Northern America

Capacity gaps in land-based mitigation technologies and practices: a first stock take

Journal article / This article investigates capacity gaps to successfully facilitate land-based mitigation technologies (LMTs) adoption and/or scaling in different regions.

Tribal Lands and Environment Forum: Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge

Past event / SEI researchers will present their project and initial findings on the potential for satellite data to support the use of traditional ecological knowledge.

Montana youth win climate case, with support from SEI expert

Feature / A Montana judge ruled in favor of 16 youth who sued the state for the right to a "healthful environment".

“Montana’s emissions matter”: SEI’s Peter Erickson testifies for youth in Montana climate trial

Media coverage / Sixteen young people sued Montana for violating the state constitutional right to a livable climate. An SEI affiliated researcher testified on their behalf.

Incorporating Climate into Macroeconomic Modeling

Past event / Join SEI's Eric Kemp-Benedict at the US National Academies two-day hybrid workshop on the intersections between climate and macroeconomic modeling.

Application of watershed-scale habitat modeling and decision-support tools for reservoir reoperations in coastal northern California

Journal article / Researchers used a suite of tools to model human and aquatic habitat water needs in a California watershed and aid local water allocation policy.

Balancing aquatic habitat and human water supply in California: a Q&A with Doug Chalmers

Feature / Water managers must balance the needs of aquatic habitat and human supply. SEI Scientist Doug Chalmers explains a new approach to help resolve that tension.

SEI and IRENA form partnership on renewable energy work

Feature / SEI and the the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing a working collaboration on energy issues.

SEI experts submit recommendations for Washington state’s burgeoning “cap-and-invest” program

Other publication / As Washington state weighs linking its "cap-and-invest" program with California and Quebec, SEI experts offer an analysis on the implications of such a move.