The Forum will consist of several interrelated modules, each covering concepts and issues of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals: 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17 in particular, as well as challenges and solutions regarding …
Based on the two dominant conceptual frameworks — the Anthropocene and climate change — of the current global environmental crisis, this conference seeks to connect the urgency of the crisis and find the motivation to learn and act upon emerging issues and …
The report highlights what climate adaptation should really be about for countries like Sweden, where trade issues, business and international cooperation should be the key components. As similar research results from Germany and Austria show, the impact …
This year’s report represents the work of 99 researchers from 51 institutions in every continent. With 43 new and updated indicators, it will be launched ahead of the 27th UN Conference of the Parties (COP27), as countries and health systems grapple with …
Optimizing hydropower operations in river systems involves market prices, technological constraints affecting the efficiency of turbines, and flow constraints set by an environmental regulator. Comprehensive environmental flow regulation includes the …
Three animation videos show why it is crucial to acknowledge environmental defenders as important actors in disaster risk reduction (DRR). Environmental defenders mobilize against the challenges of the existing sociocultural, economic, and political …
As part of its three-year long programme on SMEs and circularity in the food systems sector, the Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum) will organise the Spin-Off conference “Circular Industry: Innovation and Digitisation as Enablers for SMEs on 24-25 …
The forum will provide a safe space for environmental defenders and their allies to discuss successes, challenges and priorities for the Asia-Pacific region. The post SEI at the Asia-Pacific Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum appeared first on SEI.
To support the development of projects in the sanitation and health team, SEI is looking for one full-time intern to join the team for a period of six months, ideally from January-May/June 2023. The intern can work from home, but they will be expected to …
The Global Goals and Systems team is looking for an intern to work with integrated analysis of the UN 2030 Agenda for the Mistra Geopolitics programme (MGP). Mistra Geopolitics is Sweden’s largest research programme that examines the interconnections …
SEI’s Equitable Resource Rights and Governance team focuses on equity-centred interventions in policy and practice. Through our research, we aim to provide an actionable understanding of how actors such as governments, companies and communities can contest …
The Environmental Policy and Strategy (EPS) team specializes in complex stakeholder dynamics management and focuses on transitional countries at the local, regional and national levels. The team supports governments in demand-driven sustainable, …
The SEI Initiative on Gridless Solutions was launched in 2020. Its objective is to understand energy, water and sanitation technologies that are not based on centralized processing and large-scale physical networks. The focus is particularly on how more …
The researchers found that traditional approaches provide a relatively reassuring picture, highlighting the dominant role played by geographically close trading partners (Germany, Nordic countries) whose climate vulnerability is among the lowest globally. …
Rapporten visar att traditionella metoder för att bedöma vilka klimatrisker Sverige står inför ger en relativt betryggande bild och lyfter fram den dominerande roll som geografiskt nära handelspartner som Tyskland och de nordiska länderna spelar. Länder …
Ending hunger is not only about supply. Enough food is produced today to feed everyone on the planet. The problem is access and availability of nutritious food, which is increasingly impeded by multiple challenges including the Covid-19 pandemic, conflict, …
Time: 1400–1515 CET | 1300–1415 GMT Poor access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services threatens population health and contributes to gender and social inequalities, especially in low-resource settings. Despite awareness in the WASH sector of …
The UNCHAIN (UNpacking climate impact CHAINs) project advances climate change risk assessment frameworks aimed at informed decision-making and climate adaptation action. The research approach is based on the concepts of impact chains and co-production of …
Government spending on public works, goods and services accounts for about 14% of the EU’s GDP. Consequently, the EU and its Member States can help accelerate the development and adoption of low-carbon technologies through GPP. Funded by Breakthrough …
Energy scenarios play a key role in guiding the energy transformation needed to meet the 1.5°C temperature limit under the Paris Agreement. These scenarios can influence investor expectations and policy decisions. A new IISD report aims to provide policy- …
