New methods and indicators supporting policies for sustainable consumption

Elena Dawkins; Jonathan Green; Chris West; Simon Croft

A river with lush green grass on each side and an arched bridge in the backgound.

European Pharmaceutical Monitoring Project

Project / This study is designed to give an overview of the levels of pharmaceutical contamination across European rivers.

2022 - 2023 / About Pollution and Sanitation

Bound bales of crushed plastic bottles and containers sit stacked.

Outside the safe operating space of the planetary boundary for novel entities

Journal article / The safe operating space of the novel entities planetary boundary is exceeded, as annual production and releases are faster than global assessment capacity.

23 February 2022 / About Pollution

Adult bald eagle with two chicks in cliffside tree nest, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Sixty years after Silent Spring, the time has come to heed its call to curb harmful chemicals

Perspective / Sixty years after Silent Spring launched the environmental movement, the world should heed the call to stop the proliferation of harmful chemicals.

23 February 2022 / About Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

EU Taxonomy highlighted in document to mark importance of reaching climate and energy targets by 2030 the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities defining objectives and steps to become carbon neutral

SEI experts dissect the new EU Taxonomy

Feature / In this Q&A, SEI's Timothy Suljada and Charlotte Wagner review the new EU Taxonomy implemented on 1 January 2022.

24 January 2022 / About Climate policy

Swamp, river and trees seen from above by drone, Straumbu, Hedmark, Norway

Safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, exceeded, say researchers

Press release / For the first time, researchers in a new study published today conclude that the safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, has been exceeded.

18 January 2022 / About Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Mitigation and Pollution

Scientist taking water samples from a river

The EU taxonomy as a tool for tackling chemical pollution

Media coverage / In a Euractiv opinion piece, SEI researchers Timothy Suljada and Charlotte Wagner argue that the EU green finance taxonomy is a tool for tackling pollution.

10 January 2022 / About Climate policy, Finance and Pollution

Sunset over smog on buildings, Beijing, China, 2009

Changes of public risk perception in China: 2008–2018

Journal article / A nationally representative longitudinal survey over a decade shows changes in risk acceptance of the Chinese public, based on a psychometric paradigm.

4 August 2021 / About Disaster risk, Pollution, Transport and Wellbeing

Close-up of construction worker using jackhammer and accompanying dust

Chemical safety & noise pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a gender equality, social equity and poverty reduction lens

SEI brief / This discussion brief explains how chemical safety and noise pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina are related to gender inequality, social inequity and poverty.

10 August 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Public policy and Wellbeing

Woman wearing face mask shopping for household cleaning products

Understanding social implications crucial for chemical safety

Feature / Environmental policymaking in Bosnia and Herzegovina must consider that certain social groups are more vulnerable in terms of exposure to harmful chemicals.

4 October 2021 / About Pollution and Wellbeing