planning Archives

SEI Tallinn's intern Emile Neimry and senior expert Andreas Hoy installing a weather sensor. The sensor is a head-sized white gadget, which has been attached to a metal pole with several other poles and gadgets on the background.

Andreas Hoy: Tallinn needs more green spaces

Media coverage / New weather measurements by SEI Tallinn from this summer alone support the need for increasing greenery in the capital of Estonia.

5 October 2022 / About Adaptation, Cities, Mitigation and Pollution

Autonomous transportation – Challenge in digitalisation and solution to sustainability?

Past event / SEI Research Fellow Maria Xylia will speak at a KTH networking workshop on obstacles and solutions in making future transportation more sustainable.

20 September 2022 / About Fossil fuels, Participation, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Silhouettes of wind turbines foreground a city skyline at sunset

New Developments in Energy Modelling, Urban Transitions, and Energy Poverty

Past event / Register today for a free online symposium that showcases women and nonbinary experts in equitable energy transitions in three panels 15 September.

15 September 2022 / About Fossil fuels, Household energy, Planning and modelling, Renewables, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Aeirial view of a river in Colombia with landmasses of trees and buildings extending into the waterway

Serious games tackle serious challenges in the world’s complicated water systems

Feature / SEI uses a tool known as serious games to test water management policies and promote communication among local communities.

14 September 2022 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Klamath River

Project / SEI is building a water allocation and hydrology model in the Upper Klamath River basin.

2022 / About Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

An SEI researcher and trainees in Pakistan look at a laptop computer during a training on SEI's energy modelling software, LEAP

Pakistan aspires to LEAP into a new future with SEI training

Feature / SEI researchers trained energy sector practitioners on how to use LEAP in Islamabad, Pakistan, as part of the nation's effort to tackle its energy crisis.

1 September 2022 / About Business, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Renewables

Frailejones shrubs dot the foreground in a muted green grassland, while a large body of water spreads at the feet of some mountains in the background at El Angel Ecological Reserve in northern Ecuador

World Water Week: Highlighting the value of páramo land conservation in vulnerability reduction

Past event / SEI Senior Scientist Laura Forni presents a short lecture on how conserving páramo land in Ecuador preserves water supply for a rapidly urbanizing country.

31 August 2022 / About Adaptation, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

Solar powered water pumps for farms in Kenya

Backcasting as a design device to support grassroots system change: insights from a case study on future energy pathways in rural Kenya

Other publication / This case study explores whether participatory design can support facilitating community engagement around the challenge of energy access.

29 August 2022 / About Energy access

Stream of faucet water pouring into children’s hands in southern Burkina Faso

Introducing the WASH Flows analytical tool: Integrating sanitation and watershed management for improved water governance and investments

SEI brief / A new tool developed by SEI's Bolivia WATCH team integrates sanitation and hygiene considerations into watershed planning.

14 February 2023 / About Planning and modelling, Pollution, Sanitation and Water resources