consumption

Project VINCI helps foster low-carbon tourism

Press release / A Virtual and Augmented Reality Trainers Toolbox helps foster low-carbon tourism with the participation of SEI Tallinn.

Coupled forest zoning and agricultural intervention yields conflicting outcomes for tropical forest conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Journal article / Agricultural interventions can help boost food security for poor rural communities but in certain cases can exacerbate deforestation; the rebound effect.

SEI’s Derik Broekhoff casts skeptical view of FIFA World Cup’s carbon neutral claims in How to Save a Planet podcast

Media coverage / The How to Save a Planet podcast consults SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff about whether the 2022 FIFA World Cup can really call itself climate neutral.

SEI’s Peter Erickson in Grist: “We don’t need more oil and gas” in US if they take Paris Agreement seriously

Press / SEI Senior Scientist and Climate Policy Program Director Peter Erickson comments on the US Department of Interior's latest offshore oil and gas leasing plan.

Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products

Other publication / This Trase policy brief discusses strategies on implementing the European Commission's proposed prohibition on products produced on land deforested after 2020.

Developing a regional agricultural nonpoint salinity pollution management framework: application to the San Joaquin River, California

Other publication / This paper simulates policy and climate scenarios in California to inform salinity pollution management while keeping farmers in business.

Hydrological and operations forecasting in the Central Valley of California

Project / SEI researchers are developing a long-range automated water forecasting tool for the California State Water Resources Control Board.

EU urged to widen deforestation law

Feature / The proposed EU deforestation law only protects against the conversion of land defined as "forests". Read the Trase analysis on this crucial topic.

Supporting Swedish sustainability goals with new methods and indicators for consumption

Feature / Expanding the PRINCE model to include impacts associated with fisheries production, the use of chemicals, impacts to biodiversity and tropical deforestation.