities. Join SEI and partners for an interactive session on how tools, data and co-operation can foster resilient, inclusive river basin management. Through live demonstrations and dialogue with experts from India, Bangladesh, and Thailand, we will explore how open access platforms — as Wetland Monitoring, River Erosion, and Coastal Erosion Tools — can strengthen collaboration and empower local communities.

]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:32:10 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/shaping-river-basin-futures-together/ Event Towards more human(e) stakeholder engagements around energy https://www.sei.org/events/towards-more-humane-stakeholder-engagements-around-energy/ Join us for a live Q&A session with Breffní Lennon, Research Fellow at University College Cork, as part of the Community Energy – Citizen Science (CE-CS) project. The session will explore how stakeholder engagement in community energy projects can be more human(e), inclusive and effective. Join us for a live Q&A session with Breffní Lennon, Research Fellow at University College Cork, as part of the Community Energy – Citizen Science (CE-CS) project. The session will explore how stakeholder engagement in community energy projects can be more human(e), inclusive and effective.

]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:11:43 +0000 https://www.sei.org/events/towards-more-humane-stakeholder-engagements-around-energy/ Event Integrating air pollution to early warning systems in Africa https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/integrating-air-pollution-to-early-warning-systems-in-africa/ SEI in partnership with UNEP hosted a science practitioner dialogue on air pollution and early warning systems for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. SEI in partnership with UNEP hosted a science practitioner dialogue on air pollution and early warning systems for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.

]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:46:50 +0000 Pauline Macharia https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/integrating-air-pollution-to-early-warning-systems-in-africa/ Press Ministerial conference outlines Africa’s path for climate and environmental action https://www.sei.org/features/amcen-20-ministerial-statement/ The 20th session of the African ministerial conference on the environment (AMCEN-20) concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, with African ministers adopting common positions on climate and environmental action. The 20th session of the African ministerial conference on the environment (AMCEN-20) concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, with African ministers adopting common positions on climate and environmental action. 

]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:59:15 +0000 Henry Nerious Dieto https://www.sei.org/features/amcen-20-ministerial-statement/ Feature SEI’s Nella Canales in The Independent: aid cuts threaten vulnerable nations’ climate disaster preparation https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/nella-canales-aid-climate-disaster-preparation/ The Independent cites SEI Research Fellow Nella Canales’ work on the UN Environment Programme’s Adaptation Gap Report in its reporting on how gridlocked global climate finance talks are leaving lower-income countries in the lurch. The Independent cites SEI Research Fellow Nella Canales’ work on the UN Environment Programme’s Adaptation Gap Report in its reporting on how gridlocked global climate finance talks are leaving lower-income countries in the lurch.

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:48:36 +0000 https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/nella-canales-aid-climate-disaster-preparation/ Press Emerging regional perspectives of global climate change scenarios: a systematic review https://www.sei.org/publications/emerging-regional-perspectives-of-global-climate-change-scenarios/ This study explores how scientists around the world are reimagining the global Shared Socio-economic Pathways through regional lenses. A systematic review of 155 studies reveals rich variation in how global scenarios are being interpreted and extended across diverse contexts. This study explores how scientists around the world are reimagining the global Shared Socio-economic Pathways through regional lenses. A systematic review of 155 studies reveals rich variation in how global scenarios are being interpreted and extended across diverse contexts.

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:09:29 +0000 Simona Pedde; Kasper Kok; Eric Kemp-Benedict; Oliver Johnson; Henrik Carlsen; Carole Green; Sara Talebian; Stefan Fagerström; Xiaoshi Xing https://www.sei.org/publications/emerging-regional-perspectives-of-global-climate-change-scenarios/ Publication Can AI help conserve Meghna’s vanishing wetlands? https://www.sei.org/perspectives/can-ai-help-conserve-meghnas-vanishing-wetlands/ The shared Meghna River Basin’s vital wetlands have shrunk by over 50% since 1994, threatening ecosystems and communities. AI-powered monitoring now offers real-time insights to reverse this loss and drive urgent conservation action. The shared Meghna River Basin’s vital wetlands have shrunk by over 50% since 1994, threatening ecosystems and communities. AI-powered monitoring now offers real-time insights to reverse this loss and drive urgent conservation action.

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:20:37 +0000 Satish Prasad; Talengi Kasambara https://www.sei.org/perspectives/can-ai-help-conserve-meghnas-vanishing-wetlands/ Perspective