modelling Archives

View of downtown Colorado Springs skyline

Operations yield modelling in the Upper Colorado river basin

Project / SEI has provided forecasting and long-term water supply projections for Colorado Springs Utilities for nearly a decade.

2021 - 2023 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Aerial shot of green milling tractor in field, Austin, Texas

How food production emissions are harming health

Media coverage / SEI's Chris Malley was interviewed by SciDev.Net about a new study linking agriculture production, unhealthy diets and rising greenhouse gas emissions

1 July 2021 / About Food and agriculture, Land use and Pollution

The global impact of food production and consumption on climate, air pollution, malnutrition and obesity

Journal article / This work presents a model that integrates the assessment of food consumption-related health risks, with the quantification of greenhouse gas emissions.

6 July 2021 / About Food and agriculture, Pollution and Wellbeing

Aerial view of cultivated field on left for biomass and on right for corn

Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: scale and sustainability

Journal article / This article explores the use of bioenergy in climate change mitigation efforts and summarizes the state of knowledge concerning potential costs and benefits.

11 June 2021 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture, Land use, Mitigation, Planning and modelling and Renewables

Knowledge gaps are limiting the effective restoration of peatland habitat

Feature / Long term research is required to understand the true impacts of different peatland management techniques.

7 June 2021 / About Ecosystems and Land use

A critical review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” position statement

Journal article / Promoting a move towards an evidence-based position about prescribed burning in UK peatlands.

13 May 2021 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems and Land use

Why we must reduce methane emissions now to solve the climate crisis

Feature / Find out how reducing methane emissions can reduce the rate of global warming and achieve significant health and development benefits.

12 May 2021 / About Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Assessing future cross-border climate impacts using shared socioeconomic pathways

Journal article / This paper uses the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways to assess future cross-border climate impacts in Kenya and evaluate adaptation plans.

28 April 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Geopolitics, Mitigation and Public policy