policy engagement Archives

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

International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2022

Feature / Find out what SEI is doing to protect #TheAirWeShare.

31 August 2022 / About Cities, Food and agriculture, Pollution and Transport

This figure maps the water resources of Morocco's Souss Massa River Basin, indicating the dams, rivers and aquifers in the region

From participatory process to robust decision-making: an agriculture-water-energy nexus analysis for the Souss-Massa basin in Morocco

Journal article / SEI scientists used a stakeholder-driven method to explore solutions to a Moroccan river basin's water scarcity through the lens of the water-energy-food nexus.

17 August 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Renewables, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Mainstreaming ES in policies for sustainable freshwater development and livelihoods

Past event / This session will discuss the entry points and barriers for mainstreaming science-based valuation of freshwater ecosystem services.

25 August 2022 / About Water resources

A lake in Uyuni, Bolivia reflects the mountains above it and punctuates the brown desert highlands

World Water Week: Sanitation and watershed management cooperation for improved governance and investments

Past event / This online session at World Water Week reviews Bolivia WATCH, a program that connects water sanitation and watershed management in Bolivia.

24 August 2022 / About Cities, Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation and Water resources

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

Bonn Climate Change Conference - October 2014

From regime-building to implementation: harnessing the UN climate conferences to drive climate action

Journal article / The UN climate conferences can drive implementation across five governance functions, using both their roles as formal decision-making body and as mega-events.

16 August 2022 / About Climate policy and Public policy

Pang Oung Lake and pine forest in Mae Hong Son, Thailand

SEI at World Water Week 2022

Feature / Join our SEI-hosted sessions at World Water Week from 23 August-1 September both in-person and online to discuss sanitation, biodiversity, climate and the SDGs.

16 August 2022 / About Business, Finance, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Red and blue gas or oil pipeline valves contrast with an expanse of brown ground against a pink sunset

NEPA review of fossil fuels projects – principles for applying a “climate test” for new production and infrastructure

Other publication / SEI's Peter Erickson co-authored report that outlines the flaws in the US' environmental review of fossil fuel projects and proposes some fixes.

3 May 2022 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Land use, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Pollution and Public policy