policy engagement

Operationalising the Loss and Damage Fund: learning from the funding mosaic

Other publication / This report offers recommendations on how to operationalize a new global loss and damage fund.

Åsa Persson new Chair of the Swedish Climate Policy Council

Feature / Åsa Persson, Head of Research and Deputy Director at SEI, is appointed Chair of the Climate Policy Council by the Swedish government, effective 1 July 2023.

The value of cooperation under climate change in Central Asia’s Syr Darya River: Using integrated water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus tools to inform policy

Other publication / Cooperation in the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus among countries sharing the Syr Darya River Basin can improve local livelihoods.

WEAP training: summer 2023

Past event / SEI scientists will host a three-day training on WEAP, SEI's flagship water modelling software, on 12, 14 and 16 June 2023. Register today.

“Montana’s emissions matter”: SEI’s Peter Erickson testifies for youth in Montana climate trial

Media coverage / Sixteen young people sued Montana for violating the state constitutional right to a livable climate. An SEI affiliated researcher testified on their behalf.

Incorporating Climate into Macroeconomic Modeling

Past event / Join SEI's Eric Kemp-Benedict at the US National Academies two-day hybrid workshop on the intersections between climate and macroeconomic modeling.

Carbon Brief post on SEI study: Nearly half of recent climate pledges plan to keep extracting fossil fuels

Media coverage / A new SEI study shows while fossil fuels are increasingly mentioned climate plans, those who will continue to extract far outnumber those who will wind it down.

Connecting the dots: mapping references to fossil fuel production in national plans under the UNFCCC for the 2023 Global Stocktake

SEI report / Amid growing momentum to link fossil fuel production and climate goals, transparency on countries’ alignment with Paris goals is crucial to assessing progress.

Mainstreaming equity considerations into environmental policymaking: the case of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Environmental Strategy and Action Plan

SEI report / This report describes the approach used to mainstream GESEP considerations into an environmental strategy and action plan in Bosnia and Herzegovina.