The information boards installed on the changing cabins on Pirita beach in Tallinn, Estonia, provide information on the issue of plastic waste in the sea.
Baltic
The Baltic region faces a unique set of environmental challenges, in particular pollution from industry and agriculture. SEI provides knowledge and enhances collaboration between countries and stakeholders in the region to provide solutions and seek opportunities for a more sustainable Baltic.
Plastic waste is polluting the Baltic sea and is a problem there just as much as it is in the rest of the world, needing to be addressed by politicians.
Theme: How can we enable circular innovations to trigger sustainable transformations in the Baltic Sea Region?
By scaling up 10 selected low-carbon energy solutions, the Baltics, Poland and Ukraine could reduce their emissions by 150 Mt while saving money over time.
SEI Tallinn and partners kick off a project to build bioeconomy clusters in rural areas of the region.
COASTAL (Collaborative lAnd Sea inTegration pLatform) improves coastal-rural synergy to foster rural and coastal development while preserving the environment.
The event highlighted the proven solutions from exiting fossil fuel-based economies and transitioning to low-carbon societies based on Green to Scale.
The winners of the BONUS RETURN innovation challenge are Aquacare in the Netherlands, TerraNova in Germany, and Ravita in Finland.
SEI Tallinn held a seminar to mark 25 years of operations. It was a time to reflect on our impact on Estonian society and look to the challenges ahead.
The BONUS RETURN project is offering pre-commercialization support for the best ideas for reducing nutrient and carbon emissions and productive reuse.
CoCliME – co-development of climate services for adaptation to changing marine ecosystems – will develop climate services for marine systems in Europe.
BONUS RETURN – reducing emissions by turning nutrients and carbon into benefits. The project focuses on turning waste into circular solutions for the Baltic Sea
The RDI2Club project helps rural Baltic Sea areas to reach their bioeconomy potential.
The first group of students of sustainable design at the Estonian Academy of Art, combining sustainable design and entrepreneurship, presented their projects.
A new SEI Tallinn project aims to keep litter from urban areas from ending up in the water, where it harms wildlife, water quality, and human health.