policy engagement Archives

Girl collecting tea leaves in big basket, Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India

Charting a youth vision for a just and sustainable future

SEI report / An independent report ahead of the Stockholm+50 international meeting captures the perspectives of youth for actions now for a better future.

28 April 2022 / About Climate policy and Wellbeing

Green and yellow coffee cherries hang from the branch of a coffee plant

The coffee supply chain illustrates transboundary climate risks: Insights on governance pathways

SEI brief / When a crop like coffee links countries together, they also share associated climate risks. This brief details options for managing transboundary climate risks.

26 April 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Supply chains

Man and woman stand on cracked sea ice beneath a gray sky, in sea of breaking ice sheets, Jökulsárlón, Iceland

Three observations on how to cut fossil fuels and hold the window open for Paris goals

Perspective / The Paris Agreement goals are still within our grasp if policymakers decisively act now, say SEI US Scientists Peter Erickson and Ploy Achakulwisut.

25 April 2022 / About Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

Aerial view of crossroads in burned forest in Tatoi, Attica, near Athens, Greece. In the summer of 2020, wildfires raged all over Greece and this area was one of the most affected.

Eight takeaways from the IPCC report on climate mitigation

Perspective / The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on the state of climate mitigation. SEI researchers offer their main takeaways.

8 April 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Finance, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Transport

Hydropower solutions in Lesotho, South Africa

Low-carbon development in Africa: How to visually create impact

Past event / Join SEI's and SweDev's dialogue on development research and storytelling with illustrator Coralie Legrand.

07 April 2022 / About Energy access and Renewables

Coherent policy development for high-quality and sustainable living environment in Estonia

Project / This project aims to create a spatial planning development strategy and an action plan as well as put in place institutional arrangements in Estonia.

2022 - 2024 / About Cities

Aerial view of two liquefied natural gas tankers moored at a jetty in Malta

The US can provide Europe with LNG while advancing climate goals

Perspective / SEI Senior Scientist Peter Erickson says it's possible for the US to offset European dependence on Russian LNG and advance climate goals.

1 April 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply chains

Two hands hold a tree sapling, ready to be planted, India

SEI’s Derik Broekhoff tells Disruption Banking the world cannot “offset its way out of climate change”

Media coverage / Corporate carbon neutrality claims can be deceptive. SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff tells Disruption Banking companies should aim for net-zero instead.

30 March 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Innovation, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy and Supply chains

Hand holding pile of raw white coffee beans

Narratives from the Campoalegre watershed, where opportunity is scarce

Feature / Rural communities in Colombia's Campoalegre watershed struggle to meet basic needs. SEI researchers aim to connect them to policymakers to improve their lives.

21 March 2022 / About Business, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Wellbeing