Poland Archives

Reducing summer tourism’s impact on Baltic Sea coastal wastewater plants

Feature / The surge in tourism leads to seasonal fluctuations in wastewater generation, overwhelming the coastal wastewater treatment systems during the summer season.

3 July 2023 / About Planning and modelling, Sanitation and Water resources

Scaffolding covers an older building in Cologne, Germany, beneath a pale blue sky.

Q&A: The possibilities of green public procurement with Astrid Nilsson Lewis

Feature / A team of SEI experts published a report on the status of Green Public Procurement in the EU. Lead author Astrid Nilsson Lewis breaks down their findings.

9 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy, Supply chains and Transport

A black and white lighthouse photographed from above with sea in the background.

NURSECOAST-II

Project / The NURSECOAST-II project aims to better adapt wastewater treatment systems to a high seasonality in tourist spots and improve the status of the Baltic Sea.

2023 - 2026 / About Innovation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

ChemClimCircle – Integrating criteria for chemicals, climate and circularity in procurement processes

Project / ChemClimCircle will address the linkage between chemicals, climate and circularity issues in public procurement.

2022 - 2024 / About Climate policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Drone image of Palace of Culture and Science in the cloud, Warsaw, Poland

Decarbonizing the EU’s road and construction sectors through green public procurement: the case of Estonia and Poland

SEI brief / This policy brief finds that while Estonia and Poland have set goals to grow green public procurement, few mandates exist to make them happen.

14 September 2022 / About Climate policy, Public policy and Transport

Framework and stakeholder needs assessment for a Baltic Sea Region radar climatology

Project / This project investigates the feasibility of developing a radar climatology in the Baltic Sea region.

2022 - 2024 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate services and Disaster risk

Sustainable green building with vertical garden protecting from sun and controlling inside temperature, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Funding energy efficiency will boost energy security in the EU, but more is needed

Perspective / War, pandemic and the growing threat of climate change make the need to invest in energy efficiency all the more urgent. The technology already exists.

6 June 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Energy access, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Innovation, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Renewables, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Russian gas production and processing facility works under blanket of snow at dawn and cloudy purple and pink sky, Novy Urengoi, Russia

SEI’s Peter Erickson in E&E News: Reduced gas demand can free up non-Russian LNG for Europe

Media coverage / How can the world fulfill Europe's liquefied natural gas needs without Russia? The rest of the developed world must lower demand, SEI's Peter Erickson says.

13 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Pollution, Public policy and Renewables

Silhouette of man working at construction site under orange sky at sunset

Accelerating the EU’s uptake of green public procurement

Project / This project uses case studies to generate lessons learned and foster stronger Green Public Procurement policy in EU member states.

2022 - 2023 / About Business, Cities, Public policy, Supply chains, Sustainable Development Goals and Transport