artificial intelligence

Evidence from the Ground: Adaptation Progress from Project Implementation (GroundProgress)

Project / GroundProgress uses AI and evidence synthesis to assess how adaptation projects advance global goals and improve future reporting on climate resilience.

Somya Joshi to be SEI’s new Research Director

Feature / The senior scientist and Head of SEI’s Global Agendas, Climate and Systems Division steps into the role on 1 September.

Can AI produce reliable and consistent data analysis?

SEI brief / A pilot study explores the promise and limitations of AI tools to deliver accurate, consistent policy analysis at scale, through the SEI AI Reader.

Q&A with SEI’s William Babis: the promise and peril of AI

Feature / SEI Scientist William Babis discusses how AI can support sustainable supply chains and its risks and opportunities for decarbonization efforts.

Can AI help conserve Meghna’s vanishing wetlands?

Perspective / AI-powered monitoring tools offer early-warning insights to policymakers and communities to conserve the wetlands of the shared Meghna River Basin.

Energy transition policies in southeast Asia and China: scoping out the ‘just’ aspect

SEI report / This report analyses how just energy transitions figure into the policies of southeast Asian countries and China.

Time out of joint: historical reflections on AI

Journal article / Navigating a “disjoint in time” in the transformation of information via the adoption of AI requires a nuanced approach that considers the global commons.

Testing the utility of GPT for title and abstract screening in environmental systematic evidence synthesis

Journal article / A large language model performed well when used for title and abstract eligibility screening of scientific articles and within a (systematic) literature review.

AI and SEI

Collection / SEI explores how AI can support sustainability while addressing its risks, guiding ethical and impactful use across environment and society.