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Construction cranes and a TV tower are silhouetted against an orange and blue sky in Berlin.

Green public procurement: a key to decarbonizing construction and road transport in the EU

SEI report / Green public procurement can help cut the EU's greenhouse gas emissions. This report details how to boost this policy tool in construction and road transport.

9 February 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Public policy and Supply chains

Scaffolding covers an older building in Cologne, Germany, beneath a pale blue sky.

Q&A: The possibilities of green public procurement with Astrid Nilsson Lewis

Feature / A team of SEI experts published a report on the status of Green Public Procurement in the EU. Lead author Astrid Nilsson Lewis breaks down their findings.

9 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy, Supply chains and Transport

Urban Deli interior in Stockholm, showing grocery aisles, wooden crates of goods, and a yellow ‘Bröd’ (bread) sign overhead.

Case study: Urban Deli’s digital tool use and sustainability vision

SEI report / A comprehensive qualitative case study of Urban Deli investigated how digital tools support the retailer with necessary information to become more sustainable.

7 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Innovation, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Power plant in Denmark emits pollutants against a pink and blue twilight sky.

SEI’s Jindan Gong talks flipping energy crises into energy transitions on podcast

Media coverage / Russia's invasion of Ukraine plunged Europe into an energy crisis. But it provides a chance to spark the green economy, Jindan Gong tells Podcast and Business.

3 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles

A section of the Amazon rainforest in Peru is clear-cut, leaving behind a wasteland of fallen trees against a background of lush green forest

Derik Broekhoff speaks to ClimateWire about wild carbon market landscape

Media coverage / In the wake of a Guardian investigation into carbon offsets, SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff weighs in on carbon markets' validity as a climate solution.

20 January 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Mitigation, Pollution and Public policy

Construction cranes, clouds and blue sky are reflected against the glass sides of a new building

Green public procurement: a lever to accelerate the green transition

Event / Watch this informative webinar and discussion highlighting SEI's latest research on how green public procurement can advance the EU's climate goals.

About Business, Climate policy and Public policy

SEI Currents 2023 – which trends will shape 2023?

Media advisory / SEI Currents 2023 taps the institute’s expertise and insights from SEI centres across five continents to identify trends emerging in 2023 and beyond.

3 January 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Finance, Innovation and Sustainable Development Goals

Adaptation AGORA – A Gathering place to cO-design and co-cReate Adaptation

Project / Adaptation AGORA will support the adaptation to climate change by leveraging and step-forwarding best practices, innovative approaches and policy instruments.

2023 - 2025 / About Adaptation, Business, Disaster risk, Innovation and Participation

SEI Currents 2023

Feature / Watch our Currents 2023 event from 11 January and read the perspectives by our researchers on topics to follow in the coming year.

20 December 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Innovation, Mitigation, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles