Features

A woman with a large blue backpack sitting a top of a rocky hill, her arm wrapped around her dog.

How low-carbon tourism projects in Estonia are accelerating sustainable travel

Feature / Low-carbon tourism projects exemplify that changing the sector according to climate goals is possible, but requires agency from all stakeholders.

18 December 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Swedish government appoints two new members to SEI board

Feature / Kersti Kaljulaid, former President of Estonia, and Per Mickwitz, Pro Vice Chancellor at Lund University, join the SEI board

18 December 2023

SEI's Consumtion Compass is developed at SEI Headquarters in Stockholm County, Sweden.

Swedish municipalities address climate impact with SEI’s Consumption Compass

Feature / SEI is now developing the Consumption Compass for Swedish municipalities to address their consumption-based emissions.

15 December 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy and Household energy

Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Labour and Employment, India, and Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for Climate and the Environment, Sweden sitting at a table during the LeadIT COP28 event.

LeadIT 2.0 launched at COP28: driving inclusive industry transition forward

Feature / COP28 launches LeadIT 2.0, uniting global leaders for a sustainable, inclusive industrial transition aligned with the Paris Agreement.

12 December 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Finance, Innovation and Public policy

Q&A: what new UN research says about alternative proteins

Feature / SEI scientists weigh in on the new UNEP report exploring potential effects of some novel alternatives to conventional animal products, which launched at COP28.

8 December 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Land use, Mitigation, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

Abstract art representing a nebula, used as a header image for Currents 2024.

SEI Currents 2024

Feature / Explore perspectives by our researchers on the trends and topics set to shape 2024.

7 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Geopolitics, Innovation, Participation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles

With the benefit of hindsight: Currents 2023

Feature / As we prepare to launch Currents 2024 on 17 January, it is time to take stock. Did we detect the way the winds were blowing when we looked ahead to 2023?

6 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Innovation, Mitigation, Participation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

Reimagining Terminal Binjai: design competition

Feature / The Indonesia-UK PACT project has launched a competition to redesign a significant bus terminal in Greater Medan, Indonesia.

6 December 2023 / About Pollution and Transport

Trase: Commodity-driven deforestation and peatland loss emits more carbon than Germany

Feature / Trase quantifies the emissions caused by deforestation and peatland degradation linked to countries’ production and consumption of key commodities.

5 December 2023 / About Forests, Public policy and Supply Chains